Fruiting Planting in Late Spring – Practicing Restraint
Yesterday’s planting. Note just three zucchini seeds, three tromboncino seeds, three cucumber seeds. I’m being restrained!
View ArticleRoots and Perennials Planting in Late Spring – Trying Sweet Potatoes Yet Again
Conventionally they are planted in spring and harvested in autumn. But when I’ve had a patch established before, I’ve just let it go and dug up a sweet potato or two whenever I want one.
View ArticleEat It or Plant It?
I cleared out the spent snow peas this morning and mulched up where they were ready to plant out some tomatoes next fruiting planting break. I ended up with this bowl of pea seed. Now the dilemma:...
View ArticleBringing in the Garlic
I‘ve started bringing in the garlic. It’s a good crop this year, which I’m really pleased about. I think, like a lot of gardeners, I was extra conscientious about planting this year. I really really...
View ArticleLeafy Planting Days in Late Spring
We are coming up to the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere. It’s really a very noticeable change if you are in the mood for noticing it. Our ancestors did – all the traditional festivals in...
View ArticleFruiting Planting Days in Late Spring and There’s Still Room for Endamame and...
I am really loving tromboncino. Usually by this time of year, my garden is so full that I skimp on the sweet corn because I just don’t have room for it in my intensively fenced beds. This year though,...
View ArticleLeafy Planting Days in late Spring – Mustard and Coriander Microgreens
There’s a (very small) limit to the amount of mustard we eat as leaf – a tiny bit to heat up spinach and feta muffins or add a bit of spiciness to Saag, but that’s about it. But the seed is valuable. I...
View ArticleFruiting Annuals Planting Days in Late Spring
I've planted a few each of Hungarian Wax capsicums (in the picture), which are a yellow banana type, and my Supermarket Flats, which are a thicker walled, sweet pepper that is red when fully ripe....
View ArticleRoots and Perennials Planting Days in Late Spring – Hazpac-ing the Carrots
There’s a permaculture principle of designing for disaster. The same principle applies to big disasters (whoever had the bright idea of building the Fukushima nuclear plant wasn’t taking account of...
View ArticleGoodbye Brassicas
There are many, many organic remedies for cabbage moth caterpillars (and the web moth caterpillars that will be next to arrive). There are nets and traps and fake moths and eggshells and trichogramma...
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