Keeping Records
Tracking data and planning is sometimes more fun than doing, watching plans work out is even better; I…
Category: square foot garden
Square Foot Garden in the Snow
Not a lot going in here, infact the winter had seen the beds being used as a cat…
Wet and Damp – and some Fails
It has been very wet and damp these last weeks and now the sun is much lower during…
Late Broad Beans
I never used to like broad beans, but now I think they are great both with skins on…
Late Peas Flowering
These late peas are now flowering and so with hope might get one or two pods out of…
Red Onion Harvest
Not the biggest onions in the world, but they were planted pretty late. All the same though, these…
Tomatoes and Onions
We currently have a daily picking of small cherry tomatoes which has been the best we have ever…
Turnips all in a row
Very gloomy weather that seemed to hang over just our street which has given a wet drizzly winters…
Let’s see where we are with things…
I was thinking, after a fantastic two months of solid sunshine we seem to have hit Autumn a…
How are the winter seedlings doing?
After a lot of rain the winter seedlings are popping up all over the place. The turnips have…
Sweetcorn tassels, red tomatoes and turnip seedlings
The sweetcorn over the months has grown and grown and I was wondering if it was ever going…
Christmas Potatoes Planted
We did this last year using old supermarket potatoes we found in the back of the cupboard, and…
Eating French Beans
We have taken a couple of pickings of our french beans this week. We have grown runner beans…
Square Foot Garden July 2010 Snapshot
This is all about to change as we get ready to plant some of the autumn and winter…
Carrot Trouble
I notice we have carrot problems which is a shame as we have just started pulling them although…
Beans, Peas, and the attack of the Tomatoes
Despite the black fly which seems to be covering our garden like a blanket, these french beans are…
Eating Carrots
We have had plenty of radish and lettuce from the square foot garden, but both of those get…
Blackfly on the courgettes
I was pleased to see loads of new flowers appearing on the courgettes, but less so of all…
A couple of days of wind and rain
After a good month of blue skies, hot weather and sun sun sun… we had two or three…
Going to Seed?
We have had a very hot July so far which has meant watering first thing in the morning…
I spot a tomato
I noticed a lot of flowers but then a closer inspection meant I spotted one baby tomato! The…
Supports
I did plan to do the supports like the book suggests, but time took over and after thinking…
Pea support
We put the peas in late but that should not be too much of a problem, all that…
Sweetcorn Planted Out
These have been indoors in small pots up until the other week when I planted them out, four…
Leeks in the Post
Leeks are so easy to grow it seemed a shame that we missed out this year and so…