grapes

Decided it was time to give my over grown grapevine’s some pruning. They were showing a couple of diseases and the small newly forming grapes were getting smothered. I looked online and realized just how to prune the grapevines is a matter of some controversy so I decided to attack them in 2 stages. First […]

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Last Sunday I finally had time to spend a full day working on the allotment and get some things done. I finally got some doors on the shed, wombled from freecycle. I found that part of the shed had settled a bit on the ground and the door frame wasn’t as straight as when I […]

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I got back to the allotment after work yesterday evening to do some watering. I noticed both my mystery plant and my pea seedlings had been under attack with the leaves having been ravaged. I think it’s too hot / dry for slugs at present so I’m guessing it was a bird attack. I’ll have […]

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