Tape Recordings
After a warm, sunny week there was the potential to move young vegetable plants outside this weekend. Unfortunately the weather turned cooler today, so things will need to stay where […]
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Colourful finales
The UK seems to have all the year’s weather seasons going on within the same week at the moment. It makes vegetable gardening ‘interesting’ to say the least. Splashing about […]
Dry, freeze, eat, prepare
Oh let me assure you Mr. Bond, I intend to control the world’s supply of rosemary.. I would post a photo of the rosemary plant in my herb bed but […]
Healthy Returns
After nearly five months in the ground, the maincrop potatoes were ready to come out this weekend. I do like the annual treasure hunt of fishing through the soil for […]
Red Hot
The many shades of green which dominate the vegetable garden are beginning to be punctuated by vivid bursts of red. Tomatoes, chillies and sweet peppers alike are ripening, their scarlet […]
Freezer Filling
Despite it being the height of summer this weather hasn’t been helping the garden through what should be its period of peak productivity. Temperatures are lower than they should be […]
From Bees to Peas
It was a pleasure to pick the first peas of the year today. This Douce Provence plant has overwintered so is producing pods a good month or two before spring […]
Moving outdoors
With the weather that bit warmer now, I took the cucumber plunge today and moved five plants out of their pots and into one of the raised beds. Notoriously temperamental, […]
Peas please!
Yesterday I was admiring the progress of the Karmen red onions which went in the ground only five weeks ago. Their tall green shoots indicate a strong root system developing […]
Fig Leaves
It’s been a rainy grey day today, so I concentrated on transferring seedlings from the propagators into bigger pots. I only have plastic greenhouses and they’re nowhere near as warm […]
