Flowering late December

Following the footsteps of other gardeners, such as Patient Gardner and Veg Plotting, I took some photos today of what was still flowering, out of season, this late in the year. These are all from my front garden, which is …

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Choosing heritage seeds

I never fail to get excited about the arrival of the next years Heritage Seed Library (HSL) catalogue. So many choices of wonderful sounding veg, often with great stories behind them. I’ve been a member for quite a few years …

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Attacking brambles

Spent a couple of good hours in the sun down at the lottie, attacking brambles. Kevin and I were delighted to be joined by our friend Manishta, who for reasons best left to herself, thinks ‘brambles are cool’. Manishta, rugged …

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Mulching experiment: update 1

A month after I first began the mulching experiment, here is the first update.  Experiment 1: after 1 month For bed 1 (standard cardboard and compost mulch), you can see that the cardboard is starting to break down a bit. …

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Mulching experiment

Green manure: Hungarian rye on the left, tares to the right. Will be dug in early Spring. It’s been the mulching time of year, well, more in Autumn, I’m just writing this up late! I decided to try experimenting with …

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