Mwillis

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• Chit Chat

  

  Back at the end of January, I bought my seed potatoes. Since then they have been quietly sitting in the garage, chitting. Let's chat about chitting... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Herbwise Organic Solutions

  

  I'm always on the lookout for products that can help me to keep my plants in good condition without having loads of artificial and potentially harmful... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Early Germinations

  

  Today, although some parts of the UK are carpeted with snow, here in Fleet we have blue sky and sunshine. Sunshine makes everything look so much nicer! Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Goat Curry

  

  Although it is now yet widely available, goat meat is becoming trendy here in the UK. To the uninitiated, goat meat is perceived as being gristly and chewy,... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Plans for the Borders

  

  In my garden, the emphasis is firmly on the edibles - fruit, veg and herbs - but two sides of my plot are edged with an ornamental border about three feet wide. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Raised Beds - Why I Like Them

  

  Anyone who has read my blog recently can hardly fail to have noticed that I am in the process of building some new raised beds. I thought this might be an... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 29th February 2016

  

  I have somehow managed to scrape together another small harvest! And when I say "small", I mean "small"...That is the last of my Celeriac. Unfortunately, it is... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Making Preparations...

  

  The weather over the last few days has been quite good gardening weather - cold, but dry, still and occasionally sunny. I have already written about making... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Work in Progress

  

  I really do want to get on and build my new raised beds. Two things have been preventing this: wet and then very cold weather; and inertia. I keep looking at th... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The End of the Brussels Sprouts

  

  The Brussels Sprouts have finally come to the end of their useful life. The only real sprouts left were a few right at the top of the "Cromwell" plant:Almost al... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• What's New?

  

  Every time I go out in the garden I see more little patches of green. Winter is fading and the weather is edging slowly towards Spring...Little clumps of fresh... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pruning

  

  Last weekend I did a couple of pruning tasks. This is a good time of year for such things, because it needs to be done before the plants put on their Spring... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Fungi Foraging

  

  I am a member of the UK Veg Gardeners' forum, which I use quite frequently for interacting with fellow gardeners and veg growers. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 22nd Feb 2016

  

  My harvest this week is feeble. Just a few salad leaves!They were not enough to make a complete salad on their own, so they were boosted with some shop-bought... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• It Was 40 Years Ago Today...

  

  No, not Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! 40 years ago today Jane and I got engaged to be married. At the time we were both undergraduates at Oxford... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• New Computer

  

  I'm not posting anything significant today, because I am playing with my new toy - a laptop computer. As some of you know, I'm retiring at the end of March,... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Sowing Parsley

  

  Parsley is one of the herbs we use most often in our cooking, and I'm always trying to make sure we have enough of it available (in which I don't always... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Brussels Sprouts: Second-cropping

  

  It's not been a brilliant year for Brussels Sprouts. I had a decent crop, but nothing remarkable. Some of the sprouts split, which I put down to weather... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Sowing Cabbage Seeds

  

  This is the very last of my 2015 Cabbages:I have tried to make it look bigger, by cropping the photo, but it is in truth tiny - only about 6 inches in diameter! Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• It's Daffodil Time Again

  

  Despite our crazy ("unsettled") weather these past several months, the Daffodils have still remembered to flower at approximately the right time - although... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME