Next year's garden.
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:40 am
Given the drought this year,and the current political shenanigans,I have planned my 2019/20 garden.I no longer have the time,so a lot of my rather large garden has now been ' developed ' for low maintenance...but I digress.
Starting at the top,the fencing has wire frames upon which will grow early climbing peas,then Winter squash,( spaghetti marrow,which stores magnificently).I have dug old fashioned trenches and filled them with scrumpled up newspapers,soaked and soaked,along with kitchen and animal waste. This should help in the event of another dry Summer. Next is 40' of Blue Lake climbing beans.These are great fresh and dried.They too,are to be on a similar trench.
Then is the perennial bed.Jerusalem Artichokes,Rhubarb,Daubenton Kale and Welsh Onion.And the fruit trees.And the strawberry bed.
Greenhouse,( after seed sowing) will house chillies and micro greens,the latter of which will start early and finish as late as possible.
Then 10' parsnips,10' beetroot,10' perpetual spinach.
In the polytunnel will be 3 dozen pots of 'Rocket' first early potatoes.I am usually able to get the first ones by the end of April.That should cover the 'Hungry Gap',that sees our seasonal potato shortage filled by imports.In there will be tomatoes too.Lots of tomatoes,which we eat and eat,and dehydrate.That works well for us.After the tomatoes comes Oriental veg for over Winter salads.
Then come the cold frames in which are grown lettuce ,radish and Spring onions.Next to them another of our favourite,marrows.
My last patch of open ground,this time,will be filled with maincrop spuds.At the moment I am adding as much muck as I can. That's the plan.
Starting at the top,the fencing has wire frames upon which will grow early climbing peas,then Winter squash,( spaghetti marrow,which stores magnificently).I have dug old fashioned trenches and filled them with scrumpled up newspapers,soaked and soaked,along with kitchen and animal waste. This should help in the event of another dry Summer. Next is 40' of Blue Lake climbing beans.These are great fresh and dried.They too,are to be on a similar trench.
Then is the perennial bed.Jerusalem Artichokes,Rhubarb,Daubenton Kale and Welsh Onion.And the fruit trees.And the strawberry bed.
Greenhouse,( after seed sowing) will house chillies and micro greens,the latter of which will start early and finish as late as possible.
Then 10' parsnips,10' beetroot,10' perpetual spinach.
In the polytunnel will be 3 dozen pots of 'Rocket' first early potatoes.I am usually able to get the first ones by the end of April.That should cover the 'Hungry Gap',that sees our seasonal potato shortage filled by imports.In there will be tomatoes too.Lots of tomatoes,which we eat and eat,and dehydrate.That works well for us.After the tomatoes comes Oriental veg for over Winter salads.
Then come the cold frames in which are grown lettuce ,radish and Spring onions.Next to them another of our favourite,marrows.
My last patch of open ground,this time,will be filled with maincrop spuds.At the moment I am adding as much muck as I can. That's the plan.