{"id":14783,"date":"2023-04-23T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T09:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=14783"},"modified":"2023-04-24T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T09:22:26","slug":"above-ground-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/above-ground-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Above ground planting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Last week was very mixed weather-wise so we just visited the allotment when we could.<\/p>

We still have plenty of tidying up to do, including weeding. It never stops does it? Some empty beds needed clearing of weeds ready for tilling but I also weeded the bed of sweet Williams that are growing well.<\/p>

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We planted another two rows of potatoes.<\/p>

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In a previous post, I mentioned that we were trying pre-germinating some parsnip seeds on damp kitchen roll. These had developed tiny roots so it was time to get them into the ground. We sowed them in a drill of compost to try and get them off to a good start. Interestingly, later in the week, we were watching Beechgrove Gardens and one of the presenters was chitting parsnip seeds on damp kitchen roll which was very reassuring and also commenters to my blog had written that they had success with this method so we intend to start more parsnip seeds in the same way. We posted a video of our planting activities here.<\/a><\/p>

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Although it was very windy, some plants desperately needed to be planted out and so we planted our first lot of broad beans. Purest will say that they are planted too closely but we find that this way the beans plants are self supporting and we harvest plenty of beans so we will continue to do it our way. Two bean seeds are sown in each cell and more often than not both germinate. Again we break the rules and just plant both resulting young plants as one.<\/p>

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Some young cabbage and calabrese plants also needed planting. These were covered with enviromesh to protect the plants from wood pigeons which given half a chance would devour every bit of leaf growth. We use mesh rather than netting as it will also protect from butterflies later. Hopefully, it may also give some protection against the wind.<\/p>

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The apple blossom has chosen a bad time to start opening. I hope that the wind spares some of the flowers.<\/p>

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We managed a small harvest. We pulled the first stalks of rhubarb. The plant had sent up lots of flower spikes which I cut off. The variety – Poulson’s Pride is supposed to be a perpetual variety producing edible stems throughout the season – we will see.<\/p>

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We also lifted all the remaining leeks. They are now starting to produce flower spikes which create a hard core to the leeks so most will be frozen.<\/p>

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I used some of the leeks in a bean casserole.<\/a><\/p>

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We had a visit to a local garden centre as we needed to buy more dahlia tubers. We fear that most of the tubers that were being overwintered may not have survived. We are not alone as our plot neighbour has lost all of his. If some stored tubers actually defy the odds and grow, the worst that can happen is that we will have lots of dahlias.<\/p>

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We also were tempted to buy some agapanthus roots.<\/p>

Last year we lost a rosemary plant that had survived many previous winters, so we replaced it.<\/p>

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Our pebble garden has also developed some large gaps and so we bought a couple of plants for there too.<\/p>

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At Nostell the greening up of the trees has turned up a notch. Although whilst some are sporting fresh green leaves, others are still bare.<\/p>

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The horse chestnut is one of the first trees to leaf up and it also has flower buds.<\/p>

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Bluebell flowers are continuing to increase in number but I have had to tweak the colours in my photos to get the flowers to show up. The photos were taken with my phone, maybe my ‘proper’ camera will do a better job. It’s so tempting to leave this behind as it is much heavier to carry on a long walk.<\/p>

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You may remember the mystery plant that I photographed a few weeks ago. It turns out that it is indeed a yellow archangel.<\/p>

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There are no signs of any cygnets yet. The swans are still sitting on the nest. The circle drawn on the bottom photo is intended to show the location of the nest.<\/p>

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That’s all from me for this week so, as always, until next time stay well and stay safe.<\/p>

Once again, I am linking to Harvest Monday<\/a> at Dave’s Our Happy Acres blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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