His everyone and happy new year. Finally found time to film filling one of my new no dig beds. Sorry it's a long clip but it took a while to do and so reflects the reality of what's involved. Hope it's not too tedious. That's the second of the four
I love this time of year, when the harvests are starting to get going, it's lovely and warm and it's light until after 10pm! Find me on Instagram @collierygarden Happy gardening! Rachael x
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I decided to see if the claims made on a packet of "Speedy Salad Leaves" were true or not. So 25 days ago I sowed some of the seed in a pot and grew it on on a window sill indoors to see how it went. As you will see It's almost ready after just 25
HI Everyone, Had a week off and managed to build the no dig bed frames on the new allotment. Also sourced some large pallets to build a sturdy boundary fence. It's been cold, wet and windy but I've still managed to get quite a bit done. Always takes
Harvesting the first pot of the second early potatoes from the containers. These are the variety Kestrel which have a nice taste and the larger potatoes make great roast potatoes and chips but the smaller ones can be boiled. These were planted around
Another quick tour of the plot, polytunnel and greenhouse 10 days on. Everything seems to have doubled in size with the recent drenching and then long spells of sunshine. The tomatoes are growing really well with fruit set already and the cucumber
All the borders on the no dig plot are mulched with manure now and the new greenhouse is clean and full of seedlings. Sown and planted veg around the rest of the site too taking advantage of the great weather. Hope you had a productive week too. All
Hi folks Couple of days off this week and I've developed a severe case of itchy fingers...so I thought I'd sow the first seed of 2018. Picked up a couple of bargains to show you. Hoping to make a start on the new allotment soon and I'll be on the
Tidied up the no dig border this week and caused a squash epidemic. Were going to be eating them every day till spring. 164 squash...that's one a day for the next 6 months. And the border is in great condition too. All it took was some recycled
It's been grim up North this last couple of weeks but I've been trying to plod on preparing the plots for planting. The new no dig plot has also been cleared. Gallons of Yorkshire tea have been drunk in the process! It's very very cold! Wrap up warm
Decided to empty out a pot of the Nicola new potatoes this evening in gale force winds after another 3 inches of rain had fallen just to see what stage they were at. They were getting battered and waterlogged so I wanted to see what size they were as
Hi folks Spent the evenings watering this last week but did manage to harvest the elephant garlic. Its the third season I've grown it but still can't get over how big it can become. With the hot weather we've had it should hopefully have a fine taste
Hi folks Well the cold snap has been and gone and hopefully we can look forward to more settled weather. The cut and come again salads are running riot but they've been a welcome start to the season. We've been eating them just about every day. The
Well that's the onions up. Hopefully they'll dry and store well this year minus the neck rot. The dahlias and gladioli are starting to flower and all four plots are coming into their own. Bit of blossom end rot in the greenhouses but the toms are
No dig plot has overwintered well without acquiring much in the way of weeds. Mulching with cardboard and horse manure really does seem to work. Not much happening on the plot at the moment. We're just steadily mulching with manure and still eating
