My 20/20 Vision for 2020 aka another nutty plan!

[chillithyme]

I with that I could be this organised! I will be keeping a close eye, you may be starting a new universal growing guide Same here, I also have the urge to start random things or do things that I have forgotten to when you and others post up what you are doing VC

[veggiechicken]

Week 48 - Trial run!!

Week 48 starts tomorrow Monday Nov 25th.
Divide 48 by 4 = 12 therefore its the 4th week of the 12th cycle.
The 4th week of every cycle is Leaves (Remember? -Roots, Shoots, Fruits and Leaves).

On Mondays I sow seeds - so tomorrow I will sow Leaves - Salad leaves, rocket and Kale. Maybe spinach and purslane. All in the GH as the soil is too wet and cold.

Also, have a tidy up/weed of Bed 22

That's it - the plan for tomorrow.
Tuesday, Clean chooks and check Fruit. Tidy bed 23
Wednesday - weed somewhere different and Tidy bed 24
Thursday - Thin and transplant seedlings and do summat with Herbs. May sow some more parsley and coriander. and Tidy bed 25
Friday - is for Flowers - sow some "end of alphabet" Flower seeds (Wallflowers and Violas) and Tidy bed 26.
Saturday - is catching up on jobs I've missed because of weather/commitments & Bed 27.
Sunday - 1st December - Catch up, Bed 28 and sort seeds for the following week which is Roots.

Simple, isn't it!!
There'll be a test next week.

[veggiechicken]

The weather smiled for me this morning and I got stuck into Bed 22 where the Vinca major/periwinkle is spreading like a plague, Its suckering into the path, creeping through the raspberries, hiding the brambles and dragging the hardy fuchsias down to ground level. Its so invasive that I couldn't find the path between Beds 22 and 17. Still a lot to rip up but that will have to wait for another dry spell.
This afternoon, while it rained, I sowed (chucked) a load of Leaf seeds on the beds in GH No 1.
Red Russian Kale
Lettuces Winter Density and Valdor
Rocket and Wild Rocket
Spinach "Amazon"
Rainbow chard
Mispoona.

Who said there's nothing much to sow in November?

Lots of seeds sown 3/4 weeks ago have germinated - various salad leaves, radish, peas. Even a few tomatoes from a fallen fruit!! Self seeded lettuces also appearing.
I'm a Happy little chicken.

[veggiechicken]

Week 49 starts tomorrow - 2/12/20

Its Roots week so I will sow radish, beetroot and carrot in the GH tomorrow, Monday.
Tidy Beds 1-7, one a day.
Sow flowers whose names begin with A-G on Friday.
I said it was simple!!

[veggiechicken]

Nearly 2020!

I'm getting excited!! According to the VC Calendar 2020 starts on Monday with the 1st Roots week of 13. I'll be sowing radish, carrots and, turnips, either in buckets or the GH.

For the first time ever, I haven't bought a Diary as I only ever manage to write in it for a few weeks., I've a ring binder divided into 13 sections that tell me what to sow each cycle. I'll record what I've done in a notepad which will then be filed in the binder. That way, I won't feel guilty when I see blank diary pages.

[veggiechicken]

Week 1 - Roots week

Today I sowed (aka chucked) a jar of old parsnip seeds, a jar of beetroot, some radish and a bag of carrot seeds onto the random seed patch. Grow free little seeds. See you in spring!
Slightly more carefully, I've put some beetroot, carrot and turnip seeds to pre-germinate on damp kitchen roll in a Ferrero Rocher box.

You didn't really think I would do this "properly" did you?

[happyhumph]

Have you ever been proper VC?

[veggiechicken]

I most certainly hope not, HH.

[veggiechicken]

Week 2 - Shoots and things with funny names week

Today, I'll sow onions, leeks and spring onions in modules.
Viability test some old allium and celery seeds in chocolate boxes.
Scatter some oriental seeds with funny names in the GH.

Its raining heavily so I shan't be doing anything outdoors. Don't like wet feathers.

[Vegi potager]

Another thread added into my subscription as I know I will be entertained if somewhat bamboozled by your antics VC.
If I have worked it out, my lemon grass will be sowed the correct week if not the correct day. But hey I can argue Thursday herbday!

Good luck...

[veggiechicken]

Any Thursday is good for lemon grass.

[veggiechicken]

Week 3 - Fruits 13/1/20

Sown some Early tomatoes on the 14th and Wizard Field beans on 19th with Calendula.
Delighted to say that some of the toms are already pushing their little leaves out of the compost. Two little leaves that look like clapping hands.



Well done little seeds

Tomorrow 20/1 is the start of Leaves week - kale, lettuce and other green stuff. Flowers with names beginning VWXYZ. Bit restrictive this one - but there's Violas, wallflowers and Zinnias so its not that bad really.

[veggiechicken]

Week 4 - Leaves 20/1/20

Sowed more Lettuces and kale in the GH
Spinach and chard in the newly cleared patchwork.

Week 5 - Roots 27/1/20

Picked a bucket of carrots and sowed some more, Also radishes in GH

Week 6 - Shoots 3/2/20

Picked leeks, cut off root bases and replanted in the perennialising leeks bed.





These are some from last year's roots.

[Mamzie]

How big a leek bed do you have VC? That is is really interesting, and something I had not considered doing. Plus we still have leeks here to harvest so is feasible to try x

[veggiechicken]

This is the conventional leek bed - grown from seed last year.

I take these to eat and replant the roots in an unconventional bed.

It all started back in the year of '17 when I discovered that leeks that are left to flower also form bulbs at their base, which Snadger told me are "King pods".

The story starts here https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ml#post1548195 and I've been replanting in the same patch of ground ever since.