Category: Gardening

Last year was the first year of trying to grow my own veg in the back garden. As it’s bricked, everything had to be in bags or pots. This worked out reasonably well, and let me experiment before installing a raised bed. Thus, this year I’ve bought a VegTrug medium as a foray into something…

Last year’s crop of spuds seemed to get hit by something like blight. However, I figured I’ll try again, and despite the temperatures, the crop is looking pretty good so far.

I’ve got an older HikVision camera set up at the kitchen door, looking in to the garden. With a feeder hung in front of it, I’ve got a front row seat for bird acrobatics!

And a freshly painted insect house.

The garden is doing well, bar one crop of potatoes that seemed to develop early blight. Those have been harvested, and will be turned into the accompaniment for lunch today. The strawberry plants are doing well, with ripe fruit appearing every few days. I’m not the biggest fan of strawberries (in a take it or…