Posts from Plot 9 - Tatties and lettuces
I was planting a tree this week and noticed that the ground was perfect for getting my tatties in. Sugary and loose, dark but not too wet. It feels a bit early but I got them in the ground anyway. Down at Plot 9 I mainly work with what time I have so in they went. There was a lovely bit of rain a couple of days later so that’s a good start for them.
I also sowed some early lettuce in one of my raised beds. I really like to get those in before the soil gets too warm and the forecast was for some really cold nights. Lettuces won’t germinate if the ground is too warm so I’m hoping they’ll like the chill. They are a teeny tiny seed and they blow away so easily. Best thing to do is dampen the soil before you sow and then…
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Would love advice on where to get strawberry and raspberry plants please!
Looking for big tasty strawberries and raspberries, so the kids will eat them, rather than wild varieties that to me are tiny but delicious, but to them seem too seedy and not worth their effort (hopefully they'll come around to these over time!)
Would ideally like to have the strawberries in hanging baskets, to reduce slugs getting there first.
My kids eat about 5 vegetables - hoping to grow 3 of these - cucumbers, rocket, peas... they're super fussy, so experimenting in hopes of growing the nuance of flavours they'll eat. Busy reshuffling raised beds for this purpose, in places they'll stumble across!
Plans to recognise composting - hoping to try small, movable compost piles in hen run using the hinged things that come with pallets.