Meanwhile up in my veg garden , it's all going on ! Busy busy ,busy !
French Beans Blue Lake , Black Tuscany Kale , Romaine Lettuces, Shallots , Celery , Woad . Also experiments with perennial Kale Daubenton's ..if the snails haven't eaten them ! The Purple Tree Collard is in a hanging basket for the same reason !
Purple Tree Collard .
Anyone else growing this ?
This bed is stuffed with mangetout peas ( which may have failed or been eaten by a very fat mouse ) carrots , onions , beetroot ,pak choi , dwarf beans . climbing courgettes , butternuts , one Big Max Pumpkin and cucumbers ..I,m using pig wire for the squashes to climb over .
The Runner beans and Blue Lake Climbing beans were beginning to germinate the last time I looked and if the snails haven't eaten them they should be starting to climb up the frame .
At last , the potatoes are beginning to show themselves !
......and the Pumpkin Patch (which is the African Key hole garden method ) is all planted up with a variety of Squashes this year . You cant see it from this picture , but , I have put a panel of pig wire in here around the watering hole for them to scrabble over .
The watering hole encourages the roots to go down deeper to find the water and the surface of the soil stays dry which helps to discourage the slugs and snails .
My back is aching ! How's yours ?
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