Category Archives: Garden

Tomato Sowing – 2021 & Cleaning the Greenhouses

Posted on 1 April 2021 by pelicanplants

Spring has sprung, the clocks have gone forward and the weather is warming up, my tomatoes have been sown and are beginning to show themselves. As usual, I have sown a mixture of ones I like, ones I haven’t grown … Continue reading →

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Big Garden Birdwatch 2021

Posted on 4 February 2021 by pelicanplants

Like many people in the UK I did the “Big Garden Birdwatch” last weekend watching out for birds in the garden. For whatever reason, this year was a “bad year” with the total list of birds being: Great Tit Woodpigeon … Continue reading →

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Split Apples

Posted on 6 October 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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Mid September 2020 – The beginning of the end

Posted on 12 September 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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August 2020 – Report so far

Posted on 15 August 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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Tomato Progress & Selection

Posted on 14 June 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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Growing my Tomatoes in lockdown

Posted on 5 April 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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Polytunnel now a Netted cover

Posted on 15 March 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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2020 Tomatoes Sown

Posted on 12 March 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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RSPB Garden Birdwatch 2020

Posted on 26 January 2020 by pelicanplants

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 →

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