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Showing posts with label rhubarb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhubarb. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Saturday jobs

Finished my first bed! Sieved the soil to get out the huge lumps (chucked them on a bed further down to hopefully break down a bit), raked it over, then covered with manure to protect the soil a bit. Used my new lawn shears (from Homebase) to trim the grass round the edge.

Started weeding the second bed. Covered the bit I did with cardboard to (hopefully) protect the soil - from more weeds sprouting, and from drying out too much. 

My first crop! Kind of, the Rhubarb stem a bit too bendy for my liking. Not sure if it's ok to eat a previous year's crop, or whether I should cut it down and start again.. 

Saturday, 13 April 2013

Saturday jobs

Getting started on the first raised bed - weeding

A mulch of straw and horse manure for the rhubarb (as suggested by my nice neighbour Robert) - provided free from the local stables

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Some plants on the plot

I don't know what this is.. more rhubarb?

An indestructible herb

A pretty healthy rhubarb plant

My neighbour's plot - yikes! (Apparently they got the professionals in...)