Garden regrets… (or something less drama queen-like)
I’ve been busy. Family, friends, work, hoovering and dusting (but NOT ironing – I hate ironing), making extravagant meals far beyond my ability …
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Tomato Plant Destroyers
My tomato plants are no more. After a long and arduous journey they have gone to tomato plant heaven (i.e. the compost). They were doing ok up to about a …
More Runner Beans than you can shake a stick at
weird phrase – but there you are. I have lots of runner beans. This has been by far the easiest and prettiest veg that I have grown so far this year. …
First Homegrown Lunch
Red Duke of York potatoes are so pretty when cleaned up… bright scarlet red. I was feeling a little lazy so just boiled them up, fried some onion and …
First Homegrown Potatoes
Hooray! Please see pic for this evenings’ tea. Am v. excited. Enjoyed myself throughly scrambling for potatoes in the soil. I have some practical …
Tomato Boils and Bubbles
Was happily fiddling with my tomatoes the other day when I pulled back in horror. On the bottom side of the lowest branch (or stem or whatever it’s …
Tomatoes and Platoon moments…
It’s all coming together… my tomato plants are covered in yellow flowers and yesterday I spotted my first tomatoes! I have become slightly obsessed …
My first strawberry
I am fully aware that MANY people will have had lots of strawberries already. A friend of mine has already had over 8lbs! But I planted mine late and …
The Chard looks great! – Help, what do I do with it?
I decided to grow this vegetable because, 1) it looks great, and 2) it’s supposed to be easy. It’s confirmed on both counts, chard looks …
Droopy Potato Plants
Slight problem with my potatoes. The Red Duke of York potatoes in my kit have gone all floppy. The Charlottes and Vivaldis are absolutely fine. Have …