I planted these beds back in early october after turning in a crop of green manure along with horse, chicken, cow munure and a healthy dose of blood and bone. With most of the vegetables i have planted I have chosen to use hierloom varieties so i can harvest the seed, Heirlooms are regarded as a gardeners inheirtants
In bed one(1) i have planted five(5) varieties of beans including Berlotti, Kidney, Chereokee, Yin&yang, and Flagelotti which are growin on the trellis. A row of five colour Silverbeat, they produce an array of colour from reds, oranges and yellow to white. Finally a row of Hierloom Carrots that most people would not know of, but produce purple orange yellow and whites carrots. NO they are NOT parsnip they are White carrots!!
In bed three (3) have planted Heirloom Pumpkins Mix down the middle, Im not sure exactly what varieties they are but im very interested in what i get.
the row on the left is Kelvedon Glory F1 Sweet corn and on the right is mini pop F1 baby Sweet corn the interesting thing i have done with the corn is when i planted the seed i did a mix of cruched charcoal, seaweed concerntrate, fish emulsion, cow manure and sand and placed it in the bottom af the trench, then placed the seed on top. This practice has been used for thousands of years in the amzon basin where they had very impoverish soils and is known to double and triple yields.
In Bed
a row of basil (red and green) down the middle,
and on the right a mix of Russian Hierloom Tomatoes, im very excited to see all the colours from these.
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