Peter Norris

  1. Free-range tomatoes without mold

    Free-range tomatoes without mold

    The Mountain Magic tomato must be said to have passed the ultimate mold test this year. My potatoes got mold, the tomatoes Bloody Butcher and Black Sea Man in the covered manure bench have mold - and a bit of mold has also been in the...

  2. So onions in August

    So onions in August

    On Friday I sow onions. If you want early fresh onions from the beginning of June, you can grow overwintering onions - either from seeds or by seedlings. Scallions are by far the most expensive solution, and since in my experience the...

  3. Garlic and garlic

    Garlic and garlic

    This year's catastrophic garlic harvest in June has today meant that a strong steam of garlic has spread throughout the kitchen garden. The garlic had been affected by white rot, a fungal disease that attacks members of the onion family....

  4. Cucumber and spider mites

    Cucumber and spider mites

    And now Christmas smells again in the little mist bench ?? Actually, I can not at all snatch the smell of carnations, but the other day I came across an idea of sprinkling carnations around cucumber plants to keep the spider mites away....

  5. Drying onions in moist autumn

    Drying onions in moist autumn

    If you have put this year's onion harvest for drying in an airy place a long time ago and then not really looked at them, it might be an idea to do so. Because I have looked at mine, and everything was not as it used to be. After harvest...

  6. Repotting cabbage in November

    Repotting cabbage in November

    If you have small plants of, for example, cabbage left to overwinter in pots in the greenhouse until they can be planted sometime in March, it is a good idea to check how the roots are doing in the pots. The slightly warmer (without even...