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• Rain Stopped Play

  

  It has been a really awful day today - weather-wise, I mean. Very strong winds and lots of heavy showers. Definitely not a day for gardening! Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Unidentified Tomatoes Identified

  

  I have mentioned a couple of times that last Autumn I rescued a few tiny self-seeded tomato plants from the shingle outside my kitchen window and grew them on... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Iceberg Lettuce

  

  This year I have not done very well with lettuce. Apart from a few over-wintered seedlings given to me by a friend, all my early lettuces bolted before... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvesting Shallots

  

  Yesterday I harvested my shallots. I thought it seemed like a good time to do it because they were evidently not going to grow any more. The leaves had flopped... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Do You Have a Favourite Potato Variety?

  

  This week I have been harvesting more potatoes. This time they are my two types of Second Early, "Charlotte" and "Nicola".As with all my other potatoes, these... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli Progress Report

  

  The chilli season has been one of Ups and Downs so far. Early in the season I thought my chilli plants looked the best I've ever had. They were strong, clean an... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Some Firsts

  

  July is a month in which I typically get lots of Firsts - the first pickings of a particular type of veg or fruit.This week I picked my first Runner Beans of th... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Time - a Very Precious Commodity

  

  These days people seem to be perpetually busy - juggling the often conflicting requirements of work, family and leisure. For me, the best thing about... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Mid-July Harvests

  

  As most readers will be aware, I love "Harvest basket" style photos, so this week, with several harvests available I took the opportunity to take some... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Winter Brassicas

  

  A few days ago I removed the old Broad Bean plants from one of my raised beds, freeing it up for planting brassicas.I had 8 Brussels Sprouts ("Evesham... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• The Last of the Broad Beans

  

  I've had a really good crop of Broad Beans this year, which is unusual - they nearly always suffer from serious Blackfly infestation and Rust disease, and... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• The Sculpture Park, Churt, Near Farnham

  

  In a change from writing about my own garden, I want today to describe a recent visit to the Sculpture Park in the Surrey village of Churt, just south of... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• An Early July Update

  

  It certainly feels like Summer now. We've had several days of hot sunny weather, and my plants are loving it (as long as I play my part with the watering). I... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• A Trial Harvest of Garlic

  

  Well, the advice given for my "Mikulov Wight" garlic was to harvest in July, and it's now July so I have pulled some up to see how it has performed! Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvesting Potatoes and Broad Beans

  

  Isn't it satisfying when "growing veg" turns into "harvesting veg"?At the weekend I lifted some "Belle de Fontenay" potatoes.The yield was low (1. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Heatwave

  

  Not long ago I was complaining about the weather being cold, wet and windy; now it's too hot! In common with most of Europe we in the UK have experienced... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• A Holiday in Hardy Country

  

  We have just been away for a short break in "Hardy country" - southern Dorset. This is not an area we know well, but I must say it's beautiful countryside. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Keeping Things Ticking Over

  

  Nothing momentous is happening in my garden at present - I'm just keeping it ticking over. In great contrast to last year, June has been a cold wet month, so... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Late-planted Tomatoes

  

  I've rescued some more tiny tomato plants, self-seeded in the shingle outside my kitchen window, where last year I grew "Maskotka" and "Montello" plants. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Well at Least I Don't Have to Do Much Watering!

  

  June is turning out to be a really dismal month. There has been a lot more rain, and it's still cold and gloomy. Well, thinking positively, it means I have not... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME