We, sow the seed... Nature, grows the seed...
I spent a relaxing hour or so this evening finishing off my raised bed, and sowing some veggie seeds. I topped off the bed with a mixture of rotted horse manure and (peat free) compost, and added a bag of perlite. I then divided the bed into 1 x 1.25 foot sections using bamboo canes, giving me sixteen rectangles to play with. Depending on the crop I either sowed a few seeds into a grid of holes in each rectangle, or broadcast them randomly.
So far I have sowed:
- American Land Cress
- Spinach
- Turnips (for harvesting when small)
- Chinese Broccoli (never tried it, worth a go)
- Swiss Chard (Bright Lights) - sowed into two rectangles, as I'll only get a few plants per rectangle
- Lettuce (Leibacher Ice)
- Lettuce (Red and Green Mixed)
- Carrots (Early Nantes)
- Radishes (French Breakfast)
- Beetroot (Detroit Red Ball)
posted by Clive Scoggins @ 10:24 PM
2 Comments:
'square foot gardening' seems to be a phrase I have heard so many times in the last month. Saw a bed at Wisley yesterday, it had just a few of each veg. A good way for beginners to start and a good way to use small spaces.
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If you'd like to link back to me that would be great, but of course it is entirely up to you.
Regards,
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