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• Following on

  

  I have started lifting my container-grown potatoes, which means that the containers are being released and can be re-used for another crop.This is the latest... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Some Moments of Calm

  

  I know this will sound like Tempting Fate, but I think the Spring / Early summer sowing and planting frenzy is over now - at least in my garden and plot. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvesting Broad Beans

  

  One of the chief advantages of growing vegetables in your back garden, as opposed to on an allotment or plot some distance away, is that you can pick what you... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Cutting Some Losses

  

  I've mentioned before that some of my potato plants at the Courtmoor plot have been afflicted with Blackleg disease. It was obvious to me that they were not... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• First Early Potato "Annabelle"

  

  This week I harvested my first potatoes of the year, some First Earlies called "Annabelle".For many years now I have grown Early potatoes in containers. The... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Courtmoor Plot in mid-June

  

  Well, it wasn't long ago that I was saying "In a few weeks' time this bare soil will be covered in green." Of course my prophecy has come true - if only... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Time of 'potential'

  

  Right now, my garden is full of young fruit and vegetables, growing rapidly. Apart from Broad Beans and the usual herbs, there is not much I can pick just yet,... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Beechenwood Farm

  

  I'm sure that many of my readers (those who live in the UK, particularly) will have heard of the National Garden Scheme (NGS), a charity that raises funds for... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Potato Blackleg Disease

  

  Some of the potato plants up at my Courtmoor plot are showing the classic symptoms of Potato Blackleg disease - specifically "Yellowing stems, stunted growth an... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Squeezing in a Few More Plants

  

  I'm sure many gardeners will empathise with this: whenever I say to myself "my plot is FULL now", I realise that there is just one more thing I want to plant... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Spinach and Beans

  

  At the weekend, I took some more seedlings up to the Courtmoor plot for planting. I've mentioned how the owners of the plot were very keen on New Zealand... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Update

  

  Just recently I seem to have been writing mostly about what I have been doing up at the Courtmoor Avenue plot, so I think I had better redress the balance... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Chilli Update

  

  I haven't mentioned my chilli plants for a while, so here's an update.I have reduced the number of plants, by giving away a few to friends, and I have "promoted... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Further Pigeon Counter-measures!

  

  Following the recent pigeon-related near-disaster at the Courtmoor plot, I decided I had to act swiftly and decisively if I wanted to save my brassicas. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• It's Not All Doom and Gloom!

  

  To be honest, my Courtmoor plot has suffered a bit of a setback just recently, with the pigeons moving in. Each time I visit I dread to see what mayhem they hav... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomatoes Go into Their Final Homes

  

  On Sunday I put my tomato plants into their final homes, which in most cases are 35-litre black plastic pots.I did 12 of these. That's quite a lot of compost... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Constant Battle

  

  Don't ever let anyone persuade you that veg-gardening is easy. It isn't. Veg-growing is a never-ending battle, and in battles there are inevitably some... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Anti-pigeon Measures

  

  A few days ago I wrote about the pigeons having discovered (and attacked) the cabbages at my Courtmoor plot.This is a new departure for me. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Good News and Bad from the Courtmoor Plot

  

  First the good news. The Radishes are being picked in quantity now.The results of my mixed sowing are readily apparent. Here we see French Breakfast" (long,... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Oasesbox Irrigation System

  

  A few months ago I was kindly given a set of "Oasesboxes" for review, and now I am putting it into action.The Oasesbox self-watering planter system is one that ... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME