Heritage seeds – tomatoes of the future
I have had a short break from writing – partly because all I would be saying is, ooh look, another patch of brown earth that I have dug and some […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fully loaded tomato vines are really heavy
After last night’s plot watering I had a quick peek in the greenhouse to see if any tomatoes were ripe and saw chaos. The strings holding one of the cross-poles had snapped and vines were slumped everywhere. No breakages thankfully and they are back to being vertical, but it was […]
Greenhouse day!
Ev-e-ry-thing came out, the ground was forked over & fluffed and some optimistic bits of bindweed were hoiked out and then…it was ready. I have been so looking forward to this moment. After some much-needed advice on greenhouse planting from Lionel I’ve planted out 11 tomatoes so far, 7 on […]
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