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• Harvest Monday - 7th September 2015

  

  My main harvests this week have been Runner Beans and Tomatoes, with a few of the purple Kew Blue climbing French Beans:The batch of Runner Beans pictured here... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Jambo Bwana

  

  Yes, I know that is a strange title for a post on my blog, but it is relevant. Let me tell you how.Many years ago (some time in the early 1990s) we had a holida... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Nearly Ready

  

  My big tomatoes are nearly ready. They ripen considerably later than the little cherry-type ones. Caspian PinkMaskotka, Primabella and Primavera have mostly bee... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing Cress on a Windowsill

  

  Here's a little project to kill a few minutes on a wet afternoon (in my case, a Bank Holiday). A good one for young kids too, because it produces very quick... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Waiting Game

  

  Patience is an important virtue for a gardener to possess. Sometimes there is not a lot you can do with / for / to a crop, other than wait for it to mature. Thi... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Apples and Pears

  

  Do you know what Cockney Rhyming Slang is? This is what Wikipedia says:-Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language that is especiall... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Another Bean Surprise

  

  Earlier this year I described how I ended up having yellow "Kentucky Wonder Wax" beans instead of green "Kentucky Wonder". Now I have a further surprise... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 31 August 2015

  

  Urgh! What horrible weather we have had this last week. Torrents of rain; black skies; wind; temperatures more appropriate to March rather than August. I haven'... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Miscellany

  

  I have lots of photos, but I can't think of anything specific about which I want to write. You know the feeling? Let's see where this leads...Tidying up my... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Blight-resistant Potatoes

  

  As many of you know, this year I have been growing a few of the Sarpo ("SARvari POtato") disease-resistant potatoes developed by the Sarvari Trust, kindly... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• It's All About The Chilli

  

  This post is really just an advert - to make you aware of an upcoming chilli-themed event. It is the Challock Chilli Fest being held at Victoriana Nursery... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Late August Update

  

  Late August is a time of year when I find there is not much that needs doing in the garden apart from harvesting. I thought I'd just give you a quick tour... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Succession of Lettuce

  

  As you probably guessed, I am very pleased with my successional sowing of lettuce this year. I have sowed lettuce seeds about 5 times I think, allowing me to... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli Progress Report

  

  As far as my chillis are concerned, it's a race against time. Most of the plants are looking really healthy and strong now, but will they be able to ripen any... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 24 August 2015

  

  While we were away on holiday, my "Garden Helpers" picked some produce for me - beans, tomatoes, lettuce - but I never got round to photographing them because... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomato Progress Report

  

  Despite problems with contaminated compost, Blossom End Rot and lack of sunshine, my tomatoes are finally producing some ripe fruit. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Foraging - the Results

  

  Following on from yesterday's post, here are the results of my labours.Straining the fruit pulp overnight I got 1.4 litres of juice. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Foraging

  

  I have been foraging...At this time of year the hedgerows are full of fruit. Over the last couple of years I have become interested in jam-making, so I usually... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Holiday in the Lake District

  

  I recently spent a week on holiday in the English Lake District, along with my wife Jane and our daughter Emma and her husband and two children. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Dunham Massey

  

  As many of you will know, Jane and I recently went on holiday to the Lake District with some of our family. Being in Cumbria, the lakes are a long way from... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME