strawberries

Potato Tasting

June 18, 2008
Potato Tasting

I’ve given up on my first earlies for now, the slugs had their wicked way with the foliage and as a result hindered the tuber growth to pea sized proportions. All the other spuds appear to be getting back handers of performance enhancing drugs though so today I decided to start whipping them out. I [...]

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Sunbasked Garlic

June 15, 2008
Sunbasked Garlic

A lot of my crops have been cleared from the ground this month. I’ve just about eaten all the onions, both rows of broad beans have been scoffed and the remains have filled all three of my compost bins. The plot is looking bare but at least the garlic looks promising. The strawberries have gone [...]

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Sacrificial Caullis

June 7, 2008
Sacrificial Caullis

My squashes have not done at all well this year and if I don’t find myself buried under a glut of courgettes by mid Summer then I will have to declare myself an allotmenting failure. I didn’t help myself very much by sowing 7 year old seed as the germination rate has been exceptionally poor. [...]

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