Vegetables in bed

[Fred]

I've made a start on the next garden project.

Last years effort with the container gardening just didn't give us enough, and to be honest was just as much work to look after. So we thought we would go back to beds.

This was the old place and as you can see production was good. However it was a pain going between them with the strimmer, and I didn't leave enough space between them if you want to kneel down (which we both do now as we tend to struggle a bit bending).

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So this time I'm going for one long bed and I threw some cover down before the winter to kill off the turf.





Now I've taken the cover off and gone over it with the Rotavator and left it to the birds for a while.



Next step is to put some boards around the edge to make it easier to look after and to remind you not to walk on it. Once I get the boards done I may look at laying the odd plank across so you don't have to walk all the way around.

It's 25Mt long and 1.25 Wide plenty for the two of us.

Watch this space.

Container Gardening

[Fred]

Got a bit further and added the posts and planks for the sides.

We had rescued all the wood from our old place, it was originally the decking around the caravan but now it's been recycled.

[Fred]

Spuds are popping up so time to start mounding up.





Also Garlic, Peas and Cabbages are coming along nicely.

[Fred]

All coming along nicely.

The pigeons started eating the brassica's so we put some old fencing over and that stopped them.



Got some leaks, chard, beetroot, lettuce, coriander in.



Spuds are doing well though it is time to keep patrolling for Colorado Beetle. We catch them and drown them in soapy water because we don't use chemicals. (Sad I know but it's our food and if you don't kill them the will decimate your crop)





Also got a couple of courgettes and some climbing beans in.