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Tag Archives: garden
Snowy plants
Four or five inches of snow on my raised beds earlier this week, but looks like the beans, peas, & garlic at least are trucking along under there. I got my tiny garden apprentice to help me take a look … Continue reading
Garden planning 2013: back garden
My rough plan for the year! It would be better with a sketch, & I may try to add one (I have one in my notebook). Now I need to transfer it all to the calendar.
Apples, and Growstuff
Our apple tree grew two whole apples this year*, and on Tuesday we ate one of them. It was, as that update mentions, very tasty. Tonight we will eat the second one. That update link goes to Growstuff, an awesome … Continue reading
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Tagged apple tree, apples, coding, diy, eating the food, garden, growstuff
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Peas and beans
I planted most of my broad beans last November/December, in two of the raised beds. One lot were planted in the polyculture winter veg bed, and the second lot in the bed next to it as a block on their … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, flowers, garden, gardening, growing things, legumes, permaculture, polyculture, the garden project, vegetables
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Salad plantings
Also on my March planting list were green salad leaves. All of my preferred green salad leaves are cut-and-come-again types; from a permaculture perspective, that’s a more productive use of the soil as you can keep harvesting throughout the season … Continue reading
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Tagged garden, gardening, growing things, lettuce, permaculture, polyculture, rocket, salad leaves, the garden project, vegetables
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From pallets to shed
I spent much of February slowly constructing a shed (more of a tool cupboard, really; our garden is very small) from deconstructed pallets. The first step was to measure up (my shed was 80cm x 60cm in footprint, and spade-height-plus-a-bit … Continue reading
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Tagged building things, diy, garden, low-budget, making things, permaculture, the garden project
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Making things
Recently, I have been making things: The second one took a bit longer, and is kind of still under construction. Actually the shed is also still under construction, lacking as it does a door; it has however had front battens … Continue reading
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Tagged building things, diy, garden, leon, pallet construction, permaculture, shed
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Poly-veg winter bed: update
With the single currently-active raised bed in the back garden, I experimented with a winter polyculture, or mixed-veg bed. It’s now looking very healthy, with plants in various stages of growth: Some garlic poking its head up, all around the … Continue reading
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Tagged broad beans, chard, garden, gardening, garlic, lettuce, permaculture, polyculture, raised beds, rocket, winter greens
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Self-fertile apple trees for small gardens
I’m keen to have a fruit tree in our garden, and my mind turned to what’s really the default UK fruit tree: the apple. The thing with apple trees, though (and in fact many fruit trees), is that if you … Continue reading
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Tagged apple trees, apples, fruit, garden, plants
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DIY rooting hormone with willow bark
I had a couple of cuttings to take (it being that time of year), but wasn’t keen to get commercial rooting hormone to help them along. Someone at the EAT 2011 course in August told me that you can use … Continue reading
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Tagged cuttings, garden, gardening, herbs, rosemary, techniques, thyme
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