Some issues with dull, wet weather yet… growth!!! Just 8 weeks have passed since I showed you around, see the progress and harvests.
Compare with the video of 8 weeks earlier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSS7RZK_u2E
0.00 Timelapse June to August
1.05 Lettuce root-aphid problems and new interplants
2.38 3 day old bed on thick weeds, no dig and already planted
3.32 Potato harvest, grown through plastic, now planted leeks & broccoli raab
4.50 Trial of wool mulch, brassicas 8 weeks planted through black plastic
6.07 Butternut later squash Hercules F1
6.35 New polytunnel by First Tunnels
7.15 No dig beetroot not woody, though very large
7.26 Celery just 8 weeks planted and ready, after removing broccoli
8.11 New asparagus planted as crowns 24th April
8.35 Rhubarb finally growing
8.55 Trial with polythene over old woodchip, too much wood + slugs to grow this year
10.00 Romanesco cauliflower & savoy cabbage after peas, mesh cover
11.02 Winter squash planted late May with sweetcorn
12.05 Squash fruits are fine on the plastic and not ripe yet
12.40 Bees, from Black Bee Honey Company
13.55 New shed by Mark Curtis, almost finished, steel roof now on
Seedlings raised in my CD60 module trays https://containerwise.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-60-cell/
Planted with this excellent dibber https://www.gardenimports.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-long-handled-ash-dibber/?v=79cba1185463
Bees supplied by the Black Bee Honey Company, based near Tisbury Wiltshire https://www.blackbeehoney.com/blogs/news. We shall post a bee video with their help. They and Briony are looking after the bees, while I had one session with Jed and enjoyed that.
Shed built by Mark Curtis Roofing Ltd http://www.markcurtisroofingltd.co.uk
Filmed at Homeacres SW England on 22nd August 2021 by Edward Dowding https://edowdingfilms.onfabrik.com/portfolio
For more about cleaning soil of weeds by mulching, without any soil disturbance, see this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKxC7oZQuo.
Book offer: No Dig hardback with 2022 Calendar both signed by me https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/double-pack-no-dig-gardening-course-book-1-and-2022-gardening-calendar-both-signed/
I have written an online course about this and other easy aspects of no dig https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/online-course-1-no-dig-gardening/.
You can buy the online courses in sections too, such as this module on mulching to clear weeds https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/online-course-1-no-dig-gardening-module-4/
In SW England, buy green waste compost Wally Watson 07989 580872.
Mushroom compost from Woodland Horticulture https://www.woodlandhp.co.uk/composts-manures/
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