Last weekend was the first weekend we really prepared and started planting the garden. We had planted a couple of boxes with radishes and spinach a couple of weeks ago to get something going already.
We Square Foot Garden. This a method developed by Mel Bartholomew where
He noticed that he was able to grow as many vegetables as he needed in blocks of a square foot on raised beds. He wrote a very informative book which we took out of the library one day.
This is a very popular way of growing food in a small amount of space. There are loads of other people blogging about this.
One particular blog I like to read is http://mysquarefootgarden.net/. Emily has great resources on her website and really interesting experiences.
We have quite a large patio out the back of our house and a small front lawn this is where we have placed our 4'x4' raised beds. We are also going to be growing stuff in various pots about the place too.
POTATOES
Saturday we planted potatoes. I haven't tried spuds before. We have two fairly large wooden planters that would be perfect for them. We planted Yukon Gold and Fingerling.
The lady in the garden centre explained that all I have to do is cut the seed potatoes up so that there was an eye in each section and plant on approx 4 to 5 inches of soils and then cover with more soil. Oh add some fertilizer to the the soil ( I purchased specific potato fertilizer - I think the lady saw me coming!). When the plants have reached approx 6 inches pile on some more soil until there is only 2 inches showing. The potatoes start growing in the soil. Keep doing this. You can start harvesting the baby potatoes from the top in a few months time while leaving the lower spudies to mature. Am really looking forward to these.
OTHER VEGETABLES
We started the first of our raised beds as well. The plan is below. Actually the scallions and garlic are a carry over from last year - accidentally - as they grew back as weren't sure how to put the garden away over the winter.
This weekend we planted:
Lettuce - Super Gourmet Blend - a mix of different types that we intend to cut and come again
Gai Lan - Green Pearl
Carrots - Royal Chantenay - our boxes are only six inches deep these carrots grow to five to six.
Beets - Touchstone Gold
I intend to take some photos, however, this being Vancouver it is raining and a bit dull.
We Square Foot Garden. This a method developed by Mel Bartholomew where
He noticed that he was able to grow as many vegetables as he needed in blocks of a square foot on raised beds. He wrote a very informative book which we took out of the library one day.
This is a very popular way of growing food in a small amount of space. There are loads of other people blogging about this.
One particular blog I like to read is http://mysquarefootgarden.net/. Emily has great resources on her website and really interesting experiences.
We have quite a large patio out the back of our house and a small front lawn this is where we have placed our 4'x4' raised beds. We are also going to be growing stuff in various pots about the place too.
POTATOES
Saturday we planted potatoes. I haven't tried spuds before. We have two fairly large wooden planters that would be perfect for them. We planted Yukon Gold and Fingerling.
The lady in the garden centre explained that all I have to do is cut the seed potatoes up so that there was an eye in each section and plant on approx 4 to 5 inches of soils and then cover with more soil. Oh add some fertilizer to the the soil ( I purchased specific potato fertilizer - I think the lady saw me coming!). When the plants have reached approx 6 inches pile on some more soil until there is only 2 inches showing. The potatoes start growing in the soil. Keep doing this. You can start harvesting the baby potatoes from the top in a few months time while leaving the lower spudies to mature. Am really looking forward to these.
OTHER VEGETABLES
We started the first of our raised beds as well. The plan is below. Actually the scallions and garlic are a carry over from last year - accidentally - as they grew back as weren't sure how to put the garden away over the winter.
This weekend we planted:
Lettuce - Super Gourmet Blend - a mix of different types that we intend to cut and come again
Gai Lan - Green Pearl
Carrots - Royal Chantenay - our boxes are only six inches deep these carrots grow to five to six.
Beets - Touchstone Gold
I intend to take some photos, however, this being Vancouver it is raining and a bit dull.
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