I've just found some parsnips I dug up last year but forgot to bring into the house for cooking (Silly me, must have had a bout of dementia)....
I'm not, haven't built the sledge, the dogs are ready though!
I've just received my seed potato order from T&M, I was reluctant to order from them as not impressed with the quality of the last lot I ordered a...
Maybe a few for 2013 but both myself and Carol want to try growing veg with that "old fashioned taste". The plan is to grow the bulk of modern...
Just what are the best varieties of onions and shallots for pickling? The varieties I grow at the mo just won't fit into a jar, far too big!...
And some carrots too..... Gladiator parsnips are the biggest ever and a fair few of my Autumn King carrots too :dancy: These were grown in the...
If, like me, you have favourites you wish to grow next year, I suggest you order your seed spuds as soon as possible if they are a popular...
It looks like we'll be getting a slightly early Christmas present. My Utonagan bitch(Shadow) mated yesterday with a very handsome stud dog....
Curiousity got the best of me I'm afraid, looked on in horror as Carol's chickens trampled my parsnips, so I thought I'd lift one to see how they...
Chickens! My beloved other half Carol is hell bent on letting her chickens graze on my veg patch, we've not got a snail or slug problem BUT we...
I'm fully aware you can over winter chilli peppers but can you do it for bell peppers? Excuse my ignorance but peppers aren't in my line of...
I noticed some white mould on 2 of my Kelsaes, so pulled the lot along with all my other onions. Those infected have been disposed off. Really...
Not as many as last year, hardly surprising considering the "butchering" it got in the autumn BUT, although smaller in size and number, the...
Only an idea 'cos I've managed to blag some 6" diameter plastic tubing from local construction workers. :) Never fear, I'm still going for my...
Those of us who do actually manage to get some sort of crop this year, if possible, can we save some seed and distribute it to to fellow GC...
Time to start prepping autumn planting garlic beds peeps, start thinking about onion beds too? SORRY!
Nonetheless, I'm laying down a challenge for myself. Going to try and grow the biggest (weight) parsnip and carrot I've ever achieved using my...
....I'm loving it! Okay, not ideal but make the best of this WET, cool weather, salad crops will suffer but winter crops will thrive, root veg...
A bit earlier than I had hoped BUT the .22 air rifle is coming out of mothballs! I planted a whole row of lettuce for the feral menace, now...
£4 a piece for the scaffold boards, black DPM a freebie, soil re-cycled from decaying raised beds. Kelsaes doing very well considering from Naff...
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