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• Harvest Monday - 10th August 2015

  

  The salad crops are in full swing now. We had rain on a couple of days this week, and the lettuces in particular liked that. I cut another really nice dense,... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Blog Holiday

  

  We will be on holiday for a while soon, so Mark's Veg Plot will be suspended for a short time, and I will not be posting or commenting. I hope to be back in... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Anaemic

  

  My cucumber plants have not produced much yet. The first of the two "Mini Munch" plants has given me three fruits so far, but the first of the "Diva" has yet... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Climbing Beans - Progress, and a Surprise

  

  The Broad Beans are long since gone, and it is climbing bean season now. We have already had the first couple of batches of Runner Beans, but the beans were... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Potato Seeds

  

  You might think at first sight that these are tomatoes:But they aren't. They are potato seeds, on a plant of Sarpo Axona. Potatoes and Tomatoes are of course... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 3rd August 2015

  

  This week I harvested another small batch of Runner Beans, along with the first (single bean!) of the Kew Blue. The beans are slow to start this year, and... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Wisley

  

  For Father's Day this year, my daughter Fiona and her husband Juan Fernando very generously got me a Guest Membership of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomatoes Ripening at Last!

  

  Getting my first ripe tomatoes is always a significant moment in the gardening year for me.These ones are "Maskotka", of which I have three plants. It is a... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli Update

  

  Our weather in July has been decidedly chilly - not good chilli weather! We have also had some significant rain for a change, which was welcomed by most of my... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Chalk and Cheese - Or is It the Sublime and the Ridiculous?

  

  I wrote the other day about getting some "Webbs Wonderful" Lettuce that were small and insufficiently dense, and I said at the time that I thought this was... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• More Wildlife Pics

  

  Over the last few days my garden has been swarming with bees, hoverflies etc. I have even seen several butterflies, though most of those have been the... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Of Eggs and Weevils...

  

  The white butterflies have been active in my garden, as is normal at this time of year.The butterflies are searching for brassica plants on which to lay their... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 27 July 2015

  

  More Carrots this week. On Thursday this batch:-These are a mix of my three types, "Early Nantes", "Autumn King" and "Kelly", but I forgot to identify which one... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Seeds from the Czech Republic

  

  A couple of weeks ago I did a seed-swap with Dominika, a blogging friend in the Czech Republic. We agreed to send each other 10 randomly-chosen packets of seeds. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Afelia

  

  "Afelia". It sounds like "A failure", but I can assure you mine wasn't!Afelia is actually a Greek / Cypriot dish made with pork, wine, onions and large... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Leeks - Phase 2

  

  I planted a second lot of Leeks last weekend - another nine plants, next-door to the first batch. Having harvested some more kohlrabi, there is only one left. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• An Update

  

  The Blossom End Rot has taken a heavy toll of some of my tomatoes, particularly the larger Beefsteak varieties, which is a real pain, but all is not... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Chilli Experiment, Etc

  

  It is alleged that if you put a chilli plant in a big pot, the plant will grow bigger than if you put it in a small pot - in other words that it adjusts its siz... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• And the Show Goes On...

  

  Well, my Summer-maturing Endives worked as well as usual - in other words they were a complete waste of space!Every single one of them has bolted. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday

  

  For me it was another week of varied harvests: In this basket are "Charlotte" potatoes, three "Boltardy" beetroot, one "Modrava" kohlrabi, and a mix of types... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME