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New Raspberry Bed Complete

SteveFebruary 12, 2023February 12, 2023

It took longer than I was expecting, but I did end up doing some pretty deep digging in…

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Parsnips and Raspberries

SteveJanuary 29, 2023

I dug up the remaining parsnips, not the best harvest but better than nothing. They will be chopped…

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Sunrise, frost and raspberries

SteveJanuary 22, 2023

I got to the plot before sunrise this morning, it was a bit dark and certainly a lot…

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Muddy Mud and Woodchip

SteveJanuary 14, 2023

A lack of plot visits for over the previous months mostly due to constant rain every weekend. It…

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New year – new woodchip for paths

SteveJanuary 2, 2023

I knew there was woodchip available at the plot but I had not been able to get there…

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2022 Summary

SteveDecember 31, 2022

A quick summary of 2022… a year that seemed to come and go way too quickly. It was…

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Getting Wet

SteveDecember 22, 2022

I sometimes have so much time off around Christmas but the days are too short or the days…

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Suddenly… I get to the Plot

SteveNovember 27, 2022November 27, 2022

One minute it was autumn, the next it was full blown biblical winter. Dark skies, rain, wind, floods…

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Cutting Down Field Beans

SteveNovember 13, 2022

With bad weather and other commitments getting in the way, I had my first visit the plot for…

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Carrots out, Garlic in…

SteveOctober 10, 2022October 9, 2022

Hard to believe that there was a row of carrots between the parsnips and the beetroot on the…

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Sorting out the Sprouts

SteveOctober 5, 2022October 4, 2022

It’s been a busy weekend, no time to go to the plot and so I went after work…

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Pumpkins, Edging, Field Beans

SteveSeptember 19, 2022September 19, 2022

For quite a while we had two pumpkins growing off of the one plant, one grew larger each…

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Heavy Rain

SteveSeptember 13, 2022September 11, 2022

Lots of rain and it was heavy. I wondered how the netting I had put over the brassicas…

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Shorter Days

SteveSeptember 8, 2022September 8, 2022

Suddenly it feels like autumn when only the other week we were in the middle of a drought.…

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Field Beans – Green Manure

SteveAugust 27, 2022

I’ve tried overwintered green manure before but have always done it a little too late meaning they had…

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Rain!

SteveAugust 20, 2022

It was starting to get a bit tedious, constant watering every other day which by the time you…

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Swede plants

SteveAugust 9, 2022

We have never bought plants, we have always grown from seed. Buying in small seedlings is just too…

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Planting out purple sprouting

SteveJuly 31, 2022

I thought I had left it a bit late, but looking back at notes from last year I…

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Sprouts and more watering

SteveJuly 28, 2022July 27, 2022

During the summer months there is not much to do apart from watering, weeding, and harvesting. Most of…

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The Hottest Day Ever

SteveJuly 22, 2022

We didn’t get temperatures of 40c but we were around 30c for most of the day, maxing at…

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Summer time – lots of watering

SteveJuly 7, 2022July 7, 2022

The potatoes on the plot certainly were in need of water when I visited in the evening, hopefully…

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Tomatoes, Squash, Decking

SteveJune 26, 2022

Lots going on both at home and at the plot. At home I pulled the over wintered onions…

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Garlic and Onion Harvest

SteveJune 20, 2022June 19, 2022

Suddenly, both the garlic and the overwintered onions looked ready, they had both died back. I did have…

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2021 – The Stats

SteveJune 10, 2022

Summary A bit late (halfway through 2022!) but time to look at the stats for 2021. Highlights include:…

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Sun – Rain – Sun – Mice

SteveJune 8, 2022

We have had hot days of 24c and then lots of heavy rain in between, good weather for…

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Planting out at the plot

SteveMay 22, 2022

An early 7am start, up to the plot in the car with various things to plant out. I…

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Left over potatoes and cutting grass

SteveMay 8, 2022

A hot and sunny afternoon doing small bits around the plot. I planted some borlotti beans, seeds given…

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Lots of Weeding – no Rain

SteveMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022

It didn’t rain in April and so I have been watering both at home and at the plot.…

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Earthing Up Potatoes – sowing carrots

SteveApril 25, 2022April 24, 2022

A quick visit to the plot to sow a row of carrots and beetroot. While there I noticed…

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Potatoes all in…

SteveApril 17, 2022April 16, 2022

An early morning start at the plot, and why not with the good Easter weather we were having.…

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Potatoes and Parsnips

SteveMarch 27, 2022

A freaky warm week, blue skies and sun. I spent an early morning at the plot and it…

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Late night digging

SteveMarch 22, 2022March 21, 2022

On week to go until the clocks change, suddenly evening visits become possible. Even this week, with recent…

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Building a Shed not on our plot

SteveMarch 21, 2022

No our plot, we aren’t allowed sheds on our plot. Myself and Tom built a shed, well Tom…

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Compost and onions

SteveMarch 13, 2022March 13, 2022

It was blue skies and sun, cold but warm when the sun was on you. That was the…

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After the Storm

SteveFebruary 19, 2022

I wasn’t too worried, although I knew I had not really secured the netting very well last week…

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Looking after the Purple Sprouting

SteveFebruary 12, 2022February 13, 2022

Sown months and months ago, these take a very long time to mature and give something to harvest.…

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Parsnips from the plot

SteveJanuary 15, 2022January 15, 2022

Most of the parsnips I direct sowed in the garden and so far each one we have dug…

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2021 Summary

SteveDecember 31, 2021January 1, 2022

A quick summary of 2021… January The year started with zombies, coffee, and cow poo. I was amazed…

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Dark and wet days – moving rhubarb

SteveDecember 30, 2021

We seem to take days off work over Christmas when it’s dark and wet and not much going…

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More onions and less fence

SteveDecember 20, 2021

Short days, mostly just drizzle, damp, and cloud, but sometimes the odd bit of sun too. I took…

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Blackberry Planted

SteveDecember 11, 2021

An unexpected sunny (cold) afternoon with a couple of hours to spare, so I thought I would plant…

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Knives and Birthdays

SteveDecember 5, 2021

A quick visit to the plot, it was my birthday and I had a new Hori Hori knife…

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Hammer and Blackberries

SteveNovember 27, 2021

We braved the wind and the cold to venture out to Hurstpierpoint to buy a second hoe so…

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Leaves everywhere

SteveNovember 21, 2021

I was faced with a thick sea of leaves when I arrived at the plot late in the…

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Woodchip and poo

SteveNovember 7, 2021

Every year it comes to about now and I start pondering about where to get hold of cheap…

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Quick visit for carrots

SteveOctober 31, 2021

Rain and wind, that’s it until March time maybe. I had left carrots in the ground long enough…

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Plot Tour 2021

SteveOctober 31, 2021October 31, 2021
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Strawberries Moved

SteveOctober 23, 2021

I pondered about it, I thought I’d leave it to next year, I did some small bits of…

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Strawberries and onions

SteveOctober 17, 2021

I took advantage of a couple of days this week where I was working in the afternoon and…

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Strawberries and fence

SteveOctober 9, 2021

A surprise sunny afternoon, I spent it putting up the next bit of ‘fence’ and continuing to tidy…

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