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Tag Archives: greenhouse
come into the greenhouse
It’s another world. Very warm and somehow comforting; I think because of the smell, which reminds me of my grandfathers’ greenhouses, one in Scotland growing tomatoes and carnations and the other in Yorkshire, growing tomatoes and more tomatoes! Both my … Continue reading
a beautiful evening
The greenhouse is starting to look quite ‘professional’, even though I’m making it up as I go along… I have discovered that using twine for tomatoes to grow up doesn’t work – the strings that I secured into the planting … Continue reading
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Tagged achocha, calabrese, gooseberries, greenhouse, peonies, rose Nostalgia, strawberry planter, sweet peas
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Biodynamics and Hope
Having applied a biodynamic horn manure preparation to the soil some weeks ago, I now imagine a sparkling invisible web of life enlivening the huerto… “Spring drew on, and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, greenhouse, pigeons, sweet peas
Tagged biodynamics, greenhouse, hope, horn manure, quince, spring, tomatoes
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greenhouse (contd) & black gold
A trip to the glazier sorted out the broken panel and after a lot of pinging of fiddly wire springs and throbbing fingers the greenhouse is fully glazed – & washed inside and out. A kind addition to the ebay … Continue reading
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