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Sunday 24th April 2016 – Potting up the Tomato seedlings

Oh my I’ve got a lot to do. You pick up the packets of Tomato seeds and think “Oh, they look interesting!”, then you see another one and another one that you just must to have. Before you know it, you’ve … Continue reading

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Wednesday 23rd March 2016 – Tomatoes Galore!!

After the burial, I spent the afternoon in the greenhouse sowing all my Tomato seeds. I’ve got loads this year. All different varieties. Are you ready for this? Keep up, I shall only say this once. The varieties are: “Red … Continue reading

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Friday 5th February 2016 – Sowing the first of the Tomatoes!!

Some Tomatoes can be sown from January through to March. Today I’m sowing Shirley F1 and Moneymaker. I’ve still got some other weird and wonderful Tomatoes to sow, but they can’t be sown for at least another month.

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Friday 2nd October 2015 – Good old Sarpo Mira!!

I spent just a couple of hours on my plot today harvesting all sorts of goodies that I needed to take with me to the “Challock Chilli Festival” this weekend. I was pootling along quite happily and harvesting various items … Continue reading

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Thursday 27th August 2015 – It’s not raining!?!

The last few days have been, well crap to be honest! All it’s done, for most of the week is to pour with rain, blow a gale, thunder and lightning and be cold! I’m not impressed at all, but then … Continue reading

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Friday 21st August 2015 – Lots more has been harvested!

My plots are looking a little rough around the edges with the grass having grown a little longer than I would normally have it, and the weeds thinking that they’re having free range of the soil. When the kids are … Continue reading

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Monday 17th August 2015 – Harvesting is going full throttle.

Now last week I didn’t manage to get to the allotment at all, which for me is unheard of. Last week was very busy with one thing and another and it poured down with rain on 2 of those days. … Continue reading

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Saturday 8th August 2015 – My 1,000th post!!

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe that I’ve waffled on, mainly about gardening, for 1,000 posts now!!! I’m not sure if I should apologise or not? I’ve clearly had lots to waffle on about, and I hope you’ve enjoyed it. … Continue reading

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Thursday 16th July 2015 – It’s surprising what you can get done when you put your mind to it!!

Today I was on my own, because Robbie was elsewhere. Still I managed to occupy myself for the 4 and a half hours I was on my plot for. I arrived just before 10am and had planned to give plot … Continue reading

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Thursday 9th July 2015 – The Allotment Greenhouse is full!!

The greenhouse down on my allotment is now full up with “Roma” Tomatoes, and Tomatillos now. They’re all in their final pots and hopefully they’ll grow really well now. Robbie came to help me again today which was brilliant. We’re … Continue reading

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