Sounds great, cherry treeand pink lady apples on list for us.
Do you net trees? Any tips for growing fruit trees, we have clay soil.
Thanks Kaz, sounds like you kow your stuff so may hit you with further questions in future.
One thing that has always confused me about growing vegetables is the timing.
For example I eat lettuce almost every other day same with cauliflower. If I was going to grow cauliflower I would still have to buy cauliflower weekly while it grows, then when it is ready to harvest I have crap loads of cauliflower, probably more than what I can eat, and then there is none again for ages
Or do you stagger them so that you have some ready to harvest every other week? Are they seasonal?
Have always wondered about this.
With he herbs we just trim a bit off when we need it, and I am thinking I could probably freeze fresh herbs, they should still be good for cooking.
For veges like cauliflower, you never really know what you are going to require but best to work it out from a) start of the sowing season, to b) end of sowing season... break it down by how many harvests you want. If you want 6, divide the 3 months into 6 then you plant every 2 weeks.
A week apart is too soon, but planting seeds 2 weeks apart is a starting point.
If you can sow May/June/July, and want to use 4 cauli's a week, plant 8 seedlings every fortnight - just as a guide. Once you start growing them and work out how they grow in your area, you can perfect timing a bit better. You might need to sow every 8 days.
If you are going to need more than what can be sowed in the time slot, greenhouses might need to get used.
For tomatoes, I have a patch where I just keep them growing, when there is excess tomatoes I crack open the tomato and throw it on the patch where they grow spreading the seeds. When it rains the seedlings pop up everywhere. I pull some plants out but leave the best looking strong seedlings.
I freeze some excess veges where I can if there is a bumper crop, or I exchange with neighbours.
Fuck I hope that made sense!
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