Growing things

Deep beds

New beds edged with recycled roof tiles set 50mm into the existing turf.  We have poor shallow soil so we have scrounged turf from a nearby building site, the plots are layered on top or the grass as follows;
layers from the bottom - cardboard, horse manure, one or two layers of inverted turfs, mixed topsoil and well rotted compost.
At the moment (may) we have growing outside - broad beans, cabbages, broccoli, sprouts, leeks, carrots, spinach onions and garlic and salad.

Compost beds

Compost bins made from recycled pallets from the nearby industrial estate.  Garden waste is layered with straw/manure from the chicken house, grass mowing and newspaper.  We also collect our pee and add it to act as an activator and source of nitrogen.
Our house compost goes into small plastic compost bins and act as breeding places for worms which we add to the other bigger compost piles.

Horse Manure (black gold!)

Horse manure pile (black gold!!)

Our sowing chart

Polytunnel

Polytunnel - The beds are constructed in the same way as the outdoor deep beds and are watered by 'leaky' pipes fed from the reed bed or rainwater tanks depending on the resources available.  At the moment - May, we are growing:  Early courgette, tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, cucumber, early carrot, basil.

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