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A couple of fruitfull hours in the sunshine today. Before I left from home I sorted out all my brassica seeds and planned to sow some in a nursery bed.
I planted spring cabbage in a bed last autumn and only a few had survived so rather than waste the bed I transplanted the few plants remaining into the end of a bed with some glass tubes oer them for protection.
I used a full bag of peat free compost on the bed and after levelling I sowed rows of, Cabbage Offenham 2,Brocolli Atlantis,Brocolli Autumn Spear,Sutherland Kale, cabbage Greyhound, Cauliflower Igloo. I then stood a few plant pots around the edge and put a sheet of glass over all. The plant pots were to give a bit of clearance for growth.
I have some broad beans under glas which are just starting to pop up so left it there until they have a couple of inches of growth.
I took the glass off a bed of Japanese autumn planted onion sets which appear to be establiahed now..
I weeded and removed a bed of swedes which were the size of marbles and raked over the bed ready for planting onion sets in it in April. The garlic is looking well along with the elephant garlic which I hae high hopes for. Apart from a bit of hand weeding here and there,that was it for today.
Next time I am there I ned to weed the other autumn onion bed and have a general tiy up of plot.
Too a few piccies so I'll add them below.
I planted spring cabbage in a bed last autumn and only a few had survived so rather than waste the bed I transplanted the few plants remaining into the end of a bed with some glass tubes oer them for protection.
I used a full bag of peat free compost on the bed and after levelling I sowed rows of, Cabbage Offenham 2,Brocolli Atlantis,Brocolli Autumn Spear,Sutherland Kale, cabbage Greyhound, Cauliflower Igloo. I then stood a few plant pots around the edge and put a sheet of glass over all. The plant pots were to give a bit of clearance for growth.
I have some broad beans under glas which are just starting to pop up so left it there until they have a couple of inches of growth.
I took the glass off a bed of Japanese autumn planted onion sets which appear to be establiahed now..
I weeded and removed a bed of swedes which were the size of marbles and raked over the bed ready for planting onion sets in it in April. The garlic is looking well along with the elephant garlic which I hae high hopes for. Apart from a bit of hand weeding here and there,that was it for today.
Next time I am there I ned to weed the other autumn onion bed and have a general tiy up of plot.
Too a few piccies so I'll add them below.
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