Power to the peas
Written by: adekun on 9 January, 2008 3:03 pm - Filed under: blog ?
I meant to post this the middle of December. The current garden developments only add support. Reading through last years notes the brassicas seem to be about six weeks behind. I think the hakusai are of a different variety as they have bristly trichomes along the veins and seem to be squatter in shape. The latter could be a difference in the weather my wife suggested.
In my idleness, putting off erecting netting for the peas has turned out a good call. Only about a fifth of one variety has made an appearance. I guess being laidback doesn’t always work; I should have got them sown earlier after giving them a longer soak.
On the upside, the garlic, onions, carrots and beetroot look strong. The spinach has been a success as has the mizuna, the potatoes given up for lost, came good in time for Christmas.
Steve Read
12 January, 2008 #
Excellent work and very interesting, thank you for taking the time to write it all.
We have put 2 films about the Coppice Orchard system of food production on Youtube, you can find the links from here
http://www.permaculture.be
Kenavo
Steve Read
TopVeg
14 January, 2008 #
Hi
Wonder what your entry ‘peas (soybeans)’ means - do you grow soyabeans instead of peas??
Happy New Year
TopVeg
adekun
16 January, 2008 #
I thought I had planted edamame (soy beans), but reading the packet again it turns out they are endoumame - plain peas. I think I can still be confident in saying mame means both beans and peas in Japanese. I’ve amended the post. Here a pic of one of the packets - looking rather pea-like.
Happy New Year to you too.