It was a weekend of milestones for me. On Saturday I finally took down most of the insulation in the greenhouse and re-installed the automatic roof vent opener. The sudden increase in light levels will, I hope, make up for the 2 to 3 C drop in temperature and spur the seedlings into even stronger…
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I haven’t been up to the allotment much in the past few weeks. A combination of health issues, work and visitors have conspired – although I have sown quite a bit for planting out later. The weekend before last though, which was warm and sunny, saw FIL and I wander up there to attempt to…
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According to people up at the allotment site there is a big problem with wireworm attacking potato tubers. The holes these pests make are then exploited by slugs, which enlarge the hole and devour the tuber from the inside. Many people have given up planting potatoes at all. You can minimise the damage by only…
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