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
Awaydays in Asia? I'd read it, for sure. And I can think of plenty of others who would too.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great idea, just the sort of thing we Blogging Ex-pat Blokes should be doing.
ReplyDeleteNobody's doing anything remotely similar in Asia either. Plenty of ex-pat football fans in China, Korea and Japan. Plenty of scope to work in a bit of travel writing (as I tried to do with Moldova) and photography too.
ReplyDelete