Autumn seedlings are in the ground
We’ve had more luck with our seed raising this year, and last week I transplanted a whole pile of seedlings out into the garden. The beds are looking pretty bare at the moment, but we have a huge crop ahead of us:
- Carrots
- Silverbeets
- Turnips
- Snow peas
- Sugar snap peas
- Peas
- Leeks
- Beetroots
- Spring onions
- green
- red
- Kale
- green
- tuscan black
- red russian
- Broccoli
- purple sprouting
- di cicco
- romanesco
- chinese (broccolini)
- Cabbages
- mini
- chinese
- red
- sugarloaf
That should keep us going for a while! This time around, I’ve avoided mass planting, and have instead mixed everything together (except the root vegetables). Hopefully I’ve got the spacing right, but only time will tell…
Lewisham House and Farm 
April 4, 2011 at 9:53 am
Why have you “mixed everything together”?
April 4, 2011 at 4:13 pm
The principles are this:
* If you “block plant” the vegetables, it means that if bugs attack one plant, they only have a short hop to get to the rest.
* Allegedly, if there’s a mix of different colours and leaf shapes, it makes it harder for bugs to find their favourite target.
* Variety is good for the soil and plants.