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Tag Archives: growing things
Replanning the herb garden
I took advantage of a brief sunny period mid-week to go out and rearrange the herb patch. Sadly I don’t have a very good before photo, but this one from this time last year is a reasonable representation: This is … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, growing things, herbs, planning, the garden project
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Tidying up the garden for the winter
At the weekend I hoicked out the tomatoes (getting a fair crop of green tomatoes in the process), courgettes, gone-to-seed lettuce, and a bundle of unexpected carrots, to clear some space before winter. I also dug over the compost and … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, growing things
Tagged broad beans, compost, gardening, growing things, lettuce, peas
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Adventures in Parenting: food from the garden
It’s taken a looong time this year (possibly because of June’s dreadful weather), but finally I am regularly harvesting food from the garden*. Carrots (my first ever really decent carrot crop!), courgettes, little cherry tomatoes, chard, and the last of … Continue reading
Posted in food, growing things
Tagged baby-led weaning, food, growing food, growing things, leon, parenting
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Garden update
Despite the erratic weather, things in the garden are moving on happily. A quick list (no photos this time, may try to add some tomorrow): Apples on the apple tree! Research suggests that as this is a 3-yr-old tree, I … Continue reading
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Tagged apple tree, beans, courgettes, gardening, growing things, peas, salad veg, the garden project, tomatoes, vegetables
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Protecting tomato seedlings
A quick photo to illustrate why it’s worth keeping tomato seedlings inside (or in a greenhouse) for that little bit longer, rather than just dumping them outside once they’ve grown their first couple of leaves and been transplanted. These are … Continue reading
Allotment weeding with a baby
We already solved the problem of taking the baby to the allotment (and to lots of other places). This weekend for the first time I managed to get something done while I was there, too, rather than just telling doop … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, growing things, leon, plans, planting, potatoes, vegetables
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Flowers: permaculture and beauty
Permaculture isn’t only about the practical; or rather, “practical” covers more than you might think. Permaculture is all about sustainability, and that includes creating environments which are sustainable for humans in respect to all their needs. A garden needn’t just … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, flowers, gardening, growing things, peas, permaculture, the garden project
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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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