Power to the peas
I meant to post this the middle of December. The current garden developments only add support. Reading through last years notes the brassicas seem to be about six weeks behind. I think the hakusai are of a different variety as they have bristly trichomes along the veins and seem to be squatter in shape. The latter could be a difference in the weather my wife suggested.
In my idleness, putting off erecting netting for the peas has turned out a good call. Only about a fifth of one variety has made an appearance. I guess being laidback doesn’t always work; I should have got them sown earlier after giving them a longer soak.
On the upside, the garlic, onions, carrots and beetroot look strong. The spinach has been a success as has the mizuna, the potatoes given up for lost, came good in time for Christmas.
Excellent work and very interesting, thank you for taking the time to write it all.
We have put 2 films about the Coppice Orchard system of food production on Youtube, you can find the links from here
http://www.permaculture.be
Kenavo
Steve Read
Comment by Steve Read — January 12, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Hi
Wonder what your entry ‘peas (soybeans)’ means - do you grow soyabeans instead of peas??
Happy New Year
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg — January 14, 2008 @ 1:44 am
I thought I had planted edamame (soy beans), but reading the packet again it turns out they are endoumame - plain peas. I think I can still be confident in saying mame means both beans and peas in Japanese. I’ve amended the post. Here a pic of one of the packets - looking rather pea-like.
Happy New Year to you too.
Comment by adekun — January 16, 2008 @ 5:16 pm