A garden update! Episode 76
Good evening patrons
I'd been wanting to share with you what happened to our garden over the last year for a few weeks now but needed to get some urgent work done in it first!
It's such a relief to finally have some crops growing once more over Winter and Spring, it was getting a little bit depressing going down there knowing how much work we had to do to get things up and running again after the long hot dry Summer that was.
Something that I didn't mention, but you may notice in this video, is that I pulled out the irrigation in our newly planted winter bed with potatoes, broccoli and onion seedlings. We are relying solely on rainfall over the winter months to water our garden but Troy and I are planning to put drip irrigation instead of overhead irrigation in the garden this Spring so we can be more efficient in our water use this Summer and Autumn. Hopefully, we won't get a repeat of what happened this year, but as we all know with the weather, you never can tell!
With gratitude
Pascale, Troy and Constance
What happened to our no dig garden!? A fresh start for Spring - Free Range Homestead Ep 76 (YouTube)
Comments (6)
Thank you for the Garden update, you seldom hear in the UK a garden described as being a hostile environment 馃榿... How is your Dam recovering after your recent downpours though ? Cheers.
Here we substitute the UK's constant Summer rain for biting flies and burning sun...I know which I (and the garden) prefers! The Dam and water tanks are filling nicely. I will make sure we give you a progress update by the end of winter. Things are warming up already so it could be another early Spring.
Thanks for another lovely update. I use drip irrigation for my flower beds here in Texas, and it seems to work well. The extreme heat here is also quite brutal on plants. Hope next summer isn't quite so dry!
Here's hoping Janet. We'll update you on drip irrigation when that happens, so much to do!
Loved the garden update ... thank you. Can't wait to see how your garlic and onions turn out as they are a joy to grow and the taste is just so much better than what you buy in the supermarket. Fingers crossed for a fantastic crop. Janette & Tony
Ohh thanks so much!!!