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 […]
Tag Archives: potatoes
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 […]
In need of flowers
I’ve three fiery chilli varieties on the go this year: Maya Pimento, Peach Bhut Jolokia and Pink Tiger. Having germinated the seeds and started the seedlings in a heated propagator […]
Don’t mess with me
I’ve got vegetables to grow..
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 […]
Aiming High
In one of the large beds today I planted some part-grown Castandel beans. This is a delicious variety of french bean, which has become one of my favourite vegetables. Some […]
Crazy Beans
Take a look at the propagator above. The nearest row to the camera is some french marigold seedlings. Beyond that some smaller lemongrass seedlings, leaning over. Then it’s tiny clumps of […]
This means war
Unfortunately, today I spotted the first damage to the vegetables this year. The carefully nurtured Spagna Bianco beans, in their own small bed, had had their leaves eaten. I don’t […]
New shoots
After eight weeks of growing their sprouts indoors, the potatoes finally went into the ground today. I had left a polythene sheet over the target raised bed for most of […]
