Photos of my plot taken over the last few days. Harvesting the last of the chard sown over a year ago, overwintered spring onions some of which I've now pickled,perennial Good King Henry and some quick grown radish which has liked the May rain.
Most of this year's sowings have been made direct,with lots of short rows of mixed leaves and root crops covered with Thermacrop mesh for protection.
During 2021 I more or less completed the switch over to no dig.While the more established field side beds are boarded in various fashions with woodchip paths between ,the inners beds are simply divided by either old wooden board or cardboard paths.I try to keep the paths as narrow as possible so as not to "waste" growing space.There's now a move towards "No Dig Plus" using nature based liquid feeds and with a spot of Permaculture thrown in!
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Although the chard has been running to seed it's still produced new tender leaves and tops. Pulled up today to make room for beans and squash.
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Kestrel and Nicola potatoes without last year's frost damage . Saved Longnor shallot sets planted as an afterthought and so far looking good.
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Good King Henry in old bags moved over from my garden to add to the permaculture look.
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Beetroot ,carrot and chard my first direct sowing on 10th April.
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| Top border a bit late into flower this year. |
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French Breakfast Radish pulled an hour ago.
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3 comments:
Looking really good! And some quality radish. What a great time of year this is!
No May rain to speak of for us. Do you manage to get enough compost for no dig as we would struggle?
Hi Sue,good question.
I have several dalek bins on the go and probably manage to produce two full bins worth of compost a year from green waste and old cardboard, as well as having access to a free supply of pony manure.Locally I do buy in some bags of spent mushroom compost which are £2.50 for a self filled bag of approx 75 litres which I think is good value.So I manage to eke out what I've got between beds as and when.
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