First sowing in the garden for 2024
Easter weekend, early this year at the end of March. So far this year it has been mostly…
Tag: carrots
Parsnips, carrots,a lot of seeds – and compost
It shows just how much we have done on the allotment with the soil, lots of organic matter…
Planting (more) Garlic
Traditionally on the shortest day of the year to be pulled on the longest. I planted in November…
Night of the Peas
After the attack of the little black beetles the other month, the remaining carrots have survived under the…
Stopping Birds
Last year we had two gooseberries before the birds found them and overnight stripped the bushes of everything,…
Sow Sow Sow
It’s it not moving then I sowed it, if it wasn’t moving fast enough then I probably had…
Poo
I was going to drive over to see the mushroom man in Yapton and buy some bags of…
Day of the carrots – and radish
We investigated the carrots last week, and they didn’t look too bad, today with picked a load more…
Carrots and paths
Not much on the list of things to do this morning, so I generally pottered about and weeded. …
Who’s been eating?
Not us, but something has, nothing major but a lot of nibbling of strawberries, rocket, french and runner…
Midweek evening – no need to water
Wednesday evening me and Tom go to the plot to weed, water, and generally potter about. This week…
Going undercover
On Wednesday evening we had complete plants, by Saturday morning something had spent some time nibbling. I noticed…
Wigwams
Bamboo canes were hard to find, they had a Costa coffee shop but the first garden centre was…
A Hot Day
Winter rain and winds on Monday, mid year warmth and sun by the bank holiday weekend. I wondered…
Sowing the seeds
It seems like it is the middle of summer, with temperatures that has got the Daily Mail all…
Carrot Trouble
I notice we have carrot problems which is a shame as we have just started pulling them although…
Eating Carrots
We have had plenty of radish and lettuce from the square foot garden, but both of those get…
14 Days Later… We Have a Carrot!
For this Square Foot Gardening I am keep plans up-to-date on a spreadsheet, something I may share at…