Thread: Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door...

Hey Don, was thinking about you the other day, how have you been?

Ok gents not exactly my back garden but definately from my back garden.

My wife and I wanted to teach my step daughter the wonder of growing your own food. So we got her to help plant some seeds in the greenhouse and then replant the shoots into growing bags on the patio. The wee one took to the peas and as such we have none left because as soon as they grew she ate them but they did grow lol.

Now I know there isnt a lot there and I know they arent very big but today I did a final dig around in the bag and below is what I reaped. Like I say very little but I'm happy for a first attempt and I learnt some things for next year.
They will he served with dinner tonight.

Geek



In there are some small beetroots and onions and teeny tiny carrots

Carrots are a bugger to grow. Never had any bloody success with them in the past.


Mick

Originally Posted by donv

only slightly
higher, so we get the two-level effect with a little path
running down the middle.

Awesome.

Yes, yes a path!

Originally Posted by MickR

Carrots are a bugger to grow. Never had any bloody success with them in the past.


Mick

Glad to hear it lol don't feel so bad now.

Geek

Now then. Carrots. I know carrots. Very well prepared soil. Lightly sown, thinly sown, shallowly sown seed. Covered with hessian, folded over, kept moist. Check daily for when the cotyledon emerges. Take the hessian of at night (but not if there's a frost) when the cotyledon is emerging. Thin ruthlessly.

This was a while back but I thought he was cool.

I love those guys, they're so cool.

I used to pick them up all the time...Apparently that is a bad idea as these guys can deliver an amazing bite!

Here is mine. You can see that I have my pool put away for the winter. It is the pink spot on the saw horses. It is a really nice one, about 18" deep with Hello Kitty on the side!