Equinox Makeover.Small Garden March 2023

Pick Plan Prep Plant for a transformation. No dig makes it quick, and possible in the rain.

1. I make a rough plan of what to plant where.
2. I harvest remaining vegetables of winter.
3. Prepare ground where there has been no compost for a year or so. I spread a little compost and rake beds level.
4 Transplant and sow!

In the video, you see new plantings I had made the day before when it rained. Now on the following day, is just before we cover them with fleece as weather and pest protection. It can be very windy at this time, covers make great protection.

Lastly, I give ideas of what the second plantings might be during summer. Everything in the ground currently will finish before the middle of July. So it's good to have seed and transplants ready.

For the module trays I designed and use, see suppliers here https://charlesdowding.co.uk/links/

Filmed by Edward Dowding https://edowdingfilms.onfabrik.com/
20th-21st March 2023 at Homeacres, Somerset UK.

00:00 Introduction
00:34 Harvests in Nov/Dec – radicchio, carrots
01:02 Harvests in Jan/Feb, not huge because of cold winter
02:08 Final winter harvests and clearing, then soil preparation and planting
02:52 Plantings made the day before (in the rain), and concerns about slugs
03:44 The benefits of transplanting small
04:08 New plantings – cauliflower, beetroot (after leeks), lettuce for leaf harvests
05:06 Multisown onions Globo – trialling different seeds and different composts
06:12 Parsnips
06:44 Savoy cabbage
06:54 Swedes
07:08 The rain gauge, https://www.metcheck.co.uk/collections/rain-gauges - and gardening when it’s wet
07:40 Adding compost to a bed
08:09 Charlotte potatoes from homesaved seed, and peas from two different sowings, both are Tall Sugar
08:55 Brassicas – kohlrabi Lanro, cabbages Derby Day, broccoli
09:21 No hardening off, and covering with fleece
10:01 Spinach, coriander and chives
10:29 Two varieties of carrots, Napoli F1 and Vitella
10:48 Strawberries Marshmello
11:06 Sorrel, and no more Taunton Deane kale
11:29 Fig tree removed, tayberry planted instead
12:21 Ideas for succession plantings, and thoughts on planning
13:55 No need for rotation

For more on succession and rotation, see this knowledge pack:
https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/planning-your-plot-and-your-growing/

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Видео Equinox Makeover.Small Garden March 2023 канала Charles Dowding