The summers been wet and humid.
Potato blight has struck again.
I’ve been laid up with a bad back for over a month.
I’ve lost my mobile phone that has all my pictures on.
They are no excusses for not posting more, but just facts of life.
Dispite the bad news, we have general had a good year growing vegetables [...]
Spring has come. The first few days of the month have been bright sun shine, some early morning fog and mild nights. Time to get some serious sowing and planting done.
Last Months Square Foot Diary
1 to 5th April
With the pound still weak against the euro and dollar the cost of imported food is going to [...]
My Propagation diary for Mar 09.
Last Months notes Propagation Feb 09
I have purchased two Parasene 12 cell Self Watering Propagators.
8 Mar 08
36 pot windowsill propagator
36 cell 8 Mar 09
I think these a cauliflowers – Poor record keeping on my part.
Root Trainer
Root Trainer 8 Mar 09
Brussel Sprouts germinated and one melon(LHS). Aubergines not doing well (RHS).
12 [...]
OK, I haven’t yet posted a diary for February. Work got busy and built my two remaining sheds. Unfortunately the sheds suffered from very poor craftsmanship and spend a lot of time fixing the mistakes. Last Sunday night someone set fire to a hedge across the road and we had to put the fire out. [...]
My Propagation diary for Feb 09.
Last Months notes Propagation Jan 09
32 pot windowsill propagator
Numbered Bottom to Top and then Left to Right
1 – Cos Lettuce Valia Winter Gem – Sown 19 Jan
2 – Cos Lettuce Valia Winter Gem – Sown 19 Jan
3 – Cos Lettuce Valia Winter Gem – Sown 19 Jan
4 – Cos [...]
Diary of using propagators.
Some vegetables need to be sown indoors due the the short growing session and the length of time the plant needs to mature.
Another point to consider is that we only have a finite number of squares, grow tub and containers and therefore by sowing seeds in a propagator it frees up squares [...]
Square Foot Diary Jan 08
Last Month Dec 08
Jan 01
Weather still below Oc (32f). The seedlings in my propagator are going well. I would like to move them to grow tubs but it is too cold at the moment. As the propagator is peat based I have added a very weak Bokashi Tea mix to feed [...]
I’ve ordered the following
1. Link-a-board 1m * 1m raised bed for patio (review)
2. Grow buckets for growing potatoes on patio (review)
3. Grow Tubes for growing vegetables on patio (review)
4. 3 Earth Boxes (review)
I’ve sorted out most of my vegetable seeds for next year. Ordered potatoes and they have arrived.
Sorting out replacements for my garden sheds. [...]
I intend to keep a diary of my experience of growing my own vegetables.
Some background on me. I’m 47, live in somerset, England, married with 3 children (6,8,18) living at home. We moved into the house in 2001 and half of the garden was a Vegetable plot, for the first two years I grow vegetables [...]
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