The recently sown Radar onion sets are growing well now in the cleared patch from which beetroot was harvested about a month ago. Nearby, last season’s onion patch has now been cleared, some compost mixed in and the soil levelled. This patch will now become the legume patch between now and next autumn. Broad beans [...]
Posts Tagged ‘October’
21 Oct
GOOD WAY TO REMEMBER ROTATION PLAN – THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER 2009
The growing interest in amenity fruit and vegetable growing has given rise to the mushrooming of initiatives such as www.giyireland.com. In Balbriggan the local Horticultural Society has launched a course of workshops on vegetable growing co-ordinated by committee member, great local gardener [and indeed chef] Judith Chavasse. Her neighbour and veg growing expert Dave gave [...]
21 Oct
SETTING UP GREENHOUSE FOR WINTER – SECOND WEEK IN OCTOBER 2009
Spare time has been in short supply. Any couple of hours free on a Sunday afternoon has been spent in the garden. With the dry mild weather and the wish to be outdoors, the Trevor’s Kitchen Garden.ie site has been neglected. You could say I was saving the blog update work for a rainy day. [...]
1 Oct
DEALING WITH APPLE POWDERY MILDEW – FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER 2009
After the joy of winning a first prize in the Naul Horticultural Show for parsley which grows well under the apple tree, I was then brought back down to earth to discover a white fungus on a branch of the apple tree above. I read up on the symptoms in ‘Natural Pest and Disease Control’ [...]
