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Post by richardw on Oct 10, 2014 14:31:57 GMT -5
I thought i may as well start my own thread where i can post bit and pieces of what's happening in and around my garden. A 180 deg view of the garden ,potato area to the left of concrete path.  |
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Post by flowerweaver on Oct 10, 2014 14:36:33 GMT -5
Looks lovely, Richard. I'm a big fan of using curves in landscaping and letting the land tell me where paths want to go. From what I've seen you are too. I especially admire all your rock work!
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Post by richardw on Oct 10, 2014 15:23:33 GMT -5
Yes if you look at my garden on Google maps nothing look straight, but hey,that doesn't matter.
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Post by billw on Oct 10, 2014 20:49:57 GMT -5
Haha! I know exactly what you mean. I have resolved to never look at my garden from above again. It all looks nicely laid out from the ground.
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Post by richardw on Oct 11, 2014 14:06:27 GMT -5
A couple of years ago i had a crop of 100+ Cylindrical Beetroot for seed production,one mutant plant showed up which was completely different to the rest ,it had lighter green leaves and was double the size, i let that plant stay in and gathered seed from it which i kept separate,last summer i grew that seed and found about half grew the same as the parent beet,they grew to a similar shape but much fatter but inside was more a paler red the the true Cylindrical,these can already be seen in my current sowing  So i'm thinking i might plant a block soon and select only these paler red Cylindrical for next summer. Anyone keen on trying some of this seed?? |
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Post by templeton on Oct 11, 2014 21:43:24 GMT -5
Hi Richard. I should start a thread too, but I can't keep up with my interweb commitments as it is... I'm with you and Sage and Bill on the curvy thing - love a curve in the garden. Since my garden is on a slope, my food beds run at 45 degrees to the property boundaries - drives some people crazy! I curve my paths, my trellises, my plantings - even my water tanks are round  On the Cylindrical beets, what is your target? Are you going for robustness, or like the paler color? T |
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Post by richardw on Oct 11, 2014 23:55:31 GMT -5
I'll split my Cylindrical line into two,i'll keep one true by rouging out the paler beets and the other line select for it,its advantage is its yield,taste is the same but whether the reduced colour has some bearing on antioxidant levels i'm unsure.
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Post by steev on Oct 12, 2014 20:12:04 GMT -5
I also enjoy curves in the garden, but I seem to find them there less often; I fear my looks may be fading.
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Post by richardw on Oct 12, 2014 23:53:20 GMT -5
Just wear brighter coloured clothes steev Trying something different this summer,instead of digging the winter wheat under i'm pulling it out and laying it in rows about 1/2m apart,roots on top of the green foliage so as to dry out thus the wheat wont regrow,in between the rows ive planted my tall fava beans.After the fava seed has been harvested Rye will go in for winter then corn next summer,so quite keen to see if i can keep this non dig system going   |
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Post by richardw on Sept 18, 2015 13:09:25 GMT -5
Ive managed to do a video yesterday of my garden, sorry about the camera fogging up when i went in the tunnelhouse and it came to an abrupt end as i had used up all the space on the memory card. youtu.be/gFvMDLKL_eU |
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Post by reed on Sept 18, 2015 14:15:50 GMT -5
wow.
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Post by flowerweaver on Sept 18, 2015 14:37:35 GMT -5
Really lovely garden, thank you so much for posting the tour!
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Post by richardw on Sept 18, 2015 15:35:00 GMT -5
Thank you, i'll do another video showing how i do my compost
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Post by philagardener on Sept 18, 2015 19:43:50 GMT -5
Great tour, richardw ! Really wonderful garden you have there! |
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Post by templeton on Sept 18, 2015 20:05:43 GMT -5
Thanks, Richard. That's a lot of garden -all hand dug?
and what's with the sprinklers?
T
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