Thursday, 5 May 2011

Day 8 - put some spuds, lettuce and onions in

I had prepared 1 1/2 beds previously so I felt ready to get some potatoes in.   I put two packets of the Rooster ones from Wilkies.  I measured the spaces in between as directed on the packet (left 2 foot between each spud and 1 foot between each row).    I put string up to show the rows as it looks like nothing is there until they start shooting up (hopefully!!).

In bed 2 I put some lettuces (kept the red ones in one row and the green in the other 2 rows!).   I finished the bed off with onions.  

Spuds are in
Lettuces and onions
I dug a bit of a trough, filled with water and then planted and covered.   It felt like a proper allotment once these were planted !!

Watered everything again before I left as the heat was intense and drying out the soil quickly.  

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