Aside from the early sowings of cime di rapa and radish in the cold frames, we have held back from direct sowings until the weather conditions and soil temperature improved. Sowings that might otherwise have been made at the start of April, or even the latter half of March in a warm spring, have waited… Continue reading First direct sowings
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Sowing and planting this week
This week saw a mixture of sowing and planting out. First, we prepared our second outdoor potato bed and planted a favourite late main crop Pink Fir Apple, along with more of second early Wilja and a few left over early Sharpe’s Express. The Wilja and Pink Fir Apple will go into the store once… Continue reading Sowing and planting this week
Sowing this week
This week we had limited time for sowing as we finally started planting up the orchard. We did, though, tend to three timely tasks: the parsnip bed, Jerusalem artichokes, and a second potato bed. Parsnips benefit from a long growing season and sowing as early as February is sometimes recommended. However, such early sowings, when… Continue reading Sowing this week
Seed list 2014 – part 1 – root crops
I am sure I am not alone in feeling like a kid in sweet shop when it comes to browsing seed catalogues and preparing sowing plans for the coming year. Long before we even broke ground here I drew up a ‘shortlist’ of seeds that I thought would make a good starting point. This shortlist… Continue reading Seed list 2014 – part 1 – root crops