July and Aug are normally our coldest wettest months so I have to make full use of the good weather and clear skies (even when I would much rather be snug in bed!).
So this is what we did today...Turned the compost heaps and took some to sow seeds.
Pulled up invasive sweet potato creeper and dug over three beds. Two have now been planted with potatoes. The third bed will lie in wait for the spring sun and then get marrows planted in it.
Then it was onto the peas. The first peas that we planted 6 weeks ago needed to be staked...
The second planting of 3 weeks ago needed to be weeded....
And the newest ones planted into a freshly dug over bed.
This will be our pea crop for this year as they take 3 months to start producing peas, pods can be harvested earlier, but I am really keen to get some peas for the freezer.
Then we planted up our "Ladies in Waiting" with tomato, gem squash, butternut and watermelon seeds. This is a little experiment in starting them off indoors and then planting out in Sept. I am trying to see if we start them earlier and get them in the ground already quite mature, that we can avoid the milddews and mites that hit us in December last year. So we wait and see....
While I was busy outside, my girls made a delicious spinach quiche from some that I had cut earlier in the day. Yum!
2 comments:
You've been so very busy again. I enjoy seeing all that you are doing and making. The quiche looks delish, too!
Wendy
For a hint on how to possibly avoid : "I am trying to see if we start them earlier and get them in the ground already quite mature, that we can avoid the milddews and mites that hit us in December last year" please check out : http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-whizbang-squash-planting-secret.html - could I ask you please to let me know if, and where, you get your inner tubes from :-) and what fabric you'd use.
Dani
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