Tuesday 26 May 2009

The Plot Update

From the top......

The recovering peas

Told you there was a lot of netting

Look close, you can just see the lettuce

The caulis under the netting

Caulis & Gooseberries

The onion patch with guest beetroot.

The new pumpkin, marrow & courgette patch, (squash to come)

Enviromesh & carrots with 32' raspberry 'hedge'

Part planted bean fence No.1

Maincrop spuds & blackcurrant

Early spuds

2 comments:

Mal's Allotment said...

Hi Dave, Haven't you been busy! How do you get your brassicas that far on already. I'm not risking my beans and courgettes out for another week or so. Mind you I'm a bit further north.

All the same my strawberries are in full flower already.

Digger Dave said...

I start my brassicas off in the cold greenhouse, one seed to a module in a seed tray insert.

Pot them into 3" pots when they've got the first set of true leave and then grow them on outside until about 6"-8" high before planting in their final positions.

Planting out with a good root ball gives them a fine start in life & helps them grow throw the club root that I suffer badly from.

Just doing maintenance on the plot at the moment, keeping it ship-shape, then next week I hope to start another phase of planting with more brassicas, beans & sweetcorn to go in.