Frosty Windy New Year
We went down to the plot for the first real amount of time since the New Year the other day. There had been high winds earlier in the week and our fence had been knocked over (which pepette kindly told us about through this blog) so we firstly fixed that. Not much else had been damaged or whisked away by the wind, and the only damage was caused by a bit of corrugated plastic from someone another plot landing on our broccoli and sprouts. Fortunately our broccoli and sprouts were rubbish anyway so we haven't really lost anything there.
We got the stove going pretty quickly which kept us warm while we were there, which was enjoyable.
We have bought some seeds from Garden Organic and some seed potatoes and jerusalem artichoke slips. We plan to get a little heated propagator for home to start off some things, and to start off some others in the greenhouse soon. When it is a little bit warmer. For now I think it is a matter of clearing up some of the beds (pulling out the rubbish broccoli) and covering some with plastic to try and warm them up.
So those are the next jobs, and the fixing up of our shed floor and a bench, and the LeanHouse™ and a bench for there too.
2 comments:
Hope you enjoy growing Jerusalem artichokes, good luck. A word of warning though, you will NEVER get rid of them as they are extremely prolific. Plant them in a corner, or against a wall so they don't get in the way. I dug some up today, they are heavenly to eat though! good luck.
Thanks Matron!
We have a separate bed at the edge of the plot marked out for them, so we should be OK. It is a bit out of the wind too, so they shouldn't blow over too much - I know they get tall.
I'm looking forward to Jerusalem Artichoke chips!
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