Rhubarb is at one end (together with a globe artichoke). The bare patch before the blueberry pen and strawberries is my aspiring asparagus patch.
...beyond which is the potato patch...
...then peas and beans (with their scrap heap supports) ...
...climbing beans and cucurbits (currently finding their feet under netting). The cages are protecting celeriac. ...
Beyond that is currently a sight for sore eyes - soon to house sweetcorn and my brassica patch.
That takes you from end to end on one side. Heading back along the other side in the reverse direction you start with the fruit cage. This is three bays (Berries/Raspberries/Strawberries)...
...but the last (former strawberry bay) now has been given over to new salad sowings...
We are big on carrots - but so is the carrot root fly so they have to be covered .
Bringing up the rear are the alliums. Onions to the left, garlic and elephant garlic to the right.
That gets you back to the shed!
Your potatoes are looking well on Mal. Certainly in front of ours. Hot dry weather has just about finished off our rhubarb. Our French beans and runners are still to be planted out.
ReplyDeleteThey shrugged off frost, can they cope with drought?
DeleteNot sure what happened to your comment Sue - so here it is:
DeleteWe have been watering our potatoes as they are amongst our most promising plants at the moment. From earlier research potato tuber formation is not good in high temperatures which I guess is why sweet potato growing is more popular in parts of the USA.
The potatoes should be a lot happier with the recent change in temperature - and the rain!
Deleteyou protect your crop so well! Thank you for inspiring me
ReplyDeleteThank you Endah! The protection comes from bitter experience. Allotment sites are great but people have been growing the same crops on site for 100 years so the pests have had easy pickings!
DeleteWow! That's looking great! Such future promise!
ReplyDeleteAs ever, hopes are high at this stage.
ReplyDeleteYour artichokes look fabulous! I might have to get some of those to go next to my rhubarb next year...
ReplyDeleteAnd it's a very sturdy-looking berry frame. We just have to drape netting and hope for the best, not always successfully!