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
Hi Garry
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I've given you this link before, but as we're both D50 users I thought it may be of interest to you also.
This guy appears to have a hands-on approach to all things Nikon and his site is a mine of extremely useful info in my opinion.
http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html
Cheers Al (vee8)
...in particular the Lenses/Lens Survey And Subjective Evaluations section.
ReplyDeleteBeware though, the opening shot of the interior of his car boot may excite you!!