Last time I wrote I set up a new winter plan. Lots has changed.
I did visit the Square Foot Garden over the winter. I picked rocket until the snows came, scraped the snow away in December to harvest the remaining carrots from the corner square, watched the lettuce slowly wither away...
However the plot looks good.
The leeks need harvesting as they are a good size. The garlic, onions and broad beans are all growing well and the chard has survived the cold.
You will notice that I have surrounded the whole plot with wood chippings, to help suppress weeks and to see if they deter the slugs when they come out of hibernation.
A kind neighbour gave me a few roots of perennial rocket.
The tap roots were about 25cm long, and nothing much to show on the surface. As an experiment I’ve planted one root in the square vacated by the lettuce.
As for future plans: I thought I might plant a tomato in the northern square or the eastern corner square, with some climbing French beans in the other. Any other suggestions?
Now is the time to plan what you are going to grow and buy your seeds. I’ve started ‘chitting’ my first early potatoes and planted a few seeds. I do this in modules, in an organic compost and set them in an enclosed plastic propagation box.
This is then put in a sunny spare bedroom! When the seeds germinate, they need to be moved to a cooler porch or greenhouse, but still protected from any frosts by fleece or similar, otherwise they’ll get ‘leggy’. When established, and frosts are over, they can be planted out, again covered until the weather is warmer.
Happy planning!
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