For the 2nd time in a week or so, (1st time regarding dwarf beans ), I'm following Alys Fowler's advice, this time with regard to Swiss chard . Long story short, after midsummer plants which often bolt if planted in spring will resist the impulse to do so, probably because of shortening days; (I say shortening, but in Glasgow, in July, we're still getting 18 hours of daylight). I got a packet of Bright Lights , at a good price, (another reason to wait until July before sowing, lots of bargains, I've noticed). But where to sow them? Most of the 2nd bed is under a tarpaulin, but it wasn't quite big enough to cover the whole bed, so the last 5ft or so went under a sheet of plastic, (in the background of the photo in this post, here .) Transparent plastic was a foolish idea, weeds were growing underneath it, so I covered most of it with sheets of metal from the old shed. I decided to leave the tarp, but use the area beneath the plastic for the chard. Who-ah there
Mmmmmmmm....dates. It may sound strange but I love desert habitats. Something about all that sand.
ReplyDeleteTiny correction...couldn't have been September, because we all went on leave on Aug.29th, and I can't recall whether you went back.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your first blog-a-matic post. Did you do the whole thing on Flickr, or just the picture and edit later in Blogger? You'll have found the picture size editor in Flickr by now too. Cool. More addictive than, um.. something less addictive. :)
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