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Tag Archives: purple sprouting
Lockdown: Plant Me Out
As we move into phase three of Lockdown in the Midlife Garden, restrictions are being gradually lifted as seedlings and young plants are allowed into raised beds and borders. We remain confident that the garden economy will make a recovery … Continue reading
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Tagged brassica, brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Cabbages, kholrabi, lockdown, PPE, purple sprouting, social distancing
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Sowing the Seeds
When I started this post a week ago the immediate concerns surrounded the aftermath of another weekend bringing another storm – Jorge. It seemed that our post-Brexit freedoms did not extend to naming our own storms with those Europeans coming … Continue reading
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Tagged crown prince squash, godetia, higgledy garden, kale, purple sprouting, rocket, seeds, Sowing, squash, storm Jorge
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Green Shoots
Back to a new term and the new garden as we prepare to put my father to rest on Monday. It has, of course, been a strange time – the combination of funeral arrangements, sorting The Old Man’s estate and … Continue reading
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Tagged cavolo nero, greenhouse, hen, potato, potatoes, potting shed, psb, purple sprouting, tomato, tomtoes
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Late news from late summer
It was a wet end to the summer and I never really got the garden under the level of control I might in other years have demanded. I wrote this piece back in October, before a lot of other stuff … Continue reading
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Tagged chillis, Garden, gardening, green peppers, potatoes, purple sprouting, shallots, squashes, tomatoes
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May Now
May is deceptive. You think there is sunshine and warmth there, but look closer and all you see is grey and coldness. That’s the PM for you. It’s no different in the garden, where temperatures remain cool and seedlings need … Continue reading
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Tagged brussels sprouts, Diane Abbott, kale, May, psb, purple sprouting, sweet pea, sweet peas, Teresa May
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End of Term report
It’s that time of the year again when the evening chill sharpens, the leaves start to turn and we spend a fruitless Sunday morning trying to purchase Glastonbury tickets. And it has been months since I delivered any sort of … Continue reading
New Term
And so here’s the summer, and what have we done? Another Easter over and a new term begun… Easter is an exciting time of year, with the greenhouse beginning to burst at the seams with seed trays which themselves start … Continue reading
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Tagged baileyhill bookshop, basil cabbages, brokali, cape daisy, chillis, Commonfarmflowers, courgettes, leeks, marogold, Nicotiana, peas, potatoes, purple sprouting, rudbeckia, zinnias
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Feed the Birds
Mary Poppins the musical is back doing the rounds and so I somehow got an ear worm in my head that is straight out of the show. Ear worm is an apt description as the song is “Feed the Birds”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brussels, chickens, feeder, fieldfare, kale, psb, purple sprouting, raspberries, rats, robin, starlings
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