Twelve days after sowing. Tomatoes and cucumbers have full-size cotyledons. First aubergine just seen (pot on right of picture)
Tomatoes and cucumbers
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Greenhouse controls updated. Raspberry pi in a new waterproof box from Timeguard. Added second heater outlet. Second 1200mm propagtor tray. One 120W for germination and peppers and one 60W for aubergines. 120W tray, when covered, keeps 75mm pots 12C above air temperature. Sowed tomatoes gardeners’ delight, aubergines moneymaker, and cucumber baby F1
Pots on propagtor
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Started chitting 32 (10kg) of Charlotte potatoes from the Potato House
Charlotte Potatoes chitting
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Onions have been in six weeks now and doing nicely
Onions after ix weeks
First sprouts 1st November (about 2 weeks)
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Saturn and Jupiter coming into conjuction over Pendeen Carn. About 17h45 on 6th December.
8 second exposure x10 zoom on mobile phone.
Saturn and Jupiter setting over Pendeen Carn
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First peas and beans just poking through.
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Sowed a row of Kelvedon Wonder peas (about 130), and five short rows of Aquadulce broad beans as well as 18 of own saved garlic cloves. Pinch of Rootgrow in each garlic planting hole.
Peas and beans soaked over night and sprinked with parafin to discourage mice.
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Moon and Venus rising over Chûn Quoit. Taken with huawei p30 pro. Hand-held on a chilly morning so there is a little shake.
Best opened in new tab/window and zoomed in a bit. Both Moon and Venus really are there!
Moon and Venus rising over Chûn Quoit
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Planted 96 Senshyu onion sets, since they were so successful this year. Planted where potaoes were last year.
This year's onions
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Sweetcorn Swift f1 sown
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