Limited Living
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:38 pm
This year has been a particularly wet one for us so far, no tots by the sea and hurricane conditions blowing in has turned our ground to marsh. Last year I spent a long time watching how our garden grew and taking note of everything. Our greenhouse definitely needs sterilisation and reflooring after housing the rabbits for the winter but on to that later.
I have set myself the challenge of buying no meat or veg this year, with the rabbits not breeding yet, only escaping! We have what looks like a lean summer coming if we're not careful! I plan to make the most possible use out of our available ground as I can and have started planning carefully.
I have one 6x8 green house, cement floored with two story shelving on South East side. Outside I have three raised beds, one 4x8 and two 6x8, 8 inches deep. I also have five fish boxes and a flower border I plan to take advantage of.
One question I have is, if I build a new raised bed now, fill it with seaweed, rabbit and hen bedding/poo... When would it be ready to plant (anything!) on??
I have a bed at the moment which is 40% old soil, 10% rotting veg scraps, and 50% used rabbit and hen bedding! I was planning on putting potatoes on it this year, and squash on the new bed in a couple of months (soon as possible really).
I also have a majority of small tubs I plan to put into use.
I will be starting a thread to document the whole endeavour but for now I'm looking for the experts in planning! I grew some amount of veg last year (tomatoes, leeks, salads, potatoes (ruined), beets (slugs), rhubarb (weak/caterpillars), courgettes (brilliant!), peas (brilliant), radishes (BRILLIANT).
What veg do you double plant during the season? Are there any you have good luck getting two lots out of one patch of ground?
I quite like the idea of runner beans with lettuce below etc....
I have set myself the challenge of buying no meat or veg this year, with the rabbits not breeding yet, only escaping! We have what looks like a lean summer coming if we're not careful! I plan to make the most possible use out of our available ground as I can and have started planning carefully.
I have one 6x8 green house, cement floored with two story shelving on South East side. Outside I have three raised beds, one 4x8 and two 6x8, 8 inches deep. I also have five fish boxes and a flower border I plan to take advantage of.
One question I have is, if I build a new raised bed now, fill it with seaweed, rabbit and hen bedding/poo... When would it be ready to plant (anything!) on??
I have a bed at the moment which is 40% old soil, 10% rotting veg scraps, and 50% used rabbit and hen bedding! I was planning on putting potatoes on it this year, and squash on the new bed in a couple of months (soon as possible really).
I also have a majority of small tubs I plan to put into use.
I will be starting a thread to document the whole endeavour but for now I'm looking for the experts in planning! I grew some amount of veg last year (tomatoes, leeks, salads, potatoes (ruined), beets (slugs), rhubarb (weak/caterpillars), courgettes (brilliant!), peas (brilliant), radishes (BRILLIANT).
What veg do you double plant during the season? Are there any you have good luck getting two lots out of one patch of ground?
I quite like the idea of runner beans with lettuce below etc....