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20 Jul 2009tomatoes in need of a feed Tomato "Roma" Fertilising, Allotment Vegetable garden , and Tomato sweet million FertilisingClear 15°C / 59°F
The leaves were looking a bit yellow, which is a sign of magnesium deficiency so i watered in some Epsom salts… * Thinned out the suckers…
Lots of fruit now just waiting for them to ripen..
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19 Jul 2009Peas finished now peas direct sown Harvesting and Allotment Vegetable gardenCloudy 23°C / 73°F
Harvested my peas this weekend.. this years crop was not a good as lasts – a few had pea moth which i think is due to the weather as its been dryer this year. Last years crop were bug free..
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19 Jul 2009beetroot now starting to harvest beetroot Harvesting and Allotment Vegetable gardenCloudy 23°C / 73°F
The first of my beetroot has been harvested… Roasted beets tonight . Yum
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19 Jul 2009Asparagus beans Bean "asparagus" yard long bean and Allotment Vegetable gardenCloudy 23°C / 73°F
God.. These are slow, I’m almost on the verge of giving up on them !! They do like it warm and i think we had our summer a few weeks back. The last 2/3 weeks has been cooler and they don’t like it…
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10 Jul 2009courgettes courgette verde di milano Flowering and Allotment Vegetable gardenare now in flower, it’ll not be long before there’s a glut!! Bracing myself… :)Cloudy 23°C / 73°F
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06 Jul 2009parsnips update 3 Parsnips White Gem and Allotment Vegetable garden15°C / 59°F
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06 Jul 2009carrot update carrots and Allotment Vegetable gardenRainy 15°C / 59°F
doing really well under the enviromesh
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06 Jul 2009Brown turkey fig update Fig 'Brown Turkey' and Allotment Vegetable garden15°C / 59°F
I’m baffled as to why there’s no fruit on it this year – thought it would love all this hot weather… Last year the weather was rubbish, it had fruit even though it didn’t get a chance to ripen …. ho hum
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06 Jul 2009peas are podding peas direct sown Fruiting and Allotment Vegetable gardenRainy 14°C / 57°F
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06 Jul 2009Brussels "clodius" update Brussel sprout "clodius" and Allotment Vegetable gardenRainy 14°C / 57°F
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