Challock Chilli Fest 2016
Last weekend’s outing was to Challock Chilli Fest at Victoriana Nurseries in Kent. We chickened out of Saturday’s rain, but last Sunday was gorgeously sunny. At a 140-mile roundtrip it’s a bit of […]
Not just the first day of Spring…
It’s my plotiversary! On this day four years ago I took on Plot 100 and my obsession with growing fruit and veg began. Who’d’a thunk I’d so happily swap vertiginous […]
Swamps R Us
Ev-e-ry time plot #92 gets close to being workable it s*dding rains. The front of the greenhouse was a lake, despite the new bit of path along the side doing […]
I’ll huff and I’ll puff
Imogen blew out 2 panels in my greenhouse, one completely, but thankfully that’s the only major damage. Someone very kindly put the panel inside. It’s plastic, not glass so still […]
My precious…
I’ve succumbed to the lure of grow-lights. My vegetables are going to have to do well this year – my outgoings have taken a bit of a battering in the pursuit […]
Pickling turnips & drilling popcorn
Last weekend came another in the seemingly unending list of things I never thought I would say/do: ‘you guys watch the film, I want to pickle a turnip’. I had one the size […]
And we’re off!
I’m back from Amsterdam and can now fire up the propagator. Sown today: 4 Tsygansky Baron pepper, 4 Lipstick peppers, 12 Padron peppers, 4 Big Jim (didn’t germinate last year, fingers crossed!), 4 Hot Fish, 5 Royal Black, 4 Joe’s Long, 4 Lemon Drop, 5 Aji Fantasy, 5 Piquante/Pepperdew, 4 […]
Uh-oh. More seeds.
The Crown Prince squash has been sacrificed for the greater good. It’s gone an amazing 2-tone orange/grey-green. Half of it has been roasted. The other half is wrapped up in the fridge and may need to be donated to hungry mouths up the road – the thing is HUGE. 7 […]
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