It’s been a bit of a strange month this month, we have had some scorching weather followed by floods and torrential rain so one minute the plants in the greenhouse are cooked and crispy the next they are under water. Last week i spent an hour removing water from the greenhouse in buckets after a [...]
I can’t believe it’s been so long since i posted on here, things are pretty hectic here and ive been busy working away on the new website in my spare time. the garden has also gone mad with the weather causing everything to shoot up and grow like crazy…well apart from the chilli plants which [...]
Thought some of you may be interested to know what im actually growing this year, i know i posted a list earlier in the year but its changed quite a bit during the planning and germinating stage so here is the latest list: Chillis and peppers: Peter Pecker Violet cayenne golden cayenne Mystery chilli chilil [...]
The sunny weather over the weekend lured me into planting my peas and parsnips out, i have about 30 of each, the parsnips are a mix of 2 varieties…gladiator and white gem, but i got them mixed up so ive not got any idea which are which. To protect the parsnips iv cut a load [...]
I’ve seen upside down tomato planters kicking around in shops and online but they were quite expenisve so i decided to try and make my own. I guess it will work for chillis to and as i am probably going to run out of space on the greenhouse floor i think ill try it with [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates recently, it’s been rather hectic at work and that combined with the weather has meant that not much had been done in the garden until yesterday. Amongst other things i finally got round to fixing the greenhouse, after some nasty little kids chucked some rather large bricks at it. [...]
Seelings are coming on well now, my tom’s, courgettes and cucumbers will need potting on at the weekend as they are getting too big for the propagator. A few chillis have appeared but still waiting for most of them. here is a of a few of them Wikio Wikio
Yesterdays cucumber seedlings have now got more leaves Wikio Wikio
It’s that time of year again (just over a year since it last happened) when some little b*st*rds decide they have nothing better to do than throw stones at peoples greenhouses, 3 different panels this time and not as quite as bad as last time but very frustrating. I guess it could have been worse, [...]
I bought some onion sets today as i tried to grow onions from seeds last year and failed. Onion sets are little baby onions that you plant and they grow into bigger onions, it really couldn’t be easier. Wikio Wikio
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