Marks Allotment Diary. Keen gardener from Newcastle
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined June 2016
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Have you got your copy of @GrowWithKG? My daughter is also a keen gardener 😁 @GrangeYear3 @grange_first
All the dahlia tubers are now cleaned up. I trim all the hair roots off and shake the loose soil off and then they are boxed up in multi purpose compost, ready to start back into life… instagram.com/p/BrE3bzNl_eH/…
All of the dahlia tubers now lifted. Nothing better than a little fire going on the allotment
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#gardening #growyourown #giantvegetables #allotment #greenhouse #raisedbed #gyo… instagram.com/p/BqOysOpl31H/…
Leeks and onion babies potted up this morning
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#giantonion #giantleek instagram.com/p/BptxpeGlIS-/…
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Check out marksreef it my other instagram account which im building a custom reef tank into the wall. Give the page a follow if your interested in the build. If not… instagram.com/p/BpsNLsYFdol/…
New tech for the greenhouse from plgrowsystems can anyone guess what it is 😁🤔
#greenhouse #greenhousetech #futuregreenhouse #greenhousegoals instagram.com/p/BphkYvelWsT/…
Some of the baby giant leeks we’ll be growing this year on the allotment
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#giantleek #leek #babyleeks instagram.com/p/BpeeW2BF8oT/…
First batch of baby giant onions awake. Going to prick them out into individual cell trays
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#babyonions #onions #giantonions #onionseedlings instagram.com/p/BpZe3dsl7MI/…
Sorting the stock leeks out today ready to produce some leek baby’s next year 😁
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#leeks #potleeks #giantleeks #potleek instagram.com/p/BpP7FmBFTZp/…
Nothing better than home grown apples 🍎 mmmmmm
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#apple #apples #appletree #homegrown instagram.com/p/Bo7SUsTl30m/…
Thats the first batch of giant onions sown 😁 bring on 2019
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#giantonion #onionseeds #seeds instagram.com/p/Bo6VA4AF9Ol/…
Thats the @kedergreenhouse cleaned and disinfected ready for@this coming growing season. Started the first batch of giant onions today 😁
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#giantonion #onions #hydroonion instagram.com/p/Bo3FyCqFjya/…
After a very disappointing season with the dahlias due to a very early frost its now time to start cutting the plants back to around 3 feet. This allows the plant to put a bit of energy… instagram.com/p/BozYjX9FCN8/…
Another cracking weekend in malvern with @geordiegiantveg . I even managed to get a few places with my entries. Also well done gary for placing in nearly everything he… instagram.com/p/BobDMbzFqqj/…
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Have arrived at Malvern. So time to start. 👍 Hopefully by dinner time Friday this should look a little better. Full of Anglesey veg.👍
Throw back Thursday
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Back in 2016 I grew some yorkshire giant leeks to an astonishing size! In the middle of the photo is my 5 year old daughter 😁
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#giantleek #cannagarden #canna instagram.com/p/Bn9EjW7HYq2/…
Well the recent storm and high winds have made here mark and ended this years flower season! Absolutely gutted was really looking forward to taking the dahlias to malvern 😩😩😩 not the… instagram.com/p/Bn9Cx39HHrx/…
Managed second place with my pot leeks at the local show. Very happy to get them on the bench
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#giantleek #leeks #leek instagram.com/p/Bn1fm5rnZjJ/…
A few onions I entered into @HarrogateFlower very happy to get them on the show bench
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#giantonion #onion instagram.com/p/Bnx7wzXFMFl/…
A few photos of the dahlias on the allotment. Stunning sight this time of year
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