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Garden – June 2020

07/06/2020 rwnash Leave a comment

May 2020 was very dry, hot and very sunny. June 2020 so far it’s turning out to be a standard British Summer with some spells of rain stop play already. The Plum tree was dead and I’m slowly removing the branches and the trunk. I’m going to get some stump remover in September with maybe a new Plum or Cherry tree next Spring. Ripe Strawberries arrived just before the 01st of June and I’m having one or two every night. The garden which I was going to cover in weedkiller is now full of Potatoes, those I did not dig up last year are now coming back to feed me. Lots of Spring Onions, Onions, Tomatoes and Cucumber are well on the way to be providing my tea. Slightly less locked down.

Categories: Gardening Tags: Bedwas, Blue Danube, Cucumber, Garden, Gardening, June 2020, lawn, Lemon Basil, Lettuce, Mint, Onions, Potatoes, Red Duke of York, South Wales, Spring Onions, Strawberries, tomatoes

Garden – April 2020

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March was a funny month as I’m sure you all can guess. So with the fence being mostly down and the Corona Virus, nothing much happened. However the fence is now back up, I have 13 seed potatoes (Red Duck of York) planted in various bags and containers. However, I’m now out of compost and I can’t just pop out to get some. The Summer Onions are coming on well and I’ve planted some maincrop sets to replace those that failed. On the indoor front. I have planted, White an Red Spring Onions, Lemon Basil and Garden Mint. Oh and I think we are having a drought. 2020 is turning out to be one hell of a year.

Categories: Gardening Tags: April 2020, Bedwas, Elody, Fence, Garden, Gardening, Hedge, lawn, Lemon Basil, Mint, Potatoes, Red Duke of York, South Wales, Spring Onions, Strawberries

Garden – February 2020

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February 2020 is going down as the worst weather since the double Beast from The East in March 2018. First of all Storm Ciara blew my fence down and Storm Dennis and the ongoing bad weather is stopping it being put back up again. So the garden hasn’t been dug and with all this rain it wouldn’t be. The only real growth is Onions, Summer Onions outside and Spring Onions indoors. I have Potatoes chitting and with a bit of luck, they will go in their bags and pots late March 2020.

Categories: Gardening Tags: Bedwas, February 2020, Fence, Garden, Gardening, Onions, South Wales, Spring Onions, Storm Ciara, Storm Dennis, Summer Onions

Garden – November 2019

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November is grey and it has rained a lot. We even had a little snow. A few leaves left on the hedge and the weeds have died back. It all needs digging but it’s too wet. Life on the Spring and Summer Onion front though.

Categories: Gardening Tags: Bedwas, Garden, Gardening, Hedge, lawn, November 2019, South Wales, Spring Onions, Summer Onions

Garden – October 2019

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Mostly mild but it finished with folding and the a frost. Goodbye Tomatoes and hello to already sprouting Summer Onions. The lawn looks nice and there are still some Strawberries. Garden to be dug and then nuked. No more weeds for this Autumn and all of new year. Not sure how healthy the Plum Tree is. Time will tell.

Categories: Gardening Tags: Bedwas, Garden, Gardening, lawn, October 2019, South Wales, Summer Onions, tomatoes

Garden – September 2019

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The middle of the month had a week of Full On Indian Summer and it was all rather good. Strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes and onions all fro the garden. But since then it has rained and rained with the lettuce pot flooding. A quick in and out to get the video before the rains started again. Clearing the weeds and digging the left over potatoes start next week/month.