
Some time ago I promised a photo of my over-wintering peas’ protection.
Here it is.
There are pea shoots in some of them already so I am encouraged!
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When I arrived this morning (Sunday) my main task was to use my trailer to get horse litter to cover next year’s potato bed. Having stopped off at the Trading Hut to buy landscape fabric to line the empty compost bin and posts for the wires to support the raspberries, I stopped by the compost bin and spent a while loading the trailer. As the heap was higher than the trailer it was quite easy to load it though unloading and barrowing it to the right patch of ground certainly kept me warm. ![]() Some time ago I promised a photo of my over-wintering peas’ protection. Here it is. There are pea shoots in some of them already so I am encouraged!
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I had grown on some Broad Bean plants (Aqua Dulce) at home in toilet roll tubes and they were big enough to plant out now that the recent chilly spell had finished. Once again I used my bulb planter to produce a nice hole to drop the tube and seedling into, just using a trowel to ease the soil around the tube before firming in. I make sure the cardboard is well buried as I've read that it can act as a wick allowing the moisture to be drawn up and evaporate. Then, after a light scattering of slug bait, I erected a net tunnel over the row to protect the plants from strong winds - and the birds. |
Hi! As "Webmaster" for this site I feel a bit of a fraud.
I am neither an expert at IT nor at growing vegetables. I do enjoy playing at both, however.
I have a 10 rod plot in the middle of the site, having transferred in 2012 from a 5 rod plot I had been cultivating for about 5 years. I needed to give myself space to grow a wider range of crops.
I will be recording my thoughts and activities on the allotment as well as sharing any knowledge and information I gain in my 'travels'.
I constantly seek hints and advice from my neighbouring, and usually more knowledgeable, plot holders and will pass on anything I think is of general use via this blog.
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