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Back to a land of plenty
Say you missed me. Life was meaningless without me. You’ve white-knuckled your way through my absence, gagging for your hit of Soilman magic… right? No? Hey-ho. Too bad, because I’m back from my...
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Seasonal nausea: Coming soon
Corn is outrageously good this year. I’ve had two good-sized ears on nearly every plant (average is 1.5 most seasons). Wife and I are scoffing two cobs apiece every night. I swear I’ll turn yellow any...
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Clearing up this year’s corn
I was digging like a Terminator on Sunday. Managed to get most of this year’s sweetcorn on the compost and even spread a bit more horse shit. Grim job, though. Back hurts, arse hurts, arms hurt, legs...
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Too scared to plant out the corn
OK, now this is getting desperate. I have two trays of corn ready to plant out, but no time to do it. Plus I’m still scared of frost. Call me paranoid, but I’m convinced it will all go shit-shaped at...
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Ready or not: Sweetcorn is go
Done it at last… and already I’m nervous. The weather has taken a turn for the worse today. If we get frost again, I think I’ll lose it completely. What kind of crappy year are we having?? I’m going a...
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Of ants and sweetcorn
They’re going out on the plot today. It’s a famous moment, because Sweetcorn Planting means the start of summer. Not that it feels all that special this year. We’ve had summer for about a month...
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Rats are eating my corn
Bastard rats. This hasn’t been a problem – much – on my plot before. Dunno why. Plenty of my neighbours get their corn scoffed. Mine has always largely escaped. Not this year. Fucking rodents have...
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Mixed allotment produce
What an miserable summer it’s been. Even September – usually dependably lovely – has let us down this year. Having said that, the endless rain has given me some astonishing crops. This is just one...
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Triumph to tragedy
I was quite excited when I got these in on May 20th. Clearly it was safe to plant them out – it was during the hot week, and frost was definitely no longer an issue – and I thought to myself: “Smart...
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Harvest-tastic
Came back from a holiday fortnight in the USA to find my vegetable plot bulging with produce. The rain has brought massive crops of everything, including weeds. My, but you Americans live well. We...
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Grateful for anything, however small
You will have noticed that I’m doing no posting this year. This is because I am largely doing no gardening. My vegetable patch, consequently, is a disaster zone. This is the only view I could find...
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