Week 7 – Year 2
23rd March – 29th March 2009
The week started with a change of sunny spring warm weather to a more like showery April, unstable with odd showers and a bit turn back to late wintry……
To start with the week I have upgrade the pot sizes of all the chilies and shoo flies plants at the greenhouse …..
Lovage
Transplant some Lovage to home front and found that it is good for the plant to break up to replant after a few year at the same spot…..
Rhubarb
The Rhubarbs plants are looking good and promising, will have my first pick soon….
Board Bean
The 2 patch of Board Beans are all different in the look, the patch sown in early October last year been doing very well and even have flowers now. The other patch sown in mid November was not that good, most of the seeds has not germinated well, the conclusion is the wet Autumn last year affected the vital moment. The lesson learnt from this is to sown the Board Beans either in October or late March. I have sown the second batch in those cardboard tissue rolls at the greenhouse in February time and gradually climatise in the cold frame then plant into the patch….
Cabbage
The next proud achievement is all my Spring Hero cabbages, they are doing fine and making a good show and the taste are most deliciously yummy….
New Plants : Carrots, Parsnips and Salisfy
Seeds and plants has been sown and planted during the week, Bernard has sown 3 rows of Carrots, I have planted in Parsnips and Salisfy which both are germinated and climatise in the cold frame first and now planted into the plot….
Harvest
Wala the harvest at the plot always gave a fantastic feel, cabbages and the Swiss Chard are really tasty, so earthy and fresh, better than those vitamin pills …..
Project: old spade
This is a genius project, a great tip from Bill, to recycle an old old spade, saw it into 2 half, the spade part concreted at the edge becomes soil boots scraper, and the handle becomes a tool to help in planting leeks, potatoes and bulb plants….. this is a marvelous idea.
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