The time is (nearly) Ripe
I’ve a very interesting tomato bed on the go this season: two plants each of Santorange, Aviditas and the blight-resistant Crimson Crush, each a first-time grow for me. I bought […]
Category Archives: Seeds
Forgive me Father, for I have thinned
And not a moment too soon, either ..
Rain has its upside
Especially if you’re sowing lettuce With warnings of a week of heavy rain about to begin, it was important to get some planting jobs done in the garden today. By […]
Heats, Shoots and Leaves
This hot sunny weather is perfect for vegetable growing. Unfortunately it’s also perfect for lounging outside with a bottle of wine, so I didn’t quite do as much gardening as […]
Stand by your beds!
With warnings of icy weather next week, today was all about pressing ahead with outdoor plantings but adding some protection for the vulnerable items which are already growing. With my 2017 […]
Preparations proceeding
With the outdoor sowing season approaching, it was time at the weekend to give the raised beds a good clear and tidy up. Lots of small weeds and patches of […]
Starting up again
The 2017 growing season is under way Break out the egg boxes, it’s potato chitting time. I’d been in two minds whether to grow potatoes this year. They’ve always grown […]
A purple thing goin’ on
The local Council round here has a habit of letting various areas of land get overgrown with weeds before springing into late mowing action. That means every May there’s a […]
Moving outdoors
.. and encountering certain challenges on the way. The potatoes are producing nice strong greenery this week. There a few tubers each of Rocket and Maris Piper. Rocket lives up […]
Troublesome temperatures
Hey, the Weather.. you know you’re not making yourself any friends here. With dire warnings of the invasion of the monster slugs this summer, a week ago I applied slug […]
