Sunday 21 November 2021

 Toms at the far end are just about finished but winter crops are coming into their own.

Lettuce - Marvel Of Four Seasons, Perpetual Spinach, Rocket and Land Cress




Last of this years toms

 Mountain Magic tomatoes are looking tired but still hanging in there. Frosts are forecast for the next couple of nights so these will be harvested today.






Sunday 24 October 2021

Garlic Planted

 100 self saved cloves (only the fattest cloves are used for planting) - set out in position, just waiting to be dropped into dibbered holes.



Tuesday 12 October 2021

Speckled Bush Cricket

One of the UK's flightless crickets, photographed on the shed



Katrin Carrots And Root Fly

For the last three years we've grown Katrin and Nantes carrots. Interestingly Katrin have been consistently less susceptible to carrot root fly - these haven't been covered during any stage of growth. Nantes in the next row (not pictured) were affected.