Vegetable diary
What grew, what didn't, and what the slugs thought of it.
Seed packets
October 9, 2026
Half the packets in the drawer are older than the drawer. A germination test on a wet towel sorted out which ones still count.
September 7, 2026
Garlic in October
Planted the cloves from the market, not the ones from the seed catalog. Next summer will tell if that was cheap or clever.
Watering
August 14, 2026
A barrel under the gutter covers the beds for most of the summer. A lid keeps the leaves out.
August 3, 2026
The compost pile
It works when it is wet and does nothing when it is dry. Grass clippings in thin layers, never a heap.