In February we sowed some cime di rapa in the cold frames. This is a crop perhaps best suited to growing and cropping through the cooler parts of the year, and may run to seed rather too quickly during the summer. We also need the cold frames for melons, which should be planted out in… Continue reading Early harvest of cime di rapa
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Last sowing of February
February is still early in the new gardening season but it is always nice to set a mixture of seed and try to get a head start on things, and, if a little protection can be offered – from propagators, cold frames, greenhouses or polytunnels, for example – then often these early sowings will succeed… Continue reading Last sowing of February
Sowing this week
This week’s main task was planting out some of the broad beans that we sowed a few weeks back. They had developed into robust young plants in perfect condition for moving on. Whilst we planted out the peas in the polytunnel, broad beans do not do so well under cover as they rely on pollinating… Continue reading Sowing this week
Sowing this week
This week we started sowing more of the tender crops. We started with French bean Beurre de Rocquencourt, a dwarf wax bean bearing pale yellow pods. Whilst the outdoor crop of climbing French and runner beans will provide a heavy crop over a long period, they take some time to develop. A dwarf bean will… Continue reading Sowing this week