My "plot"

The plot is nearly ready for next years (fingers crossed) crop fest!
Raised beds are made from uPVC 4" panels claimed from leftovers lying around. The greenhouse was newly installed this Autumn.
2011 will be my first year growing my own 'properly' instead of just dabbling and hoping for the best.

 

Ahem! Well done you and I reckon it will be smashing ...

... but if it were me ... Sorry! ...

... I would have left the raised beds "open" to the soil below (dug it over to loosen it up and then built the beds on top).

If you have just got concrete under the raised beds then as-you-were

 

Hi Lordspudz,

Looking good & ready to go :thmb:

I guess, looking at the pots at the side, that you've got a no dig covenant then ?

 

I've got a No Dig Covenant and no greenhouse, but I manage OK. I grow in raised beds and some containers, LordSpuds, so I think you will get on fine.

 

Wow Alice, seen your pics at the top but didn't know where to get in and say thanks, fantastic good colour big bouncing yummy scrummy baskets for cheering us all up in the middle of winter.:gnthb::D:gnthb::yho:

 

I think Ziggy coined the covenant phrase himself, John, but I'm sure he'll soon tell us if 'm wrong.

 

Thanks for the encouragement and comments.
Unfortunately, the ground under the raised beds is nothing but a pitiful layer of soil covering sand (I'm right next to the beach so nearly everything here is sandy).
The beds have a depth of around 8 inches and will be sown mainly with peas, dwarf beans, lettuce, broccoli, spinach and such like.
I've cut two old water butts in half and intend to use these for sowing carrots and parsnips.
I have also got 6 potato bags. Used 3 this year and got a reasonable crop from them.
The idea is to sow successionally (if I remember :wink: ) and harvest enough to let us freeze some for the winter.
The greenhouse will be used for tomatoes and possibly a cucumber
Add to this lot radishes, spring onions, garlic, onions......... think I'd better retire now!! :hehe:

 

:D I do make some things up, like when I told one of the lads on the last firm that the works vans were to be fitted with trackers, that one went round the sites like wildfire.

Not this one though,

"Enclosure of Pitches

We do not permit the erection of fences or any means of enclosure of a caravan holiday home pitch.

Trees and Shrubs

You are not entitled to cut or plant trees or hedges at the Park. If you find any tree or hedge a nuisance or unsatisfactory, please take the matter up with us.

Digging

You must not dig any hole in the ground at the Park."

 

Hi Lordspudz,

Sorry, only just read your blog. What a refreshing enthusiastic out look you have, you will do very well with your veg production.:thmb:

Don't forget, i've been growing food since i was old enough to open a packet of seeds, but i still make mistakes, forget to plant things at the right time, protect against bad weather etc.

Stick with us on this forum, we all help each other out & have a good laugh while we're at it :gnthb:

There is nothing better than sitting down to a meal that you have grown, caught or foraged. Food feet instead of food miles.

Are you planning on sweet corn ? You wont believe what a cob cooked and eaten within 30 mins of being picked tastes like, compared to the 2/3 day old stuff you get from the shops.

 

"Are you planning on sweet corn ? You wont believe what a cob cooked and eaten within 30 mins of being picked tastes like, compared to the 2/3 day old stuff you get from the shops."

Agree wholeheartedly.Summer visitors are amazed

 

Summer visitors

Summer visitors are birds that arrive in spring from the south to breed. Many are insect eaters. They spend summer here, then they â?? and their new young â?? return south in autumn.
They include swallows and martins, warblers, flycatchers, wheatears, whinchats, redstarts, nightingales, yellow wagtails, tree pipits, cuckoos, swifts, nightjars, turtle doves, hobbys, ospreys, terns and manx shearwaters. Many other seabirds, such as puffins and gannets, also arrive on our shores in spring after spending the winter at sea.

Nice to see you go to the trouble of cooking them all sweet corn Kristen :gnthb::hehe:

 

Not sure about the sweet corn Ziggy. From what I've read, you need a lot of room and space between plants.

Totally agree, there is no comparison in taste between fresh peas, beans etc compared to the shop brought stuff.

It's going to be a learning curve and there'll be some disappointments along the way but that's all part of the fun :gnthb:

 

Quite the opposite LS, you grow sweetcorn in a block to ensure pollination so one of your raised beds could produce a decent amount. They do need full sun though & dont like root disturbance at all.