Squash tallies
For a squash addict, it’s been a bit of a miserable year. I’ve put out plant after plant and slugs ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This year slugs have a new trick […]
Back in the doghouse…
I swear February is the hardest month to get through. Spring’s so close you can almost touch it. Other than obsessively checking the propagator for signs of life, I’ve started […]
Carrot karma, saffron weigh-ins and the winter squash invasion
Pride comes before a fall. For the last 3 years I’ve been ineffably smug about my carrots. They are delicious; crunchy, sweet, and both pest and blemish-free. I grow them on my balcony – 7.5m high. Carrots mostly have one pest, carrot fly. And carrot fly are well-known for only flying […]
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 […]
It’s raining!
For once the wet forecast wasn’t a big fat fib. Lovely, lovely rain hissing down quietly and steadily. I’m guessing this will end in a Full Smith Period, but I don’t care. My last spuds are nearly ready, I am crossing fingers the greenhouse will be protected and the plots […]
Squash review – rouge vif d’etamps
The whopper was roasted last night, though annoyingly I forgot to take pictures of any of the process. They are much thinner-fleshed (relative to their size) than any of the others so far, with a huge cavity in the middle, which was a little disappointing. Will try to remember to […]
Plot as therapy
Bl**dy good job I have the plot – needed a bit of space yesterday. Pottering about in the mud does help. As does seeing things come up or ripen. I […]
Seed arrivals, squash harvests, saffron starts
My seeds are here, my seeds are here, my seeds are here! All tucked up in my seedbox after the trip from the US and ready for next year. My […]
