I have been browsing the World Wide Web and the various seed companies looking at autumn planted veggies as now is the time I order my overwintering onions, garlic and shallots so I can get them in the ground around November time. I will grow garlic in large window box type planters at home up by the shed this year as we have such rotten white rot on our allotment site, I only harvested a couple of useable garlics from an entire row. I am also toying with the idea of giving up growing shallots as I tend to use so many onions, 1 or 2 a day almost every day of the year, and hardly ever use shallots. Oh, decisions decisions.
Well, this is an interesting for you then isn't it? I don't do many winter veg...only Perp. spinach, Swiss chard and purple sprouting broccoli...oh yes, and a few leeks, but I already have these guys growing and planted, except for the PSB, which will go into the ground in a2-3 weeks. I know what you mean about that white fungus, it's terrible. There's alot of it in my two lotties too and so I loose lots of onions every season. It is less of a problem in the new lottie where I have been doiing lots of work on the topsoil, trying to get it into a healthier shape. You know with the new layer of compost and green manure, there seems to be less of a problem. I found this interesting.
That is interesting Sjoerd. I have just purchased a large sack of green mustard ready to start sowing as areas on the allotment become vacant. Last year I sowed it where my toms are this year, and I have to say, the tomato plants are incredibly healthy this year. It is an exciting time when the seed catalogues start to arrive.
...Ah yes.....the seed catalogues. It is a huge weakness of mine-- seed gatalogues. I have already been making little notes to myself. I know it's early, but I have no shame. hahaha I'm glad to see that there is at least one other catalogue-nut. ---I mean that in the nicest possible way, of course.
reply That is interesting Sjoerd. I have just purchased a large sack of green mustard ready to start sowing as areas on the allotment become vacant. Last year I sowed it where my toms are this year, and I have to say, the tomato plants are incredibly healthy this year. It is an exciting time when the seed catalogues start to arrive.
