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<\/p>\nWe got a greenhouse! Not a proper one, obviously, a fairly compact one that doesn’t involve pouring a concrete slab or any serious clearing of space for it.<\/p>\n
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The carrots are starting to peep out of the ground… while this is A Good Thing, I’m quite nervous – we haven’t covered them, and Steve didn’t get a strain that is specifically resistant to carrot-fly. I can hear the conversation I had with my mother years ago about the dangers echoing in my head, and also, I remember picking carrots that had been ravaged by carrot-flies, and having them basically disintegrate as I picked them, which was very disappointing…<\/p>\n
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And before anyone points it out, yes I know the plant immediately beside the stick that says “carrot” isn’t a carrot. It’s been taken out now. Or at least, I hope it has…<\/p>\n
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And these are our potatoes. Aren’t they *pretty*?! I’m loving the purple in the centre of the leaves. Sadly that seems to be going away as the leaves get bigger, but at this stage, I’m vey much liking them.<\/p>\n
And am now going to go back to knock the dirt off of this one… I’ll never have a career as a gardening stylist, will I… \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We got a greenhouse! Not a proper one, obviously, a fairly compact one that doesn’t involve pouring a concrete slab or any serious clearing of space for it. The carrots are starting to peep out of the ground… while this … Continue reading