Statice hanging in the barn to dry.
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Friday, 25 August 2017
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
No dig potato update
Apart from a few volunteer Kiflis that have been left to grow, all the spuds are now lifted.
Some were planted under leaves and some under wood chips.
Pro's of using leaves
Easy to mound up
Easy to harvest (also easy to furtle about for early tubers as they became large enough)
Tubers were quite clean
Cons of leaves
In windy conditions leaves needed holding down with chicken wire until the canopy had grown
More slug damage than normal
Pros of using wood chips
Easy to mound up
Relatively easy to furtle (compared to soil)
Easy to harvest
Cons of wood chips
More scab
Chips mixing with soil as tubers were lifted
Some were planted under leaves and some under wood chips.
Pro's of using leaves
Easy to mound up
Easy to harvest (also easy to furtle about for early tubers as they became large enough)
Tubers were quite clean
Cons of leaves
In windy conditions leaves needed holding down with chicken wire until the canopy had grown
More slug damage than normal
Pros of using wood chips
Easy to mound up
Relatively easy to furtle (compared to soil)
Easy to harvest
Cons of wood chips
More scab
Chips mixing with soil as tubers were lifted
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Tunnel Update
Cucumbers every day, peppers look promising and the toms are going strong.
Palermo peppers, grown from seed saved earlier from supermarket peppers.
Palermo peppers, grown from seed saved earlier from supermarket peppers.
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