JohnGalway 1,043 Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 So I've done the spuds thread and will keep that going until they're harvested. Thought I'd start another thread with what other veg I've chanced my arm with. I've been burning up my PhotoBucket bandwidth allowance something fierce. I had been using an online site to reduce the pixel size of my photos but forgot to change format Now I just reduce them to 800 x 600 in Paint and save as to jpeg, much better! Back to business... I may have one or two mixed up here, I just took a few shots, wasn't paying great attention. Tips, thoughts, suggestions welcome - I already know the place is a mess/not well prepared Spring Onions... One out of three varieties of carrots... Early peas in the back two rows, Snap peas I think in the foreground - hadn't enough room to give proper row spacing, must arrange climbing frames... Lettuce... Beetroot... Perpetual/Spinach beet (whatever it's right name is...) Kale (can't remember why I planted this, must get reading again to find out why...) God knows what'll happen with them between now and when they're eaten/die 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David K 172 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Looks like my soil John, plenty of stones but it should be good for drainage. Everything you have planted seems to have germinated so thats a good sign and I can see you have slug pellets down so they probably won't be eaten. Can't use them myself because of the chickens and dogs so have to rely on the beer traps and picking by torchlight. I would plant more of the same if you have the room as it's all about successional cropping especially with the salad crops otherwise you just end up with a glut of stuff for a week and then nothing. I plant kale as well, great stuff when small and tender in salads and the older larger leaves can be used like cabbage. It grows right into the winter as well giving you a nearly all year round crop. Get some supports in for your peas before they get to big as it is a lot easier early on, if they are dwarf peas you will be able to use some twiggy sticks but if they are the climbing variety I would build some sort of frame support now. Edited June 17, 2012 by David K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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