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Is there anything more satisfying than a freshly dug veggie patch?

johnbaronjohnbaron Posts: 75
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Finally have had 1.5 days when it didn't rain! Incredible scenes! Actually managed to get out weed and turnover the newly expanded (I stole another metre up to the garden path) veggie patch, is there anything more satisfying than having it all looking fresh and ready for this seasons planting? (Note) the extra overgrown but to the left is a wild flower bee and butterfly meadow and it's meant to look like weeds, honest).

I have asparagus crowns in damp compost just waiting to go in and the root crops (beetroot, parsnip, turnip, swede and leeks), beans (French and runners which are about 6" tall in the space of a week...) and sweetcorn are all growing furiously on the window sill until the greenhouse arrives. It's all to now! 

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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    It's always exciting - every year. Never seems to get old. All the things that could be.....
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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  • johnbaronjohnbaron Posts: 75
    I'm lucky with the soil, this was all farm land until about 1920/30 when the house was built, so ive got 600-800mm of fairly rich dark slightly sandy soil overlying red weathered sandstone so it drains pretty well. 

    I dug in a load of horse fertiliser last year that's rotted down really well. My compost bin is still a bit new but hopefully I'll have some to dig in next spring with any luck. 


  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Looks lovely my cat would be in his element in your house😸
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Our hens used to get right in there when hubby was digging,almost on the fork! Such good companions in the garden!
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • TesniTesni Posts: 163
    Looks great! Very satisfying indeed.
  • johnbaronjohnbaron Posts: 75
    The fence by the way was a condition of my having a veggie patch so it didn't just "look like a hole in the lawn" and had to be painted to match the fence. Which in turn has meant all the planters on the patio have had to be painted to match too...



    (Please ignore the multitude of the flowerpots, I've just dismantled two sheds so everything is still finding new homes) 
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