Dean and Heidi have very kindly allowed us to use a little bit of their garden to pursue this dream. They did it last year in a raised bed round the other side of the house. Gardening that is. Dean dug the trench and cleared the ground and we shoveled the Tagro in one night after work. I have been assured that it is the best stuff to get your veggies growing. I wasn't too sure about the streaming red eyes from the fumes, and neither were the shoppers at the supermarket when I went in afterwards, but I have seen the results and eaten them. It's fine when it's down.
Here is our patch.
I was amazed, when I began preparing and planting, how much of a memory I had for gardening I used to do with my grandparents when I was young. The feeling of the dirt in my hands, separating the starts, measuring out the spacing. It was a wonderful connection that I wished were more detailed. I remember my grandma saying, 'But isn't that how you do it?' when she watched a TV about the new organic gardening 'fad'. They knew their onions...
Ta daa! Red onions.
This is some rocket, artichokes, echinacea, rainbow chard and bee mint. I also have cauliflower, broccoli, golden beets, rainbow carrots, turnips, lettuce, sugar snap peas and kohlrabi. To come tomatoes, courgettes and anything else that takes my fancy! This year I am going for pretty things, unusual-looking things and things that grow well in the area.
I also have a little 'erb pot which I am planning on adding too in a few days time.
Dean is on a mission to build the Little House in the Big Woods and has done a great job with the new fence to keep the dog out. There will be corn and giant sunflowers just behind.
I will keep you updated with the progress. So far only one grub has been found and the first rocket was very tasty. To anyone coming to visit in the summer...bring yer eating boots!
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