Good idea Bekkie, I will endeavour to upload some pictures once I get going.
This year I'm planning on growing potatoes, first and second earlies. Carrots, petis pois and some salad leaves, I have watercress and lettuce so far. Last year i think I tried to grow too much so I'm not planning on too much more than that, although I may try sowing some other crops after harvesting others. I might try a few things in bags and pots as well, perhaps chillis and maybe some more salad stuff.
Im having a go at growing flowers for drying instead of cutting, got lots of squash and beans to grow, was going to grow more roots this year, but doubt i will have room! As always, lots of fruit
Did you see the "new" lettuce crosses in the T&M book? A cross between iceberg and romaine or iceberg and cos, they look good, i might try a few of them too
Come in a little late on this one, but I used to have three full sized allotments.
I now have in my garden three 10 metre beds for vegetables and can grow more much better crops in just these 3 beds.than I ever or anyone else managed to do so on the allotments.Some thirty other gardeners.
They are high and once filled to a reasonable depth they then take all my finished growbags from the greenhouses etc.each season and keep getting deeper and deeper.
The soil is so good that you could dig ? it with just your hands.
Ref Raised beds being a recent trend the monks used to garden this way and they did not have supermarkets to fall back on.
Someone mentioned Nasturtiums to me once before, I will look for that thread on companion planting.
Bed wise I think I going to build one of the planned two. Partly to keep the cost down and partly to see how it goes. Theres a lot of mixed opinions, but i guess the proof will be in the pudding. Or vegetable casserole in this case!
Thanks bekkie, just found it. Yes I think that's the thread I saw once before and where I first heard of the idea.
I think I might try some marigolds and mint. I'm not growing brassicas this year so prob don't need the nasturtium. Will be really interesting to see how it goes.
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This year I'm planning on growing potatoes, first and second earlies. Carrots, petis pois and some salad leaves, I have watercress and lettuce so far. Last year i think I tried to grow too much so I'm not planning on too much more than that, although I may try sowing some other crops after harvesting others. I might try a few things in bags and pots as well, perhaps chillis and maybe some more salad stuff.
How about everyone else?
Im having a go at growing flowers for drying instead of cutting, got lots of squash and beans to grow, was going to grow more roots this year, but doubt i will have room! As always, lots of fruit
Did you see the "new" lettuce crosses in the T&M book? A cross between iceberg and romaine or iceberg and cos, they look good, i might try a few of them too
Id like to try some companion planting too, but not sure which plants would suit my planned crops.
Thers a thread about companion planting, i think one of the seed companies dies a specific companion mix...i just cant remember which!
Pot marigolds and nasturtiums are popular (also edible flowers), but anything is better than nothing
Could someone bump the companion thread please?
Come in a little late on this one, but I used to have three full sized allotments.
I now have in my garden three 10 metre beds for vegetables and can grow more much better crops in just these 3 beds.than I ever or anyone else managed to do so on the allotments.Some thirty other gardeners.
They are high and once filled to a reasonable depth they then take all my finished growbags from the greenhouses etc.each season and keep getting deeper and deeper.
The soil is so good that you could dig ? it with just your hands.
Ref Raised beds being a recent trend the monks used to garden this way and they did not have supermarkets to fall back on.
Bed wise I think I going to build one of the planned two. Partly to keep the cost down and partly to see how it goes. Theres a lot of mixed opinions, but i guess the proof will be in the pudding. Or vegetable casserole in this case!
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/companion-planting-guide
Thanks bekkie, just found it. Yes I think that's the thread I saw once before and where I first heard of the idea.
I think I might try some marigolds and mint. I'm not growing brassicas this year so prob don't need the nasturtium. Will be really interesting to see how it goes.