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• Garden Share Collective - June 2014

  

  This is my monthly contribution to the Garden Share Collective an expanding community of gardeners across the globe.May has been a very busy month for me, and... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• I Don't Do Only Green!

  

  Whilst Mark's Veg Plot is still primarily, as it's name suggests, a place for growing veg, my range of ornamental plants is expanding. I want to show you today... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hurry up with Those Nets!

  

  I wrote the other day that I was hoping the Strawberries would finish fruiting before the Blueberries ripened, so that I could use my home-made fruit-cage for... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Leeks

  

  Leeks are allegedly supposed to be planted out when they reach the diameter of a pencil. I think these are just about there, don't you?Time to choose the lucky... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 26 May 2014

  

  For some reason the name "Petit Pois a la Francaise" sprung to mind when I was putting this post together. It's the name of a dish consisting of peas cooked wit... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Snow?

  

  Well, you wouldn't expect snow in Hampshire in May, would you...? This snow-like stuff is actually the fallen blossom of the "Fish Tree" (regular readers will... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• More New Aquilegias

  

  What do you think of this Aquilegia?This is a hybrid of one grown last year, from seed sent to me by Diana of Kebun Malay-kadazan Girls, but it is very... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Cucumbers - Thriving Or Surviving?

  

  The cucumbers I planted out last week seem to be recovering from whatever it was that ailed them - disease? lack of nutrition due to poor compost? Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Beating the Butterflies

  

  You know I found Butterfly eggs on one of my Brussels Sprout plants the other day? Well, I decided that the time had come to prevent any further infestations... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Caught Red-handed

  

  The Snakeshead Fritillaries finished flowering some weeks ago, and they then set their seeds, which are held in triple-lobed pods like these, at the tips of... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Protecting the Strawberry Crop

  

  Many of you will know that I have taken to growing Strawberries in black plastic crates. This means that I can move them around when necessary - e.g. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 19th May 2014

  

  I have very little in the way of harvests to report again. Highspot of the week was this little batch of Rocket (Aragula):It wasn't a lot, but it was just enoug... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Potting-up Chillis

  

  Another major milestone in my gardening calendar has been reached: I have potted-up my chilli plants.Yes, I know I said I was going to grow only 12 chillis,... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Plot Report - Flowers

  

  Yesterday I showed you how the vegetables were getting on. Today it's the turn of the flowers.This is the first bloom on my white Rose bush: This is the... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Plot Progress

  

  This is an update on progress in my veggie-garden...My Broad Beans survived the strong winds last weekend with only minor damage. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomatoes Potted-on

  

  In common with many other gardeners I'm sure, I spent most of last weekend up to my elbows in compost. On this particular occasion, I was actually in the garage... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Ferns Unfurling

  

  There's a rather scruffy little corner in my garden where I once used to have a compost bin, which I tried to conceal with some ferns. The compost bin has gone... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Windy Weather

  

  Strong winds are to be expected in December / January, but May?? Last weekend we endured two complete days of sustained high winds, and my garden was severely... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 12th May 2014

  

  My garden is filling up with veg, but there is still not much available to harvest. We have had a few more radishes, though they are the last ones of my early... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting the Beans

  

  After what I wrote the other day about problems with beans, I was unsure whether I would be able to write a post with this title! Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME