I've grown my own fruit and vegetables since a child and for the past eight years I've been lucky enough to run a half plot allotment. However, my last three years were disastrous at the allotment due to the very strange weather. Cold late Springs, dry Summers and unpredictable precipitation. Last year (2013) I got hold of my spade and decided to turn the 'dumping ground' at the end of my garden into a raised bed veggie patch. Here's what happened... And is happening...
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Raised beds in April
My reckoning is I'm about a month ahead of last year...
The first early potatoes planted last week after being stored in the fridge are emerging already.
Raised beds are quite a lot warmer than clay soil around them. Lettuce seedlings already germinating, I'm growing a cut and come again variety, less room and look better in a salad and less waste!
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