Chasing moons and building manurey futures
Today’s been a bit bleary. I’ve missed every single sky-based event this year thanks to London’s greyness and I didn’t want to miss the lunar eclipse. Both of us crawled […]
Winter experiment #1: overwintering tomatoes
You might be wondering why. To be honest it’s more to see whether I can. It will be a bit of a challenge: my greenhouse is unheated and I live […]
A start to autumn harvests
The plot is slowing down, with the beans and squashes starting to yellow. And that means that, instead of watering, plot visits are taken up with harvesting. All bar one […]
Tomato reviews 2015
I love tomatoes. Even now, at the height of glut season, when nearly every kitchen surface is littered with bowls of glowing, ripe fruit, and the greenhouse plants are still […]
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Autumn is very definitely here. Not that I mind, I love the turning leaves, the syrupy light and squirrelling away produce for the winter. I made damson jam this evening – am sitting here with half an ear cocked to hear the lids pop. My little shelf in the pantry is […]
Steady mizzle
Steady mizzle today, but, undaunted, I’ve been at the plot for a few hours and have made a small dent in the massive amount of weeding. There are 2 black bin bags full of horsetail and buttercups and the beets/chicoria bed has been thoroughly hand-weeded. The Jarrahdale squash has been […]
Blackcurrant insurance
My Mum doesn’t want all her soft fruit anymore. To be honest, I’ve been doing the majority of the picking & transforming into jelly for the last 10 or so years anyway. But I am very attached to the bushes and I don’t want them just chucked over the fence or […]
Please can proper August weather come back?
Like in the ’70s, if you wouldn’t mind. Not this miserable, damp, cool weather that’s more at home in October than August. It feels wrong to be wearing a jumper and boots this time of year. Though looking at last year’s diary August was pretty wet then too. #100 My […]
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