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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic & 40 Things To Do…….

29th June 2021 Colin Cross 3548 Comments

An eventful couple of weeks on the political front has culminated in a horny Government Minister apologising (and having his apology accepted by the PM), not for shagging his bit of spare, but for “Breaking [more…]

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Veg Growing In A Pandemic (Is Enough Ever Enough)

15th June 2021 Colin Cross 3419 Comments

Firstly, let’s get something out of the way. I never was a violent man. Even in my youth, when a “scrap” was seen as a rite of passage, I did my level best to avoid [more…]

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Gardening & Walking In A Pandemic (Panacea For Mind & Body)

20th April 2021 Colin Cross 3841 Comments

A quiet time in the greenhouse just now, the frosts just keep coming and I’m loathe to put the tomatoes, as healthy as they seem to be, in the cold frame just yet. I have [more…]

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Signs and Pottering; Rough Gardening During A Pandemic

17th May 2020 Colin Cross 2430 Comments

For what seems like weeks now I’ve been describing, in laconic detail, just how tough it is keeping a 600 (or so) square foot greenhouse in an adequate enough state of repair to do its [more…]

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Ooh, Aar A Progress Report On Rough Vegetable Gardening

2nd May 2020 Colin Cross 2379 Comments

Hello folks, being a rough old gardener has both pitfalls and rewards. The greenhouse itself has obviously seen better years and it’s a bit like Triggers rake. It’s the same greenhouse that was erected, along [more…]

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Ooh, Aar, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening Part 4

25th April 2020 Colin Cross 2460 Comments

Hello folks and welcome to part four of a guide to rough veg growing. It’s impossible to grow vegetables, even roughly, without a large number of containers, a decent space to work the magic, an [more…]

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Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening, Part 3

18th April 2020 Colin Cross 3319 Comments

Hello Folks, the pace is hotting up and we’re closing in on the really good part of rough vegetable gardening, apart from the harvesting that is; it’s time to get things in the ground that [more…]

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Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening

4th April 2020 Colin Cross 2604 Comments

It’s no secret that I inherited a large, rickety old greenhouse from an ex commercial grower who just happened to be my Father-in-Law. In the 12 years or so since I moved to Cumbria and [more…]

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