20th August 2021, Produce, Produce, Brassica’s …
For the first year of the “Haven” we wanted to just grow food, learn, build infrastructure, and record as much as we could of the experience. This blog is an integral part of that journey so to speak, even though we’re a bit behind the current date.
Having managed to prepare the ground for growing, we set about putting plants in. We were in a bit of a hurry to plant out cabbages and other brassicas but we shouldn't have worried unduly. These plants manage to survive the cold anyway.
Here we have the pointy cabbages, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and squeezing in the top some Kale too!
The next picture showing a cauliflower, a bit on the small side but well formed, followed by round cabbage.
Plenty to go around and even enough for the wildlife as we are not using any chemicals or sprays, unless they are home made (from essential oils, baking soda and the likes…)
Most, if not all of these plants were procured late in the season from the garden centre. We were busy digging and we had nowhere to really put young seedlings, so in this our first year we just focused on creating space to grow, then planting out bought plants. Next year with everything in place we can start things off from seeds.
Hopefully we will be eating lots of cabbage cauliflower soon, then later in the year - Kale, Brussels and potentially carrots / parsnips!
The final picture was a bit of a surprise. To our knowledge we never bought any Swede plants nor did we plant any, and yet here is one erroneous swede - very nice it was too!
