The Veg patch year analysis- 2011

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Not much to take pics of recently so thought a bloggette on the veg patch events of the year.

Remember the bare patch, a veritable tabula rasa

Dug four long patches

I challenge you chickens, come and ava go at my garlics ; )

and so the scene was set for the year

Not forgetting the composter, in pallet form of course

and the award winning, DIY for the sake of it gate delux

Hmm so first to get a bit knobbled was the potatoes that caught a late frost and took some time to recover, they didnt do ok and didnt taste good so note to self, stagger and buy some decent varieties

The cage is up

Quick snack, think this was the first

Then to haunt bampys pallet dreams some more, my raised beds agogo. The polytunnel was not mine then, but in time, it would be : )

onions and lettuce doing ok, some strawberries, carrots n beetroot

The broad beans did better than expected, thinking 1 in 2 would come up, but then they all did ;0 too many at the same time as well

The artichokes lookin good

and so did the fennel, asparagus (first yr) and courgettes

Unfortunately I left it too late too pick the fennel and tried to cook some which remained harder than diamond ; ) But to be honest i like the look of the plant

Had loads of courgettes and also planted a couple of cucumbers in here for a laugh and also they did well, good job

The lettuce was ok but each one had at least one slug to find dug into the leaves. The onions were ace and did really well

Fancy some courgette n broad bean pilaff

No shortage of fennel seeds

Onions awaiting you know what : )

and yes whats this getting ready for next year, doesnt need to be so deep so lets go bigger

Take a break now and join me as we look out from the polytunnel

and the final bit of pleasure as i find that from just 4 or 5 jerusalem artichokes I have a bucketfull of them : ) Hmm now what can I use these for ; )

and so the weeds finally winover and we are back to where we were,

thank you veg patch x

and yes a bit of garlic already in, with a bit more sensible defences

Just a few of the billion canes I have now amassed and my asparagus is saved for where its going next

Ok now help me clean the artichokes, maybe a blog about them next ; )

• 21 Nov, 2011
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