Blackthorn blossom is out 2019
Feb 21, 2019
Spring is officialy here! Blackthorn blossom is nealy four weeks earlier than in 2017. I don’t seem to have recorded the date in 2018
Onions planted 2019
Feb 15, 2019
Kevin and Gudrun planted out our onion sets in the new garden. 100 Centurion, 180 Piroska Red and 100 Sturon.
Huish Family History
Feb 11, 2019
Some notes on Huish/Dumont/Witcher family history, from brush makers in Chard towards end of 19c, through a generation in South Wales to London. Includes notes on Dumonts as jewellers of french extraction. View/Download PDF
The hedge is waking up
Feb 11, 2019
I think spring is going to be with us a little earlier this year than the last two years. The Sea Buckthorn buds are opening and the Blackthorn blossom buds look as if they might open any day now. These bushes are in the hedge we planted in about 2012.
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First Cherry Blossom 2019
Feb 04, 2019
We have the first blossom on our flowering cherry - 19 days earlier than last year and 9 days earlier than 2017
Sowed first peas
Feb 03, 2019
Sowed a first row of peas - 70 Kelvedon Wonder. Spread about 500g our own woodash along the row and soaked the peas in parafin to put off mice. The ground was fleeced for a few weeks before sowing and the fleece replaced after sowing.
Planted Charlotte potatoes and sowed first spinach
Feb 02, 2019
Planted four rows of Charlotte early potatoes under fleece. 60 tubers in 4 rows. Also sowed a row of spinach Palco.
Sowed Daikon radishes
Jan 03, 2019
Sowed first batch of Daikon radishes in plot 1a
Kevin rotovating the garden
Jan 03, 2019
We rented a giant rotovater on a 50% off deal over New Year and got a week for a weekend hire. Kevin heroicly rotovated our garden and the one next door we are taking over
Lots of orchid flower shoots
Nov 09, 2018
November seems to be the month for orchids to put out new flower shoots. We now have three of ours putting out new shoots.
Orchid flower shoot
Orchid flower shoot - slightly out of focus
Orchid flower shoot
