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Member since: Dec 09 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 3 | Organic gardener

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  • 30 Jun 2012
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    Cucumber

    Planted cucs in
    Storms 18°C / 64°F
  • 09 Jun 2012
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    Purslane & Parsnips

    Two more rows of parsnips, sieved and dug. Put some remaining tomato plants in bed three. Near beans put in some sweet peas and transplanted some radish. More lettuce harvested.
    Partly Sunny 18°C / 64°F
  • 03 Jun 2012
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    Pond, peas and parsnips

    Added some more slabs and stones to the pond edge. Added further lines of twine to the pea frames. Planted into the brassica bed some broccoli and kohl rabi Cucumber and radish into bed three and covered over parsnips as had been so wet. Earthed up pots.
    Partly Sunny 17°C / 63°F
  • 01 Jun 2012
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    Grey skies, must be a bank-holiday weekend.

    Courgette All Green Bush Planting Out and Courgette Tondo Chiaro Di Nizza Planting Out
    Weeded the raspberry bed. Two rows of parsnips sown, sifted the soil and added some vermiculite. A tip from GW magazine so hope it works and get some nice plump snips. Put some quick growing radish in with them to aid weeding. Two each of the courgette plants planted and covered with cloche as bi...
    Overcast 12°C / 54°F
  • 27 May 2012
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    Growbags

    Two varieties of tomatoes and several types of peppers into greenhouse grow bags. Watered. Harvested some rocket and lettuce. placed some pots near cabbages to aid watering.
    Sunny 25°C / 77°F
  • 25 May 2012
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    Fruit cage

    Tidied up clobber near greenhouse. Wendy and chaps down in afternoon. Cleared weeds along hedge on outside perimeter. Finished netting fruit cage.
    Sunny 25°C / 77°F
  • 24 May 2012
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    Runner beans

    Runner Bean Enorma Planting Out
    Down in evening with Wendy. Planted runner beans by frame. Watered and put net over cabbages as fleece tearing.
    Sunny 25°C / 77°F
  • 22 May 2012
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    Watering

    Gave everything a big heap of water as not down Thursday.
    Sunny 25°C / 77°F
  • 21 May 2012
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    Fairly warm inside the greenhouse.

    Moved some seedlings as too warm. Window opened. Pulled out the last of old cabbage plants and dug over. Watered.
    Sunny 25°C / 77°F
  • 20 May 2012
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    Sweet peas, dirty knees and watching birdies.

    In the evening Wendy came for a visit. Put some sweet peas in by the fruit frame. Got up some cabbage and leek for Wednesday tea and a nice amount of rhubarb for crumble. Watered seedlings whilst Wendy kept an eye on visiting birds to feeders.
    Partly Sunny 16°C / 61°F

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