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Category Archives: gardening
And now for the funny-shaped veg…
Today we harvested our carrots. Not a straight one in the bunch. We got a great crop but as you can see they’re not the sort of carrots you’d expect to see in your local supermarket. The 3yo wanted to … Continue reading
The Fruits of our Labour
Finally, all the work we’re put in since January is starting to pay off and I have actual food we can eat growing in my back garden. The three year-old is ecstatic about this because she’s allowed to go out … Continue reading
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Veggie 2013: week 13
Aka the “LOOK! we’ve made food” post. Cherry tomatoes. Already we’ve got about 20 between all the plants. And they’re still flowering so I expect there will be more. Courgettes! Even one of the hanging basket courgette plants has a … Continue reading
Veggie 2013: week 11
A week of warm, sunny weather has made all the difference in the garden. The snails are munching away on the rhubarb leaves. Rather there then on the pea plants. First pea pod! Carrots, courgettes and broad beans. The courgettes … Continue reading
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Veggie 2013: week 9
Well, even with all the rain the veggie patch is growing away. You can almost see the tomato plants growing before your eyes. They’ve gone four inches in the last two days, amazing what a bit of sunshine can do. … Continue reading
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Veggie 2013: week 7
After Slugageddon last year the 3yo and I had to come up with a cunning plan to stop the slugs getting into the plants. Scheme 1 was the hanging baskets for the courgettes Scheme 2 is this: The great slug … Continue reading
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Veggie 2013: week 6
The veggie growing is going well and as the weather has finally started warming up our seedlings are finally starting to grow. Although it appears that a lot of the pea seeds didn’t like our April snow and ice and … Continue reading
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