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• A New Cane-support System

  

  Regular readers will know that I have experimented with lots of different ways of supporting canes for growing tomatoes. There are a few good gadgets out... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Carrot Root Fly Precautions

  

  Last year I used Enviromesh for the first time, to protect my carrots from the Carrot Root Fly, and I am now a convert. Carrot Root Fly infestation is more or... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Pricking-out Leek Seedlings

  

  This year I am growing three different varieties of Leek - "Apollo", "Toledo" and "Winter Giant". The reason I have three types is firstly to extend the... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Regenerating Herbs

  

  A new generation of Herbs is growing up in my garden. The seeds I sowed a few weeks back have produced some fine-looking seedlings, which are just about ready t... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 18 May 2015

  

  Well, cold, wet and windy weather we had at the beginning of last week has not suited many of the veggies, but there are some things that enjoy rain:I think tha... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting-out Runner Beans

  

  Now that my second big raised bed is finished, I have not wasted any time in filling it. It now plays host to this year's Runner Beans, supported as usual by a... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Tomatoes

  

  Last weekend I planted-up six of my tomatoes into their final homes, big 40cm self-watering containers:I was a bit dubious about the weather, which is why I onl... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Home-made Compost

  

  A couple of days ago I built another big raised bed, twice as deep as its predecessor. The soil from the previous bed was not sufficient to fill it, so I decide... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Building Another Raised Bed

  

  The building of a second super-deep raised bed has been awaiting the end of the PSB season. Now I have pulled up the PSB plants, composted the leaves, chopped... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Sowing Purple Sprouting Broccoli

  

  Having just finished cropping the PSB I sowed this time last year, the moment has come to sow more seeds for next year's crop. With PSB you certainly need to... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Cucumbers

  

  Last weekend I planted out my first Cucumbers of this year, one each of "Diva" and "Mini Munch".These are both small Lebanese or "Cocktail Cucumber" types, whic... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 11 April 2015

  

  This week I harvested the last of my PSB. It was just a handful of the small secondary spears, but welcome nonetheless:These spears went into a risotto. I... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Securing the Succession

  

  Three years ago I brought home from my Mother-in-law's house a small Aquilegia plant, which looked like this one photographed at her house last week:It... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The PSB Bows out

  

  As many readers will know, the PSB crop was good this year! My plan of having 6 plants of 4 different varieties paid off handsomely, because we had not only a... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Broad Beans

  

  I can hardly believe my luck with the Broad Beans. They look almost perfect. When they were tiny the pigeons pecked the tips out of a few of them, but they... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Kohlrabi and Celeriac

  

  Another of the jobs I got done on Bank Holiday Monday was planting-out Kohlrabi and Celeriac. Neither of these is a "significant" crop for me, just something... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Final Planting of Potatoes

  

  On Bank Holiday Monday I planted my last potatoes of the year. They were the four "Pink Fir Apple" ones, which are early Maincrops. They will probably mature... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Brassicas

  

  Yesterday I wrote about the Parsley, and mentioned that I had been intending to remove it to make space for planting brassicas. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

  

  Yesterday I harvested a huge batch of Parsley:I usually pick Parsley a few sprigs at a time, whenever it is required in the kitchen, but this was different. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• MIL's Garden

  

  Jane and I have been away for a few days, visiting her mother, who lives near Warrington. Since it is a long way for us to go, we don't go very often, and when... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME