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Secret Stash

October 21, 2009
Secret Stash

We decided to show mercy to our remaining forks by building raised beds in the concrete zone and filling them with the soft crumbly mound of compost piled high in the Clampett’s yard section of the plot. Lynn spent the best part of two days trying to clear this area of unmentionable cruddiness. Hundreds of [...]

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Constructions Galore

May 5, 2009
Constructions Galore

We’re only getting alternate weekends down on the plot at the moment, so it’s a great blessing when we manage to coincide with the good weather, although after 5 hours of meddling in the mud and sun this Saturday I was fit to drop. Good job we had an extended weekend to recover. I spent [...]

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Greenhouse or Kite?

April 27, 2008
Greenhouse or Kite?

Well the “greenhouse” is still in one piece but is arousing amused glances on the plot. Quite a number of people have let me know that they won’t be at all surprised to see it floating above their patch like a tomato laden hot air balloon. I got a few really helpful comments to my [...]

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What a Scorcher

April 26, 2008
What a Scorcher

I reckon this is going to end up being a picture post, I’m far too shattered to string words together. The day was glorious but after about 6 hours on the plot my skin is tightly shriveling with the sunburn and I need to spend the next month in a vat of E45 cream. My [...]

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Purple Throbbing Digitalis

April 19, 2008
Purple Throbbing Digitalis

There was a bit of a water crisis on the site last weekend, a huge leak had been discovered in one of the pipes and a rumour spread suggesting we were going to be without running water forever. Even though it seemed to have been sorted out on my half of the site by the [...]

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Fireside Gardening

March 27, 2008
Fireside Gardening

With the recent spate of inclement weather the green fingered addict has to look elsewhere for a horticultural fix. Here are a few of the ideas I came up with: While I was forced out of the garden this Easter, thoughts naturally turned to DIY and the flat ended up with a spring clean, a [...]

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Solar Treat

February 11, 2008
Solar Treat

Another glorious weekend and I managed to sneak two full days on the plot. I was supposed to be out on my long run on Sunday afternoon but I’m finding it increasingly hard to drag myself away from the shed. With weather like this I can stretch out on my bench with my feet on [...]

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Paths and Peaches

February 3, 2008
Paths and Peaches

Great weekend, the sort that requires another weekend to recover from though. The widely forecast snow didn’t rear its head in London, in fact Saturday was a gloriously sunny day. I was free in the afternoon so headed off to the plot with my newly delivered peach tree. I bought this from Blackmoor Nurseries and [...]

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