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• Getting There - Slowly

  

  Well, I'm getting pretty fed up about the lack of Summer weather. Half-way through June, we ought to be sweltering in the heat by now, but sadly that's not the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• An Allotment. Yes Or No?

  

  Just recently I discovered a new blog - Life at No.27, which describes the "journey" of a first-time allotment-holder, converting an overgrown wilderness into... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Mark's Veg Plot Does Flowers Too

  

  It's not all veggies in my garden, you know! Here are some photos of plants currently in bloom...AquilegiaCalendulaGolden SageWhite RoseHave you noticed that I... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Dull and Gloomy - Good Or Bad?

  

  Over the past 10 days we have had a lot of dull and gloomy weather. It has not been particularly cold (day-time temperatures in the high teens most days), but i... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• That Old Weedkiller Problem Again

  

  I'm sure that many regular readers will remember me writing about problems I had during 2014 and 2015 with compost contaminated with weedkiller. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pricking-out the PSB

  

  You may recall that I sowed a load of Purple Sprouting Broccoli seeds back in mid-May (the 17th, to be precise). Well, most, but not all of them germinated and... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 13th June 2016

  

  Once again, my harvest this week starts with Lettuce:I think you'll agree that this is a nice-looking Lettuce though. It is a "Cervanek", grown from seeds sent... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Leeks

  

  Traditionally, Leeks get planted out when they have reached "pencil size", but I have planted some of mine while they are still smaller than that (they seem to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Boosting the Stock of Comfrey

  

  During the Summer I grow lots of tomatoes and chillis, and both of those enjoy a feed of nutrient-rich Comfrey Tea. The trouble is, I never have enough comfrey... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Re-arrangements

  

  I have been shifting pots and containers. This has been prompted by the fact that the cordon tomato plants had got too big to be left in a double row: I just... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Support for the Cucumbers

  

  I think we can now safely discount the possibility of a late frost (famous last words...), so today I have removed the cloche that was protecting my cucumbers,... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Dipley Mill

  

  This time last year we visited a number of properties open under the National Garden Scheme (NGS), in the village of Froyle, just a few miles from us here in... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Salade Aux Lardons

  

  In my Harvest Monday post yesterday I described a lettuce called Tom Thumb, and mentioned that we used it in a nice salad. This is the nice salad. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 6 June 2016

  

  I don't have much in the way of harvests to report this week, just some Lettuce:This one is another "Tom Thumb". We have been really impressed with this variety. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Ferns and Lysimachia

  

  Despite the recent poor weather (cold, dull, windy), most of the plants in my garden are doing what they normally do at this time of year - putting on lots of... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Leaf Celery

  

  Although I like its flavour, I don't like the texture of "proper" Celery so I have been experimenting with Leaf Celery, which I first discovered as an element o... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Care and Maintenance of Tomatoes

  

  Having been very disciplined and got rid of all my surplus tomato plants, I can now concentrate on the "A"-Team ones. I thought some readers might appreciate... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Early June Update

  

  Being a gardener requires a certain amount of patience. Well, quite a lot of patience, really. In my garden now lots of lovely veggies are growing, and I keep... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Making a Strawberry Cage

  

  Lots of my Strawberry plants are beginning to set their first fruits now, so it won't be long before they deliver their harvest. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Cucumbers

  

  This year, as for the past few years, I am growing a few of the so-called "cocktail" Cucumber plants - the little ones also sometimes known as Lebanese... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME