Our Second Growing Season

by | Jul 24, 2021 | Journal

our new growing area in early July

This year we decided to do things a bit differently and used bark chips rather than flags to make paths to get around our growing area.

We also put a raised bed in the corner.

Here is a picture of the growing area shortly after the first few seeds were planted:

our new growing area
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We used bark rather than flags for the paths this time and have added a raised bed.

This is the growing area a few weeks later:

our new growing area in early July
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This picture, taken early in July, shows several different crops we have grown including turnips, rhubarb, peas, pumpkins, broad beans, potatoes, beetroot and more..

Here are a few more photos showing some of the crops we have grown:

cabbages
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some cabbages

 

beetroot
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some beetroot

 

beetroot sample
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Here is a sample of the actual beetroot roots from the above row of plants.

 

 

pea pods
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pea pods

 

first crop of peas
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This is our first crop of peas.

 

potato plants grown in containers
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These potato plants were grown from compost in containers.

 

potatoes grown in containers
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These are the potatoes harvested from the above plants.

 

rhubarb plants
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some rhubarb

 

blackcurrant plant
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Our blackcurrant bush has already produced a few blackcurrants.

 

strawberry plants
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The two plants on the left are strawberry plants we planted last year which have started producing strawberries again.

 

strawberries
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Here are some strawberries that we collected from the strawberry plants a few weeks later.

 

gooseberry plants
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These gooseberry plants we planted last year have started to produce fruit again.

 

raspberry bush
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The raspberry buch we planted last year is now yielding fruit again.

 

ooseberries, blackcurrants and raspberries
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These gooseberries, blackcurrants and raspberries we collected were used to make a very small amount of jam.

 

broadbean plants
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These are broadbean plants.

 

broadbeans
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Here are some broadbeans we collected from the above plants.

 

onions
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some onions

 

a turnip
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This is a turnip.

 

first crop of turnips
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These are the first few turnips we harvested.

 

second crop of turnips
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The second crop of turnips was approximately 7kg. Many of these were grown from seeds produced by turnip plants last year.

 

turnip seeds
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Hopefully, these turnip seeds we harvested will produce a bunch more turnips next year.

 

parsley
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Here is some parsley we planted in a chimney pot.

 

mini cucumbers
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Here are a couple of mini cucumbers we picked from a plant we grew on the patio.

 

spinach
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This is one of our spinach plants.

 

 

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