I don't think I have had my camera out since Harrogate show in September so with the suggestion to have a "Lockdown" competition I thought I would get some practice in!
This is a few I took in the garden after lunchtime today (I have saved a couple for the competition)
May I ask why your garlic is in that tray/crate? Will it stay there or go out in the ground?
Quote from: Obelixx on March 27, 2020, 19:50:22
May I ask why your garlic is in that tray/crate? Will it stay there or go out in the ground?
Quite simple!
Now that I have given up my allotments I am trying many ways to produce some edible crops without losing my ornamental garden, and this is one of my ideas.
In other words I am tying to make my garden more edible without it looking like a vegetable garden!
I tried it last year for garlic,onions and leeks with promising results, the Onions grew very well ,the Leeks were a bit thinner than I would have liked and the Garlic was poor.
I grew excellent Carrots and salad crops in my vacant cold-frames and I also grew a dozen Brussels Sprouts
I am on a big learning curve and I am really enjoying the challenge.
I looked at my results at the end of the season and decided on a few changes e.g. My Garlic last year was from saved cloves whereas this year I bought new cloves and hopefully these will give me more success!
For crop rotation purposes I am swapping my onion/ salad crops around!
For the same reason I am going to grow Carrots in buckets sunk into my herbaceous beds so that the carrot tops will be decorative. I will also grow some Beetroot again to add colour to the border.
So as I said I am on a learning curve and will be trying things as they come to mind!
Then of course I am growing Apples, Pears, Plums and Gooseberries in my herbaceous border and as always. I will be growing Tomatoes, Peppers, climbing French beans and Cucumbers in my 8 x6 greenhouse
The big problem at the moment is coping with this very unseasonal weather.
In the past I struggled to get light to my plants to stop them getting leggy at this time of the year, now. I am getting too much and my plants are struggling and I am having to mist them at least a couple of times a day.
I hope that answers your question!
Yes thanks Tee Gee.
Do you remember Geoff Hamilton's Ornamental Kitchen Garden series? He mixed little groups of veggies, just a square foot or so at a time, in with his flowering plants and found he got good crops and fewer pests. Every time he harvested he bunged on some garden compost before re-planting and got very good yields.
I hope your garlic does well for you. I don't mind thin leeks if they taste good.