Three Minute Monday. Growing Paris Market, Baby Carrots.

I overshot the three minute make a little but I hope you'll forgive me.

This is an update on the Paris Market carrots I planted 4 months ago and I'm fairly pleased with the results.

Although slow during winter the time to harvest in the warmer months should be greatly reduced.

Planting Paris Market seeds in a pot. https://youtu.be/qRgLO56dabM

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Here are the results of planting tomatoes later than the accepted wisdom. Not all that pretty now that we are in the middle of winter but this is the most tomatoes I've managed to harvest here in quite some time. I will try two more trials this coming summer, planting seeds on the 1st of December and January.

How do you go with your tomatoes? Do you think planting later would help? Let me know in the comments.

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Growing Garlic Part Two. Adding the Rooster Booster, pelletized chicken manure, to the garlic bed.

This week I'm adding the Rooster Booster, pelletized chicken manure to the garlic bed.

Getting the garden bed prepared ready for planting garlic.

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It's garlic planting time.

It's time to dust off the digging fork and start getting ready for the best time of the year.

That's garlic planting time.

This little cutie.

You can't have too much pretty in the garden and this oregano, 'Country Cream', is divine.

It will add a nice spot of brightness along the edge of the path leading up to the veggie garden.

Once established it will need next to no care from me aside from a good haircut every now and then, some mulch, very little watering and keep the weeds out.

Tomato Trial update using Searle's 5 in 1

The great tomato trial update.

I cover pinching out lateral growth, staking and tying up. Taking cuttings and a few tips on general tomato health.

About a month ago now I planted two different tomato varieties into planting holes prepared with Searle's 5 in 1.

Here is the link to that video. https://youtu.be/SyYXkkI4J98

We have had excellent conditions for growing tomatoes with up to five inches of rain and pleasant 25 to 28c daytime temperatures.

So far I am more than impressed with the health, vigour and overall growth of the tomatoes. With some small tomatoes already being produced.










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Growing Zucchini. How to plant and grow.

Growing zucchini.

Part one and two in my quest to grow zucchini without being plagued by blossom end rot.

 After adding cow manure, compost, blood and bone and lime and letting it sit for a month it's now time to add to add the final piece of the puzzle, some gypsum.

Pop in a few seeds and sit back and wait.

Growing Zucchini. How to plant and grow. Part 1. https://youtu.be/JUh7KTPFSj4

Growing Zucchini. How to plant and grow. Part 2. https://youtu.be/aC29KKYfKQ8



Part two

How to Plant and grow straight Carrots from seed.

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🥕How To Grow Sow seed 0.5in (1cm) deep in rows approximately 12in (30cm) apart. Keep soil moist and weed free. Thin the seedlings to one plant every 3in (7.5cm) and water well to replace soil around the roots. Repeat sow every two weeks for a continuous supply.

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Planting corn and sunflower before the rain arrives

Rain has been predicted.

And nothing germinates seeds like rain and for this reason, if I've got plans to plant anything in the near future then I get them in a soon as possible.

In this instance, it's Corn and Sunflower.

Please cornsider excusing me but it's hard to pass up a bad corny joke or three.

The ol' fence pailing trick!

You guessed it.

The old, cover your freshly planted carrot seeds with a fence pailing because you had a rush of blood and planted in your work garden, on a Friday, before a long weekend, trick!

Anyhow, fingers crossed this will keep the soil and seeds moist enough until I get back to work on Tuesday.

A few growing tips and suggestions for growing Rhubarb.

A few growing tips and suggestions for Rhubarb.

Fertilising rhubarb. I like to fertilise rhubarb every 6 to 8 weeks.

They are all leaf, big leaves at that, and will need a constant supply of nutrients. You do know you shouldn't eat the leaves. Rhubarb leaves contain dangerously high levels of oxalic acid which can cause serious kidney damage potentially leading to death. Even though a 64 kg person would need to eat about 10 pounds of rhubarb leaves to die, a small amount still has the ability to make a person sick.

Adding compost to rhubarb.

Applying mulch to rhubarb.

I used Sugar Cane mulch but Lucerne, Wheat or Barley straw or any material that will break down over time will do.