Gardening is the type of activity which often multiplies in scope when you get down to it. My plan this afternoon had been to cut the lawn and do a bit of weeding. I did the lawn and, as I … Continue reading
18 July 2024
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17 March 2023
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Carrots and Beetroot
Here is today’s harvest from the allotment: They aren’t very big and I probably should have been more attentive to thinning and weeding but they also haven’t take a lot of work and give another helping of fresh veg grown … Continue reading
26 September 2022
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Welsh Onions
Welsh onions (Allium fistulosum) have only a minimal connection to the Welsh nation; both were once thought strange or foreign, which was an archaic meaning of welsh. They are a perennial onion which spreads by forming new tubers; typically the … Continue reading
18 August 2022
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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
I was fascinated by the device in this video I saw this morning. In the picture above, the rolling cage is being used to de-spine dragon fruit but it also works for separating out fine material from coarser (or unfinished) … Continue reading
13 August 2022
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Three Bags Full
Originally I planned to just do some watering and see if anything was ready to harvest down at the allotment. I ended up taking more time though because I decided to attend to the compost. About the first thing I … Continue reading
26 May 2022
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First Turn
After doing some more work at the allotment, including setting up up an area free of most weeds and stones that will become my first growing bed, I did the first turn of the compost pile I have started amassing: … Continue reading
23 May 2022
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Council compost
We needed to pop to a local council recycling centre today to drop of some bags of garden waste we didn’t want to compost. That was stuff like all the tiny calla lily bulblets, which seem to spring up an … Continue reading
16 May 2022
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Clearing Weeds
I made a fairly early start on Saturday morning and, after a couple of hours, had made a decent amount of progress on clearing some of the weeds. That also gives me a starting point on the compost. I know … Continue reading
22 October 2021
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Hard Grind
We harvested the last of our tomatoes this week. Some of the fruit was beginning to look the worse for wear, so we decided to cut our losses and get it in. I haven’t fully totalled up our full harvest … Continue reading
15 November 2020
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A Round Plan
This afternoon’s achievement has been creating a leaf mould enclosure. We had a role of chicken wire and various other bits and pieces lying around. The first step was measuring what length we needed. I thought I might work it … Continue reading