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No Dig Polytunnel May Transformation

29th May 201929th May 2019 Stephanie Hafferty 4 Comments

May: such a magical month in the garden. The growth is incredible and each day the garden reveals new delights! When the first strawberries ripen we know summer is on its way.

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Two Summer Salads - Virgin Mojito Cucumbers and Roast Fennel with Beetroot
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Two Summer Salads – Virgin Mojito Cucumbers and Roast Fennel with Beetroot

3rd July 2018 Stephanie Hafferty 7 Comments

The vegetable gardens are filling up with gorgeous summer abundance, almost every day it seems we are welcoming back another seasonal delight. 

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Red spider mite...this is a bit long! I usually post photos of my abundant crops & healthy plants, but as we all know - growing your own has its problems as well as pleasures! So today I’m sharing something that we don’t want to find in a polytunnel but here it is on my beans. Have you had an “oh no!” moment or two in your garden this year? If so, you can imagine what I might have said discovering these beasties today! These beans are in my polytunnel because they are a very special blue fruiting bean and I was protecting them from cross pollination so that I can save the seeds for sowing next year. Red spider mite doesn’t like moist conditions so I’ve been soaking these beans every time I watered them, but over the past few weeks I’ve been away more frequently (lots of speaking engagements) and the sunny weather has created the perfect hot, dry conditions for the spider mite to flourish. I’ve cut off the worst of the infected leaves and put them in the compost heap. I’ll spray the beans with water daily. I won’t use soaps or neem oil as these can harm other creatures and the polytunnel is full of happy insects. I’m very hopeful that I will be able to mature a decent harvest and - crucially - the red spider mites have congregated on the beans and left my beloved aubergines alone! Life often gets in the way of the best laid gardening plans, but looking on the bright side - I’ve got some great photos of the pests now! . . #redspidermite #gardenchallenges #reallifegardening #gardenpests #homesteading #gdnbloggers #polytunnelpests There’s something so strange and cheerful about kohl rabi. These are growing in @felix.hof #nodig market garden. When travelling I love to see what people love to grow and eat. Talking with people on the gardening course today, it was interesting to hear how parsnips and turnips are not widely grown and eaten in Germany, whereas kohl rabi are very popular. . . #kohlrabi #growsomethinggreen #foodnotlawns #nodiggardening #nodiggarden #marketgardening #growyearround #seasonalvegetables Another beautiful morning and a different #nodig market garden today. We are at @felix.hof’s incredibly productive garden in Germany. Here he produces 55 veg boxes every week using organic methods. There’s not a weed to be seen on his beds! . . #nodig #nodigmarketgarden #nodigmarketgardening #marketgarden #organicmarketgarden #organicmarketgardening #growveggies #growveg #growyearround Moien! Good morning from Koerich, Luxembourg. Whilst Charles has been busy setting up his slideshow for today’s #nodig gardening course, I’ve been exploring the local town. Fascinating time in this ruined castle, up and down the lanes and practising my French (which isn’t very good but I make up for lack of vocabulary with lots of hand gestures and enthusiasm). . . #exploringluxembourg #koerichcastle Visiting Krautgaart in Luxembourg, a gorgeous productive no dig garden. I’ll be writing about it on my blog soon. Charles is running a day course here tomorrow. What an adventure! . . #krautgaart #nodig #nodigmarketgarden #luxembourg #growyourownfood #marketgardening #nodiggardening #nodiggarden #organicgardening Harvests this afternoon from my back garden where I have a polytunnel. It’s 12x40 ft and I put it where the lawn used to be, 8 years ago! I’m going to have fun preserving this lot! There were also the last of the blueberries but I ate those. . . #polytunnel #nodigpolytunnel #nodig #nodiggarden #backyardhomestead #backyardgarden #septemberharvest #growfoodnotlawns #smallscalehomesteading #homestead #growwhatyoueat #homegrowntomatoes #homegrownveggies #giy #gdnbloggers #harvest

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