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• Preparing for Autumn Already??

  

  So far we have not really had anything resembling a proper Summer, but July is nearly half-way through already, and it is time to start thinking about crops... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Will These Be Prize-winning Parsnips?

  

  If the size of the foliage is anything to go by, my Parsnips will be huge this year!Until now I have had them covered with a 1-metre high frame-and-net... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting PSB for Next Spring

  

  Having removed most of my Broad Beans now, space has been released for next year's crop of Purple Sprouting Broccoli. This is a good thing, because my little PS... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Broad Beans on the Way out

  

  Two of my three types of Broad Bean are finished now. Both "Robin Hood" and "De Monica" delivered a reasonable harvest but nothing special. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Gardening Medicine

  

  Some of you may remember that I have been making Comfrey Tea. The other day I applied the first "brew" to my tomato plants. I want to show you the effect it had. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Hot Colours for July

  

  Well, you might expect it to be hot in July, but just remember this is England I live in, and English summers (and British ones, generally, I suppose) are... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 4 July 2016

  

  We've been away in France for a few days, visiting family, so I have not harvested as much as would otherwise have been the case. Still, I have a few things to... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Walking in the Woods

  

  Now that I have retired from work I have taken to going for a walk most days in order to get some exercise. In my job I used to be on my feet most of the day,... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Peas - a Better Result

  

  My previous efforts with growing peas have not met with great success, producing poor yields and often succumbing to mildew and/or pea-moth maggots before... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Carrying on in the Face of Adversity

  

  Some people think that gardening is easy. How wrong can you be? It's not just a case of sowing some seeds and sitting back and waiting for harvest-time, is it? Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• An Uneven Distribution

  

  I have been looking closely at my tall "De Monica" Broad Bean plants. I have observed that the conversion of flowers into actual pods has been very uneven. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Squeezing in a Few More Veg

  

  Now that I am harvesting potatoes, some of the big 35-litre pots in which they have been growing are starting to become available again. Rather than leave them... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 27th June 2016

  

  I have lots of harvests to report this week (makes a change from mostly Lettuce, eh?).The potatoes are from the batch of "Lady Christl" I harvested last week!I... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• More on the Weedkiller Problem

  

  Several people have contacted me to say that having read what I wrote last week about further problems with weedkiller contamination in my tomatoes, they think... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing Lemongrass

  

  We eat lots of Oriental food in our house - Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, you name it, we love it! One of our favourite flavouring herbs is Lemongrass. The name... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Watering of a Different Sort

  

  Normally at this time of year I would spend a few hours a week watering my plants, particularly the ones in pots. I'd probably have to use the hose-pipe on the... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Focus on Pots

  

  The main part of my garden has a fixed layout - the seven raised beds and the patio made of paving-slabs can't be shifted - but with pots and containers I can... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Sprinter Bean

  

  As usual, when I sowed my bean seeds earlier this year, I sowed several more than I really needed, so that spares would be available if required. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Tomatoes Are Taking Over

  

  Well, notwithstanding the weedkiller problems, my tomato plants are getting quite big now. The distortion of the plants is not as severe as it was last year or... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 20th June 2016

  

  This past week has been very similar to the previous one, where my garden is concerned. Harvests are still sparse, but of course there's always lettuce!This is ... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME