Month: July 2017

Onions

Vegetable Growing 2017

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In an Earlier Post we discussed the repair of the raised beds and the initial planting of vegetable seeds. We have had our first crop of Potatoes and Cabbage, very nice and the kids even ate some of the cabbage. The greenhouse produced great plants that went out into the raised beds, Beetroot, Cabbage, Little Gen Lettuce, Pumpkins, Spinach and Runner Beans. Some veg was planted directly into the soil, Onions and Potatoes.                 Currently we have 4 Cucumber plants and 4 Sweet Pepper plants growing in the Greenhouse. A new raised bed

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beautiful summer flowers

Summer Flowers

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Its now July 2017 and we have been here for just over a year, The previous owners were really keen gardeners and we are reaping the benefits now with some beautiful summer flowers in the garden. My wife has been keeping the weeds down, a little area of garden every few days keeps them in check. I manage the Veg and produce growing, lots of weeds there as well. An update on the veg coming soon. Compost production is going well, we have 4 bays for the waste, each one is approx 4 ft x 4ft, the compost is placed

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