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Category Archives: Garden
Split Apples
I don’t normally write about our apple trees (apart from the fight to stop magpies and squirrels eating them) but this is something new to me and shows how the weather has been somewhat strange this year. As you can … Continue reading
Mid September 2020 – The beginning of the end
Whilst there are still quite a few tomatoes still to come, its obvious that the plants are well past their best and we can see that the end of the season is in sight. We pulled up the first of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Tomato Cultivars, Vegetables
Tagged carrots, soup, tomato diseases, Tomatoes, vegetables
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August 2020 – Report so far
Most things are doing fine. The tomatoes are cropping well with much the same weight of tomatoes as the previous couple of years so far. The 2018 crop seemed to peak in a few weeks time so it will be … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Vegetables
Tagged cabbage, carrots, cucumber, French Beans, physalis, Tomatoes
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Tomato Progress & Selection
I’m always trying to think of different ways to compare the different cultivars. In the early days (when I was even keener) I weighed the harvest from each of the different cultivars to see whether there were significant differences that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse
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Growing my Tomatoes in lockdown
I’m not sure if I grow tomatoes in the same way as other people. My desire (usually) is to grow as many different varieties as I can fit into the available space and, because of the weather in the UK, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Tomato Cultivars, Vegetables
Tagged growing plants, Growing Tomatoes, growing vegetables
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Polytunnel now a Netted cover
So, the polytunnel cover was ripped apart by storm Ciara, flapping around and squashing my broadbeans in the process. My original plan was to re-cover and extend it but this proved to be impossible because of reasons beyond my control. … Continue reading
2020 Tomatoes Sown
After Tuesday’s indecision as to what to sow, today (despite the wind and rain) I spent some time in the greenhouse sowing my tomatoes which are now on top of the cupboards in the kitchen (a warm place). My final … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Greenhouse, Tomato Cultivars, Vegetables
Tagged Ailsa Craig, Bloody Butcher, blue ambrosia, Brown Berry, Crimson Crush, dancing with smurfs, Darby Striped, father frost, Garden Pearl, Gardener's Delight, Green Grapes, Ildi, Lemon Tree, Marizol Gold, Maskotka, Mortgage Lifter, Mountain Magic, Oleron Yellow, principe borghese, Red Robin, Sandpoint, Summer Cider, Tiny Tim, Tomatoes, Tumbling Tom Red
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RSPB Garden Birdwatch 2020
Well, its that time of year again when we sit and watch the birds in the garden for an hour or so. As ever, the weather isn’t the best and it makes one wonder why we do it now. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Nature
Tagged blackbird, Blue Tits, Chaffinch, crow, dunnock, Great Tits, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, green woodpecker, magpie, robin, RSPB Birdwatch, Woodpigeon
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End of October 2019 – Review
Well, we’ve got to the end of October, the clocks have gone back and fireworks are beginning to sound in advance of Guy Fawkes Night. I tend to think about now as the end of the productive year and start … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse
Tagged Allotment, apples, French Beans, growing plants, growing vegetables, Tomatoes, vegetables
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End of September 2019 Update
So, we’ve reached the end of September and autumn is beginning to make itself felt. The days are already noticeably shorter and the temperatures are starting to drop. The polytunnel has certainly slowed down, french beans have produced less than … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Tomato Cultivars, Vegetables
Tagged august 2019, crops, fruit, garden, Polytunnel, vegetables
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