A bit late because we have been on holiday, and because of the wet weather they were lifted straight from the ground onto racks inside the shed.
September 6, 2011
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June 12, 2011
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Rain
It’s been raining all day today, which means that I didn’t get the lawn mowed but the waterbutts are now full again.
June 12, 2011
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Potting On Leeks
Today I finished off potting on my Leek seedlings. I now have 150 plants in my root-trainer modules.
June 11, 2011
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Cucumbers & Aubergines Planted Outside
Today I planted out five Cucumber plants and four Aubergine plants. These are all in pots positioned on the south west facing side of the veg. plot. This year I have widened the path that they are on so I can walk past them easier.
May 2, 2011
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Peas
I picked up some Sugar Snap peas the other day. They are the first vegetables to be planted into the freshly dug over top plot. They are planted up against the chain link fence to the rear of the plot in the hope that they will climb up it.
May 1, 2011
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Paper Plates Of Death
Michelle’s on going war against Ground-elder and Bindweed has escalated today. To protect surrounding plants paper plates were cut to provide a collar around the weed and then the weed killer was painted onto the isolated leaves.
May 1, 2011
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Yet More Digging
Today I dug over the top vegetable patch. This is in preparation for planting the beans and squash I sowed a few weeks ago. I expanded it a little bit and added a retaining board where it starts sloping so that I can keep larger flatter area.
April 23, 2011
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A Row Of Spring Onions
I sowed a single row of White Lisbon spring onions today. In a few weeks I’ll so some more so we have a succession of them.
April 23, 2011
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Tomatoes Flowering Early
Today I noticed that my Red Alert tomato plants were starting to flower. They are only about 12 inches high. I think this is probably too early and the recent hot dry weather is confusing them. I pinched out the flowers, I hope it was the right thing to do.
April 23, 2011
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Stones
After digging over the veg. patch I rake it over and always end of with a large pile of stones, lumps of hard soil and various other bits of rubbish all mixed in with good soil. This morning I finally got around to sieving this pile and ended up with a wheel barrow full of stones and other bits of rubbish.