In the past post I mentioned the plan for next year, so I thought I'd commit the outline ideas to this blog:
- Carrots, try different varieties, try planting plugs in tubes, but just get some to grow.
- Peas, certainly mangetout or sugarsnap but maybe peas too.
- Broad beans, pick early & don't grow too many.
- Sweetcorn, a modest patch.
- Courgettes, must grow a few 'Green Bush'. Need better spacing out.
- Spring Onions, sow in pots, not tubes. 'White Lisbon'.
- Beetroot, plant earlier than this year and plant in volume in early summer. 'Boltardy' and other varieties.
- Potatoes, a few earlies.
- Leeks, of course. Grow just the same. 'Musselburgh'.
- Parsnips, of course. Grow just the same.
- Onions, make sure they get more water to stop them bolting. Only white.
- Tomatoes, only grow cherries.
- Celeriac, maybe - depends on this year's crop.
- Spinach, grow it very early and only take very small leaves.
- Sweat peas, mixed variety again.
- Runner beans, don't grow, grow peas instead.
Permanent plantings
- Asparagus, full crop next year, need to water well
- Raspberries, only half the canes now. Water as the fruit swells.
- Strawberries, a few less plants now. Water as the fruit ripens.
- Blackcurrants, pick progressively when they are fully ripe.
- Gooseberries, pick progressively when they are fully ripe.
- Rhubarb, pick aggressively to encourage succulent stems.
- Plums, Not worth the trouble, so dig them out.
We are going to grow in patches rather than rows. Have a path down one side rather than the middle.
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