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It’s been 16 days since my last confession…i mean update

Andy — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:08:26 +0000

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 seem to be alot smaller than previous years.

We have had our first harvest of peas from the “bucket o peas” in the greenhouse and they were delicious.

i’ve got some more recipes written and some more photos so ill upload those to here very soon along with the next part of the growing guide.

Growing update

Andy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:37 +0000

It’s been another hectic week here at Chilli Up North.

The weather has meant ive had to water the garden and veg plants lots over the past week, not that i mind as its nice being out in the sun. It also seems to have given everything a boost and really brought the garden to life.

The spuds are now poking through so it will nearly be time to earth them up, the onions are well on their way, the toms have shot up, the green house bucket o peas has started flowering, the peas and beans outside have all grown a bit too and the parsnips have definately grown.

The most important crop of all the chillis are doing well, all the plants are nice and healthy, some of them are still a bit on the small side but it wont be long before they are fully grown, of that im sure.

I also got a new toy this week, a nice shiny panasonic lumix lx3 digital camera, ive not taken many pics of the garden yet…just a few of the marigolds in the greenhouse, i have however taken a bucket load of pics when we nipped across to the lion inn at blakey ridge for a spot of walking followed by a few real ales and a lovely old perculiar casserole.

if you want to check out my photos from days out and about they are availble here

I will try and get some pics of the newly emerging veg along with adding a bit more info to my blog, if anyone has any requests for stuff they would like to see here please let me know

Another Busy Weekend

Andy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:16:00 +0000

As i’d mentioned in another post earlier, it was a busy weekend in the garden, as well as fixing the green house, i did a whole lot of other stuff, including planting my spuds (charlotte, nicola, kestril and maris piper, planted my onions in the cold frame, planting my goji berry bush, planting lots of seeds and other plants around the garden.

it was hard work and took more or less the whole day so i definately appreciated my sunday lunch and a couple of beers in the sun afterwards.

anway here are a few pictures for you

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Nearly there

Andy — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:23:10 +0000

Finally got a chance(and a break in the weather) so made a start on the garden.

I dug over my veg beds, did loads of weeding, sorted a few things out and fixed the garage door.

When I was weeding a came across this little fella having a kip

and here are my finished beds