The View down the loch |
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August 2009, Onions drying out |
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Long before The Veggie Patch An arial shot taken in June 2006 long before The Veggie Patch |
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Before and after pigs 3 male Tamworths use their snouts to turn over the turf to eat the roots. |
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Kate with the piglets April 2009 the pigs are 2 months old. |
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potatoes, french beans and strawberries 2009 our first attempts - long narrow beds seem productive |
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August '09 Beside Polytunnel Artichokes, cabbages, celery, potatoes and onions drying over to the right. |
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Black Rock Black rock hens from Kintaline Farm, good for Scottish climate |
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Overcrowded Polytunnel 2009, I planted far too many tomatoes and peppers and they got Blight. |
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Ex battery hen One of the hens rescued from an intensive battery farm, her scruffy feathers look much better now, though her beak is still cut. |
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Straw bale House 110 bales of straw for mulch, compost and a raised bed |
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Asparagus bed 30 asparagus crowns mulched with seaweed |
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Prunings Fuscia, dog rose and broom prunings - if they root we've got a hedge. |
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Manure and wildflowers Cow manure lies covered for a year then used to enrich the soil, the wildflowers are pretty and encourage wildlife |
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Scatter straw on grass Go over with the lawnmower to produce a nice mulch |
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Peas before mulch |
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Peas after mulch Mulch keeps moisture in, weeds out and adds nutrients |
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Lettuces and seedlings The polytunnel is blooming |
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Kohl rabi |
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Greyhound cabbage Grown in the polytunnell |
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Bean Harvest 17th August RUNNER BEANS Red Flame, FRENCH BEANS The Prince & CLIMBING FRENCH BEAN Barlotta Lingua di Fuoco |
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Courgette Harvest 17th August The courgettes are doing well. |
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Table Top Sale The sales table in Millhouse end July. |
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Cucumber Cucumber growing in the polytunnel |
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Harvest Time Early August 3013 |
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Redcurrants The harvest from one Redcurrant bush |
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Blackcurrants Bumper crop of Blackcurrants this year |
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Kate at a Produce Sale Kate at a Produce Sale in Kilmun July 2013 |
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Potato Patch The potato patch outside the polytunnel 2013 |
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Inside the polytunnel Inside the polytunnel July 2013 |
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Moorland Gold Multi Purpose Moorland Gold Multi Purpose Potting Compost |
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Veggies September |
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