Chard sown over a year ago is still producing fresh spring greens and the first of this year's sowings is nearly ready to pick.
Here's a link to the photo album https://photos.app.goo.gl/A7uvfaKCecFTdux87
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| The former communal beds now taken over by new plot holders |
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| Top section of the main plots from my boundary fence |
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| My top border coming into flower |
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| The autumn planted Longor shallot sets are nearly ready to harvest |
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| Bunyards Exhibition broad beans direct sown under cover in mid to late March - much better than transplanting leggy module plants |
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| Marvel of 4 Seasons lettuce - Madeiran seed at 96 euro cents a packet with enough for a small field -tried to sow thinly but every one germinated so more thinning needed as I go along - a butterhead variety with a lovely texture and flavour |
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| Cledor garlic planted mid March |
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| Pre sprouted Cobra, Borlotto beans and Golden Zucchini sown in trays and planted out in late May to avoid damaging winds after the warm spell |
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| Gooseberries bulking up |
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| Had initial problems with cheap module sown Telephone tall peas.Started too early? A later mid May attempt with pre-sprouted and direct sown seed has been ok though. |
2 comments:
I’ve never overwintered shallots although we always plant some onion sets in autumn. Maybe we should although we are still using up the shallots picked at the end of last summer. Your plot looks to be growing really well.
Lovely photos of such healthy, productive plots. Beautiful!
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