Category Archives: Green things

Vegetables

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Kai

King Edward, 1.6kg from 2 seed potatoes in a bag. Golden Bear F1 onions, from seed, pinch per module, 2.3kg. Good taste, shame the weather was so bad they are mostly picklers. Jacket Potato (~6kg?), and his Nanny.

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Love to the world! (Flowers!)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Kai

Mid-season update! The potato bed. Or should I say, the nasturtium bed. The potatoes haven’t really done as well as other people’s have, but I’m used to that now with tatties. They’ll be dug up soon, which I suspect will … Continue reading →

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Mad cat, an English woman, and the mid-day sun

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Kai

Summer is here! Good bye jet stream. Hello blue skies and bright sun – for today at least. Harvest is also here, which is a little confusing, seasonally speaking, I’ll grant you. My bag of Anya potatoes were looking well … Continue reading →

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Nice beetroots, hur hur hur

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Kai

Another harvest first today – radishes! I was worried about my sweetcorn as they were rather yellow – not dying, but no reassuringly green. Some fellow GYOers suggested it was wind stress, and others that it was magnesium deficiency. I … Continue reading →

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I smell a bit of garlic at the moment…

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kai

And the garlic harvest is in! Good sized bulbs, despite the rust. Seventeen are I think the over wintered Thermidrome, the small one is I think a biennial from last year. I pulled up a shallot to see how they … Continue reading →

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Farming sunlight

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Kai

When I was lambing, back when I was but a nipper of a proto-vet, the farmer said to me that he didn’t farm sheep, grass was his crop. No, this wasn’t an admission of illicit herb horticulture, but recognition that … Continue reading →

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We can’t think of a word that rhymes! Or… a title…

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Kai

We went to visit Jingle, Ding and Dong on Saturday – this is AnM having a cuddle. And J with his Grandad. So sweet! He’s very well behaved for someone so small. Then on Sunday I spent a long 3-4 … Continue reading →

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Been too busy to post!

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Kai

I’ve been a bit busy! So two weekends ago (12th/13th) there was a max exodus from the blowaways. I planted out: Summer Cabbage (6) Cauliflower (6) Brussel Sprouts (3 + 3) Turnips (many – pinch per module method) Brocolli (6) … Continue reading →

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May the forth be with you

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Kai

BECAUSE I CAN SAY IT. So, mental picture post today. Making up for radio silence for a few weeks. I’ve been poorly, horrible head cold with mild fever, suspect virus, it’s been over a week now and still all snuffly. … Continue reading →

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Tomatomental

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Kai

So I decided to buy seed trays and try tomatoes etc. indoors. Picture 1 was 17th April. Picture 2 is today. Left them as no-shows on Friday and got back on Tuesday to find them 3-4 inches tall and leggy … Continue reading →

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