Overview of the week Slight improvement in the weather this week, I’ve been out cycling a bit and done some long walks. We continue to sow seeds and replant beds and right now I think we only have one bed free. We did the big onion and shallot harvest this...
Overview of the week It’s been another wet and cloudy week with hardly a break in the clouds. I’m pleased I have the grow lights which are allowing me to grow almost perfect plug plants. I’ve been particularly impressed by the thick stems and strong roots on the seedlings, as...
Overview of the week The weather is very gradually improving again after the cold and windy few weeks we’ve just had which really set everything back quite a bit. The beans and sweet corn are looking especially battered and the squash fruits are still tiny. The polytunnel is however churning...
Overview of the week It might have been mid summer, but it’s been pretty lousy weather. That means the house got cleaned from top to bottom, the gardening plans were fully revised and I got very wet, but we did manage to get out to plant and harvest a bit....
For an overview of everything that I’m sowing for the whole year, please take a look at my month-by-month sowing guide. June finally saw the end of the drought that had been with us for the whole of spring, which was a huge relief. A few plants suffered badly, but...