My mate Su moved house a couple of weeks ago - she couldn't start growing anything because of the pending house move so I said I'd start some veggies off here and bring them up to her to plant out after she'd moved - I'm a nice bloke, aren't I ??!!
So took them up there yesterday and got them all sorted and planted - was a lovely sunny day, good day out!
The ground was still mostly grassed over and was rock hard. There hasn't been time to dig it all over and properly prepare it, so we cheated a bit - weed sheeting straight over the old lawn and planted through.
Pea netting was pinned to the side of the shed - the peas have been started in cell trays but not quite big enough to plant out. The weed control sheeting can be folded back when the peas are big enough to be planted.
Sweetcorn has been planted in a block through the sheeting, iceberg lettuce is growing in between the sweetcorn - uses space more effectively. Climbing beans could be sown to grow up the sweetcorn - apparently it's called the "3 sisters" - but Su doesn't want the beans.
Other loose leaf lettuces, mizuna, rocket and chinese leaves were all planted in large sack things (no large pots left!) as a kind of patio salad container - pick what you want when you want it.
PSB, other broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage were also planted through the weed sheeting - took a lot of watering to soften the ground in the holes for planting out. The brassicas were netted before I left, but need netting properly later to keep the butterflies and pigeons off.
Tomato growbags were halved and put on end in the greenhouse - I definitely prefer pots over growbags. Su found some hanging things for trailing flowers - kinda like a strong bag with holes in, fill with compost, plant through the bag and hang on a fence - we used them for tumbling toms.
Spuds were left in large buckets at the bottom of the garden. Su sowed beetroot and carrots in large pots of compost.
And Su's mum dug up some rhubarb for me - I love rhubarb!
Was a really nice day out :)
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