A lot of work there! I used to have a productive garden a bit like that - I grew vegetables and cut flowers, sweet peas mainly.Vegetables yous say? We have a bit of space to grow those at the back.
Vegetables yous say? We have a bit of space to grow those at the back.
It's the wife's main hobby. I just do the donkey work. That photo was taken a few years ago but we now have Asparagus , Potatoes, Leeks, Strawberries, Green Beans of all varieties , Courgettes , Onions, Carrots, Parsnips and all manner of other things that just keep on growing.
we now have Asparagus , Potatoes, Leeks, Strawberries, Green Beans of all varieties , Courgettes , Onions, Carrots, Parsnips ....
Asparagus takes forever to establish.
My garden pales into insignificance but somehow I grow all those things plus raspberries, peppers, tomatoes, brassica etc. Our asparagus, planted about 8 or 9 years ago, took 2 years to pick any and each successive year we harvest more and more. The wife lets it go to ferns for 6 months to retain the energy. We have too much to eat immediately so freeze some, and it freezes well (no blanching). I'm experimenting with brassica grown in the otherwise unused big greenhouse this winter; outside ones have been a bit hit 'n' miss.
Brassicas love firm ground. Big difference when you tread down the soil really hard before, and after planting.
all brassicas love a bit of frost
Didn't know that re all brassica plants; just sprouts. Unfortunately, moles push up the soil on occasion, esp. in the greenhouses, so I now have a plant perched on top of a molehill; I'll need to firm it down, Normally the moles avoid the plants, but not always, it seems.
TBH all the brassica family, carrots/parsnips/swedes/turnips/beetroot etc; any earthy root veg and the greens get better and taste better after a frost; it sets their sweetness in etc
No issues with moles here thankfully due to the woods... Just larger 4 legged greens-eaters haha
very green in the eco sense as nothing is wasted.
yes sometimes my starlings can devour 3 to 4 fat balls in 3 days ...other times they last for weeksA massive fight is going on in my garden , Lots of starlings fighting over the fat balls
Time to bring in the feeder me thinks