On Sunday I managed to put in the first early potatoes; Emerald Vale and Kestrel Early, diging a small trench and lining it with grass clippings, it stops scab, apparently. maybe I put the rows too closew together, 16" rather than what I've been reading recently of 2', oh well we'll see.
Also, the crocuses are flowering and the tulips are sprouting on the clay patch. Also slowly, slowly the rhubarb is sprouting alien like out of the soil. It's just rank speculation, but I reckon the designer of Alien, or indeed the Director, thingymawhatsit, Cameron, that's it, had been in a rhubarb forcing shed in the Rhubarb Triangle and seen the disturbing sight of rhubarb rhizomes breaking through the ground by the light of a candle.
I have also put in a row of early carrots, Paris Market, which was under a cloche but that got blown off by the wind, lucky cloche, I say.
Also two rows of different parsnips, tender and true and errr something else.
I have also started building a cage around the goosegogs, strawberries and the raspberries. Slow going and every time I go down to build it it seems to strat blowing a gale.
Also, the crocuses are flowering and the tulips are sprouting on the clay patch. Also slowly, slowly the rhubarb is sprouting alien like out of the soil. It's just rank speculation, but I reckon the designer of Alien, or indeed the Director, thingymawhatsit, Cameron, that's it, had been in a rhubarb forcing shed in the Rhubarb Triangle and seen the disturbing sight of rhubarb rhizomes breaking through the ground by the light of a candle.
I have also put in a row of early carrots, Paris Market, which was under a cloche but that got blown off by the wind, lucky cloche, I say.
Also two rows of different parsnips, tender and true and errr something else.
I have also started building a cage around the goosegogs, strawberries and the raspberries. Slow going and every time I go down to build it it seems to strat blowing a gale.
2 comments:
I think its okay to have early potatoes closer than 24 inch rows, I think thay applies more to main crop varieties. Bob.
Yes, probably I'll give it a go.
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