Freezing and Flaming June
Coping with weather changes, harvesting cauliflowers, sweetcorn, sowing, watering and weeding, More weeding!
Yearly Archives: 2026
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Heatwave, Progress Report
Coping with the heatwave, things moving along nicely in the garden. Hoping for another good year from the fruit trees and bushes.
Busy Week, Things Moving Along
The last week has been quite busy, and I’ve felt like I’m running up the down escalator. Still, at least I’m making some progress to the top.
First Potatoes, Sweetcorn, Cucurbits, Beans
Our first potatoes. Chitting sweetcorn , soaking cucumber seeds for sowing. Optimum temperatures for reliable, fast germination.
Deformed Carrots and Distorted Parsnips
Why carrots or parsnips have become deformed, forked, twisted or even a sort of tangled ball of roots more like spaghetti than a carrot.
Planting Out
Not posted for a while, lots happened though. Planted out brassicas, alliums and started planting out in the new greenhouse.
Using My Stihl Garden Shredder for Cardboard
My excellent plan to shred a lot of cardboard using my Stihl GHE 105 garden shredder to enable the card to compost. Fail!
Merry Tiller and Mantis Breakdown
I think the Merry Tiller was one of the best and most useful tillers ever made, solid construction to churn through the heaviest soil.
Farewell Lotty Cat
After sixteen years we lost Lotty Cat on Tuesday, 7th April 2026. She's left a very big hole in our lives after 16 years.
Inflation, wicking bed, steps finished, cactus display
Small-space growing experiment with a wicking bed, new steps to the small greenhouse, lovely Easter cactus display a parsnip germination trick
Jack First Hot Bed Expert Visit
Vist to Jack First who has been involved in agriculture and horticulture for decades, and is an expert on growing in hot beds.
Reacting to Events, New Path, Sowing
Concerns over food supply, planting potatoes, sowing in the potting shed and constructing stepped path to the small greenhouse.
Greenhouse Arrives!
New greenhouse arrives, it could have gone a little better but it's here now. Spring showing in the fruit bushes, Lotty cat sleeps in the sun
Planning for Difficult Times Ahead
How we prepare for high food price inflation if the war in Iran continues and drives prices high without spending money
March Sowing Starts – March Plan
After a very dull and thoroughly miserable February, we’re finally in March and getting things sown. It's exciting when the season starts.
Replacement Greenhouse Coming Soon – I Hope!
Following Storm Chandra destroying my Vitavia greenhouse, I’ve chosen a replacement, and it’s now on order.
More Potting, Cauliflowers, Firewood and Dead Hedging
Potting up sprouts and cauliflowers, more cauliflower seeds. Creating a dead hedge and sorting firewood. Spring is near, just ask nature.
Potting Up Cabbage, Treating Potting Shed
Making the most of a fine sunny day. It may have been freezing, but it wasn’t raining. Lots to get on with, and the season has hardly begun.
US Growing Zones, Planting Dates
I had a question about growing zones. There’s a lot more to timing for growing than simple fixed dates based on averages.
Endless Rain and Carrots in Raised Beds
Coping with exceptional rainfall and its effects in the garden. How deep to build a raised bed specifically for growing carrots.
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