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Tag: chilli plants

Getting the garden ready for winter

2nd Nov 2025 leyfarmcottages

It did make me chuckle this week when I received a gardening email suggesting it’s time to ease up in the garden as the number

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Reclaiming our new greenhouse from aphids!

26th Oct 2025 leyfarmcottages

It turns out that weekend same-day changeovers are easier to manage alongside work than Friday changeovers, but it does limit the number of jobs we

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Our new chilli greenhouse – another ‘major job for 2025’ complete

10th Aug 2025 leyfarmcottages

This week we’ve managed to complete another of our ‘major jobs for 2025′ – building our chilli greenhouse in our new back garden. When we

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Celebrating five years at Ley Farm

27th Jul 2025 leyfarmcottages

This week we reached our fifth anniversary of living in Devon. It definitely doesn’t feel that long! Each year we’ve made progress renovating the property

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A weekend in the garden

13th Jul 2025 leyfarmcottages

A rare weekend with no daytime plans meant we could spend both days in the garden and make some noticeable progress. Our first focus was

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Our solar tiles are finally up and running!!

28th Jul 2024 leyfarmcottages

What a week! Things are rapidly falling into place and everyone on site has been working so hard. After just over a year since the

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