Category Archives: Green things

Feeling hot hot hot…

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Kai

http://www.ehow.com/how_7342882_heat-mini-greenhouse.html I thought of using manure but not bottles. Curious! I wonder if it’s better to use small or large bottles? Large would have more latent heat… Can you tell I’m impatient to start some seeds off?! We got above … Continue reading →

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Still too nippy

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Kai

-1.5 to 12.5 C this week.

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New things and silly things.

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Kai

Continuing my inability to save money, this is my new mini green house and it’s fleece lining. Max-min thermometer inside there now, waiting for seed sowing temps to rise. Of course, last night (editing this 16th Jan) was the coldest … Continue reading →

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Frost!

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Kai

Finally! My garlic will be pleased. I scurried off to the local Wyevale today to get brussel sprout seeds for mum (wasn’t going to grow them again but she said she only likes our homegrown ones so worth it for … Continue reading →

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The tenacity of life

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Kai

Whoops – uploaded my pictures and then evidently wandered off without adding any words to this. So, Sunday I decided to pop along to the lottie to potter a little, and was getting my tools ready when I found this … Continue reading →

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And so the year turns…

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Kai

So it’s January! The time for me to sit on the floor surrounded by gardening books, magazines, seed packets and scrawls on notepaper in an attempt to understand what I hope we can achieve with the plot this year. A … Continue reading →

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