Sun – Rain – Sun – Mice
We have had hot days of 24c and then lots of heavy rain in between, good weather for…
Tag: strawberries
Lots of Weeding – no Rain
It didn’t rain in April and so I have been watering both at home and at the plot.…
Potatoes all in…
An early morning start at the plot, and why not with the good Easter weather we were having.…
Strawberries Moved
I pondered about it, I thought I’d leave it to next year, I did some small bits of…
Radish in a Pot
It is sunny and inviting outside, the clocks have changed, it seems an ideal morning to look at…
Getting things ready
With all the bad weather since Christmas it is hard to believe it is time to start doing…
Larger Strawberries…
I had a bit of a list to work through, it was the first non-cold, non-raining morning for…
Weekend of Fruit
The hot weather has helped with the soft fruit, which I had planned to pick a load off…
Celeriac and strawberries
Mid week afternoon visit and surprised how dry and needing a watering everything was. I gave everything a…
Millions of Tomatoes
The Christmas potatoes had all come up and so I filled in the trench that they are planted…
Leeks all over the place
We sowed seed and nothing happened, so we sowed some more, not much happened. We did this on…
Brasica netting on the cheap
The calabrese has been hardening off outside in pots at home for a good month now, I have…
Who’s been eating?
Not us, but something has, nothing major but a lot of nibbling of strawberries, rocket, french and runner…
Going undercover
On Wednesday evening we had complete plants, by Saturday morning something had spent some time nibbling. I noticed…
Sowing the seeds
It seems like it is the middle of summer, with temperatures that has got the Daily Mail all…
Uncovered
The plastic sheeting that has covered the plot since around Christmas time was fully removed today showing for…
Strawberries and sowing undercover
Rain all weekend but none of it ever came, resulting in quite pleasant weather and time spent both…
Getting Muddy
Got up and it was raining…. waited an hour and it was still raining, so I decided to…
Berries in the front garden
Hidden behind the planks of wood (a future project… one day) are the wild strawberries and the tayberry…
Wild Wild Strawberries
These are like little rubies in a sea of green leaves. The wild strawberries are fruiting and while…
Wild Strawberry Flowers
These Wild Strawberries are fantastic! I bought four plants the other year, two survived (not helped by the…
Who’s Eating the Strawberries?
It is not us as these are wild strawberries and I don’t find them too nice to eat…
@Seven Weeks – Wild Strawberries
A small number of little red strawberries. I did try tasting one and although not unpleasent, it wasn’t…
@Four Weeks
So much going on and so little time to do things! I have added a whole load…
@8 Months – Wild Strawberries
Since planting four wild strawberry plants back in August (see wild-strawberries-are-planted) it is time to see how they…
Wild Strawberries are planted
Strawberries are so nice and so easy to grow, I don’t know why it has taken this long…
Beds dug
Not going according the the first sketch that I drew, but still going well. I dug the third…