What I really enjoy is being out there, working my veggie patch. Some days the weather makes things just too wet and soggy, so why not use some of those forced indoor moments to share my experiences of organic vegetable growing?
The first day of December brings the first frost. Lots of brassicas, still to be eaten, drooping a bit in the cold and under the nets furthest away, broad beans and garlic (the latter will benefit from some frost to encourage deeper rooting).
Heskie, I wonder if you can help me with a "non-veg" query?
I have used begonias in my pots & hanging baskets this year and they have been fantastic ... not quite sure what to do with them over the winter though. Should I just leave them in the greenhouse in pots, or should I take the corms out and let them dry, like bulbs? Having never used them before, I wasn't quite sure!!
Now there's a challenge Willow! I have this delusion that I know what I am doing with my organic vegetable growing, but remain realistic enough to defer to Mrs Soggy on all thing decorative. So, passing on her advice: "remove the corms from the soil, clean and dry them thoroughly and then store them in a dry frost-free place over winter." I am fanatical about doing labels, so I would add, make a label now to store with them, and then you won't get mixed up in the spring and you have a label ready to go out with them.
Say a big *thank you* to Mrs soggy, will you? I had a suspicion that it might be her 'department' after seeing the lovely photos of your garden in summer! I will also take your tip about labelling .. I'm a devil for leaving things in pots, telling myself I'll remember exactly what they are!
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Gosh, your veg garden looks so tidy, even in the first frost of the winter!
Willow -
I'm glad you think so Willow, every time I go in there I see all the things I'd like to tidy up!
Heskie, I wonder if you can help me with a "non-veg" query?
I have used begonias in my pots & hanging baskets this year and they have been fantastic ... not quite sure what to do with them over the winter though. Should I just leave them in the greenhouse in pots, or should I take the corms out and let them dry, like bulbs? Having never used them before, I wasn't quite sure!!
Thanks,
Willow
Now there's a challenge Willow! I have this delusion that I know what I am doing with my organic vegetable growing, but remain realistic enough to defer to Mrs Soggy on all thing decorative.
So, passing on her advice: "remove the corms from the soil, clean and dry them thoroughly and then store them in a dry frost-free place over winter."
I am fanatical about doing labels, so I would add, make a label now to store with them, and then you won't get mixed up in the spring and you have a label ready to go out with them.
Hope that helps.
Say a big *thank you* to Mrs soggy, will you? I had a suspicion that it might be her 'department' after seeing the lovely photos of your garden in summer! I will also take your tip about labelling .. I'm a devil for leaving things in pots, telling myself I'll remember exactly what they are!
Willow
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