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Following all the dry weather I managed to get some
cultivating done on Monday, with the intention of really getting
ahead of our usual schedule this coming week.
Sadly it seems the weather had other ideas, and
instead of some beautiful snow we ended up with a couple of days
of the most unpleasant cold rain I can remember. Still, it's meant
we won't feel guilty if we end up sowing seeds into module trays
in the comfort of our glasshouse during this coming week.
I've yet again had a major overhaul of the website, in an attempt
to add in more colour and pictures, as well as adding a few new
products to the front page, and adding in plenty more options
in fruitandveg.htm. It's still all being done pretty basically,
but I'm pleased with the results, not bad for a farmer. Now all
we've got to do is grow the veg.
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February 24
2007
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Well, aside from the continual rain which is holding up the outdoor
cultivation, we've managed to get quite a bit done.
This last week we have managed to complete the month's sowings, we now
have 45 trays of Broad Beans for planting outside when they get to about
three inches high, depending on whether the soil has dried out of course
and 24 trays of French Beans for planting in tunnels in about six weeks.
We have also got a mixture of Chillis, Sweet Peppers, Aubergines, Cherry,
Beefsteak and our usual Diplom Tomatoes, as well as 3 trays of Tumbler
Tomatoes for planting on into hanging baskets, plus loads of Tamar's
Mixed Sweet Peas in 10cm pots, various Lettuce for planting outside
once it dries up and some Parsley which we hope will do better than
last years failure.
Matt's also found time to begin rotavating some of the tunnels to break
the soil down so we're ready for planting the French Beans and Cucumbers,
and he also sowed half our large greenhouse with Spinach - Giant Winter,
and the other half with a mix of about a dozen salad varieties which
we should manage to harvest before the tomatoes are ready to be planted.
The other job we managed to complete is our compost heap. We got hold
of 14 large bales of straw which we set up to act as a surround for
the heap, turned the compost into this space and have now covered this
with a huge sheet of tarpaulin. The straw should assist in generating
enough heat to kill off any diseases, seeds and help the compost break
down to a usable state in a very quick time while the tarpaulin will
stop anything managing to grow on the surface.
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