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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Making things: a place for things and a place for making
I have a couple of woodwork projects on my making-things list, but haven’t been making much progress with them. I realised the other day that part of the problem was the lack of space in the garage to start on … Continue reading
Garden Diary 25.08.2012
Planted: Basil. Leaf coriander. Harvested: Courgettes. Very tiny baby carrots. Salad leaves. Other: Discovered that three of my blackcurrant bush cuttings may have taken! Snails ate many of the chard seedlings; but it looks like one or two have survived. … Continue reading
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Garden diary 18.08.2012
In an attempt to keep better track of what happens in the garden, a new weekly note-to-self. Planted: 1.5 rows of turnips in SE bed. 2 rows pak choi in SW bed. 1 row chard in NE bed. Handful of … Continue reading
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Tagged chard, gardening, mint, pak choi, tomatoes, vegetables
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Farewell to the allotment
I knew that managing the allotment with a newborn this year would be a bit of a struggle. The plan was to mulch all the annual beds with cardboard, plant potatoes (fairly low-maintenance crop) through it, and hope for more … Continue reading
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Fitting a water butt
If you grow plants and have access to a gutter downpipe, it’s well worth finding the space and time for a water butt. Rainwater is better for your plants than tap water*; and of course you help conserve water as … Continue reading
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Tagged diy, environmentalism, water, water saving
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The Garden Project: one year in
It’s now just over a year since we moved in to our new house and I started working on the garden. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of what it looked like when we moved in. However, the first things … Continue reading
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