Whitefly Plague
Whitefly become a plague in the greenhouse which continues to produce in abundance.
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Spider, Strimming & Grafting
Fighting giant spiders in the greenhouse, strimmer breaks yet again and grafting fruit trees to hawthorn stock.
Miserable Weather, Last Carrots
Sowing the last carrots under a windbreak and responding on the subject of raised beds.
Heritage Welsh Apples & Fruits
Visit to a local specialist nursery growing fruit trees ideal for the wetter climate we enjoy in Wales
Carrot Chitting
Reading my 1943 gardening book I came across this piece which I've paraphrased a little, something I may try.
Mowing, Onions, Greenhouse & Cat Fight
Repaired mower working a treat, growing show onions, greenhouse producing well and breaking up a cat fight at an unearthly hour.
War Time Gardening
Some thoughts on war-time gardening, garden machinery repaired at more expense and what's wrong with child labour?
Onions Doing Well, Tomatoes & Machinery
Brilliant onions from old trick, tomatoes in extra large grobags and more machinery blues. Strimmer dies again and lawnmower becomes ill in sympathy.
Heatwave Gardening
Reminded of Spain by the heatwave, getting a last sowing of carrots in and some salads. Keeping the cats off.
Greenhouse Floor, Potting on & Sideshooting Tomatoes
Finished the greenhouse floor, potted on peppers and clarifying how to sideshoot tomatoes, I hope.
Weather, Machines & Harvest Help
Never mind the forecast, my system works! Machinery goes on strike and help with the harvest from my grandson.
Grass & Greenhouse
Building an edging to the greenhouse border, grass cutting mulching behind the greenhouse and potting on peppers, cucumbers and aubergine.
Potatoes, Weeds & Aminopyralid
Beware - Aminopyralid is still about. Mulching with grass and potato mystery solved.
Filling the Greenhouse
Stocking the new greenhouse, lucky tomato buy and expanding the herb garden
New Greenhouse Up, New Hand Tool
The new greenhouse is officially finished, apart from the floor and Val's finding a new tool useful in the border
Replacement Greenhouse
Replacement greenhouse finally taking shape and a new wall going up
Ant Problems, Snails & Slugs
How to get rid of ants on the plot and in the house along with some tips for keeping slugs and snails down.
Walled Kitchen Garden
Creating a new walled kitchen garden to serve a hotel kitchen based on the great walled kitchen gardens of the past so popular with the Victorian landed gentry.
Sprout it
Trying out some new software designed to tell you what to do and when to do it on the plot
Machines, Mulching & Bracken Compost
Mulching with grass cuttings, getting the petrol strimmer going and making compost with bracken.
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