Just collecting bits for tea.. SteveJanuary 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Yesterday I picked up 15 bags of manure which I hope to spread over the remainder of the…
A bit more garlic SteveJanuary 1, 2019January 1, 2019 We succeeded in growing garlic last year and we used each bulb we dug up, so going from…
Keeping warm with a fire SteveDecember 27, 2018December 27, 2018 Not so many plots allow you to have fires which is a pity. We had plenty of woody…
Collecting Food SteveDecember 24, 2018March 11, 2019 It felt good during summer to be picking things we had grown and making full meals out of…
Garlic and Potatoes SteveDecember 20, 2018March 11, 2019 An escape for myself and Tom from the frustrations of computers and technology, we went off to plant…
The Morning After SteveDecember 16, 2018March 11, 2019 I got up early and waited until it was light enough to go out, but by that time…
Tidying raspberries & first ever swede SteveDecember 9, 2018December 9, 2018 A quick visit between it stopping raining and it getting dark, I thought I would start tidying up…
One Year – celebrating with sprouts SteveDecember 2, 2018December 2, 2018 The two exciting things for today was to see the sprouts, although small, are very much viable and…
Muddy veg SteveNovember 24, 2018 Rain and drizzle, darkness and damp – so nothing much planned other than collecting bits for tea. We…
Winter Veg SteveNovember 18, 2018 Just pulling and digging various winter veg this weekend, a quick visit as the sun was setting on…
Overwintering broad beans SteveNovember 11, 2018November 11, 2018 A forecast of wind, rain and cold meant I wasn’t planning to do much, but it turned out…
Pottering and Podcasts SteveNovember 4, 2018November 4, 2018 No real plan apart from taking up some of the bags of free manure and cardboard boxes. I…
No more raised beds SteveOctober 28, 2018 The clocks have changed, it is cold, wet and windy…. The plan today was to remove the last…
Goodbye runner beans SteveOctober 22, 2018October 22, 2018 We didn’t have much luck with runner beans, but they did have a bit of a second life…
The day of the turnips SteveOctober 14, 2018 A quick visit to mulch around the rest of the current bushes with cardboard and manure. There…
A bit of No Dig SteveOctober 7, 2018 The excitement of last week’s manure find as bought to conclusion today with actually using it on the…
Poo SteveSeptember 30, 2018September 30, 2018 I was going to drive over to see the mushroom man in Yapton and buy some bags of…
Keeping Records SteveSeptember 29, 2018 Tracking data and planning is sometimes more fun than doing, watching plans work out is even better; I…
Rain and Rust SteveSeptember 23, 2018 First day of autumn and the first morning of a dark cloudy cold rainy day as if it…
Day of the carrots – and radish SteveSeptember 16, 2018September 16, 2018 We investigated the carrots last week, and they didn’t look too bad, today with picked a load more…
Carrots and paths SteveSeptember 9, 2018September 9, 2018 Not much on the list of things to do this morning, so I generally pottered about and weeded. …
Last mid week evening visit? SteveSeptember 5, 2018 It’s dark in the evenings now which means our mid week evening visits have probably come to an…
Millions of Tomatoes SteveSeptember 2, 2018 The Christmas potatoes had all come up and so I filled in the trench that they are planted…
How long were we away? SteveAugust 29, 2018August 29, 2018 We went away for just the weekend, but when we came back the plot looked a lot different,…
All of a sudden… courgettes SteveAugust 22, 2018 A quick visit this evening as it was Wednesday, we had a small list of things to do…
Cabbage cabbage cabbage SteveAugust 19, 2018August 19, 2018 I don’t like cabbage, but I’m determined to like it by the end of winter as we are…
Christmas Potatoes SteveAugust 18, 2018 After all the prep, this morning I planted the potatoes that might just do something in time for…
Ready for Potatoes SteveAugust 15, 2018 Could this be our last mid week evening visit, there is not much daylight left in the evenings…
Turnips and Beetroot SteveAugust 12, 2018August 12, 2018 Some serious rain over the last couple of days, I know only too well as I was cycling…
Sprouts get a new home SteveAugust 5, 2018 This time last week it was windy and rainy, just for the day; early start today before the…
Wind and rain SteveAugust 2, 2018August 2, 2018 It did finally rain, for a whole day, which was nice. Then, during the night the wind and…
A small bit of rain SteveJuly 28, 2018July 28, 2018 We nearly got through July without a spot of rain, parts of the country seemed to have been…
Spotted: Calabrese SteveJuly 22, 2018 Just a quick visit this morning to get in some early morning watering, although ‘quick’ is an interesting…
The night of the onions SteveJuly 18, 2018 I was actually quite excited and had waited all day, this evening we would lift all the onions…
Hose Pipes and Talking to People SteveJuly 14, 2018 Hot summer days means people are on their plots early in the morning, previous times it was just…
Late evening kale SteveJuly 11, 2018 Maybe I have left it a bit late to plant the kale plants out from their pots in…
A life with no Water SteveJuly 8, 2018 We shall all surely die, it hasn’t rained for years (or maybe just days/weeks) and the prospect of…
Garlic Harvest SteveJune 24, 2018June 24, 2018 Plant on the shortest day, harvest on the longest day – in order to keep to this we…
Sprouts, leeks, decking SteveJune 16, 2018April 5, 2020 Tom and myself went for a quick visit on Friday night to see how the marigolds we planted…
Leeks all over the place SteveJune 14, 2018June 14, 2018 We sowed seed and nothing happened, so we sowed some more, not much happened. We did this on…
Brasica netting on the cheap SteveJune 10, 2018 The calabrese has been hardening off outside in pots at home for a good month now, I have…
Who’s been eating? SteveJune 6, 2018 Not us, but something has, nothing major but a lot of nibbling of strawberries, rocket, french and runner…
First harvest – garlic scapes SteveJune 3, 2018 Long curly stems stared to appear on the garlic which I thought must be it starting to flower. …
Midweek evening – no need to water SteveMay 31, 2018May 31, 2018 Wednesday evening me and Tom go to the plot to weed, water, and generally potter about. This week…
Found Mushrooms – life is complete! SteveMay 27, 2018May 27, 2018 Eight years ago I finally met “the mushroom man”, the mystery person in Horam who I had gone…
Indoor progress SteveMay 21, 2018May 21, 2018 Tomatoes and peppers by the window, turning our bedroom into a green house. I’m still not sure what…
Going undercover SteveMay 19, 2018May 19, 2018 On Wednesday evening we had complete plants, by Saturday morning something had spent some time nibbling. I noticed…
Evening watering and gooseberry spotting SteveMay 16, 2018May 16, 2018 An evening trip with Tom to check the state of the wigwams and to do some watering. Since…
Wigwams SteveMay 13, 2018May 13, 2018 Bamboo canes were hard to find, they had a Costa coffee shop but the first garden centre was…
We have new worms SteveMay 10, 2018 Time to play with the worms again in our wormery which must be nearly 20 years old and…