Beetroot 2021
A row of Boltardy sown earlier this year (I don't have the exact date to hand), this image dated 5 June 2021:
30 June 2021
And some of the produce, picked ready for boiling and pickling...
Setting out a new asparagus plot in 2019
Some photos of us setting out a raised bed area with the long term plan of getting asparagus from it. And asparagus is very much a long term plan - as the Royal Horticultural Society advises on its excellent website , to not harvest within the first two years of harvesting. This plot previously had some rather large rosemary bushes, curry plants and other herbs that were coming toward to the end of their natural lifespans, so these were dug up and burned, while the plot was thoroughly dug over (" double digging method ") with plenty of horse manure added, and left for several months. Digging the trench We start by digging a trench (the date started was 1 March 2019) on the right side of the plot, and transport this soil elsewhere, some of which went into the wheelbarrow you see at the bottom right of the picture. Into this trench we added more well-rotted horse manure, and worked this into the bottom of the trench. At the far end of the plot there is a...
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