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• Allotment Decision, and a Chance Acquisition

  

  Some while ago I wrote about considering whether to apply for an allotment. Today I'm telling you my decision. My decision is that I will NOT be applying for... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• PSB. Will the Spares Be Needed?

  

  These days I usually grow only 4 Purple Sprouting Broccoli plants each year.PSB "Red Spear"In such circumstances, the loss of just one plant would be a reductio... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• More Pests and Diseases

  

  You know I wrote a couple of days ago about Blight descending on my tomatoes? Well, I'm just about keeping pace with it - chopping leaves off whenever I see... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomatoes - Past the Critical Point??

  

  With blight nibbling away at my precious tomato plants leaf by leaf I'm experiencing some anxious moments. Will any of the tomatoes ripen before the plants... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Another Stroll on the Common

  

  I've been out walking on Velmead Common again. I'm beginning to realize what a huge diversity of flora and fauna it holds. Every time I go, I see something new. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 25 July 2016

  

  Several of my blogging friends in the USA (e.g. Dave, our host for Harvest Monday) are very keen on making lacto-fermented vegetable products, such as... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Cucumbers: Good News and Bad

  

  My "Cucumber experience" has been a bit mixed this year. One of my plants got flattened (and killed) by heavy rain; one never got going at all, and now two... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Beetroot Revealed

  

  This week I finally cut down my Pea plants, after picking the few remaining pods, seen here with some "Cobra" French beans:I was keen to get rid of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing Potatoes in Containers

  

  Recently I have posted a few photos of the potatoes I have grown, and these have elicited a lot of comments - mostly along the lines of "Wow, how did you do... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• After the Sunny Spell

  

  "Phew, what a scorcher!", as they say. We finally had some proper Summer weather. Our so-called Mini Heat-Wave lasted three days - Monday to Wednesday - with... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli Update

  

  As regular readers know, I have been complaining for ages now about how poor our weather has been this Summer. My chillis have suffered accordingly. They like... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Raising the Roof

  

  I've been planning ahead again Folks. Knowing that before long my Brussels Sprouts and PSB plants will get very tall, I have spent some time adjusting the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 18 July 2016

  

  My Broad Bean harvest is coming to an end. I picked a batch of 450g on Monday this week, and another 350g on Friday. Broad Bean "Masterpiece Green Longpod" -... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Last Peas, First Beans

  

  My peas are just about finished, after producing what for me was my best crop of peas ever (this is a figure of speech called "damning with faint praise"). Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Three "C"s

  

  My 3 "C"s today are Calendula, Cornus and Cucamelon.My Calendulas are ones grown from seed kindly sent to me a couple of years ago by Mike Rogers of "Flighty's... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Rain

  

  All gardeners welcome rain, as long as it is in the right proportions. We want rain every few days - not a drought followed by a flood. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomato Progress Report

  

  The tomatoes are surviving. I won't say that they have "shrugged off" the residual weedkiller contamination, but they have grown through it. Only one plant is... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Cabbage "January King", and Friends

  

  Back in the Spring I planted-up one of my raised beds with 12 cabbages (2 each of 6 different varieties), and subsequently added 3 Brussels Sprouts. With the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pepperpot Nursery

  

  These days I am more than ever "anti" the big corporations and prefer to support smaller, independent - and especially local - businesses whenever possible. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 11 July 2016

  

  It has been a week of varied harvests for me, thankfully. I have called my post Harvest Monday, but I think Harvest Week would be more appropriate.This was... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME