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In answer to a request for piccies to try and explain 'pocket planting' on another thread, I've been out and done a bit of a 'David Bailley' today.
First two piccies are looking up one side of my allotment and down the same side!
The other two piccies are a warts and all attempt to show how it works. Where the leeks and sweetcorn are in the third piccie (next to some broadies) there were Duke of york tatties. Some are still to dig up and the space will instantly be re-populated with some more leeks.
4th piccie has Crimson flowered broadies at back, a pocket of pickling onions just finishing
(don't look at the weeds!)
a pocket of Mooli seedlings which were sown as soon as the Red Duke of York were lifted a winter brasica of some description (can't remember which) and some limanthes (poached egg plants) that are about finished but will give loads of seedlings for next year. Incidentally pockets of Limanthes can be dug in as green manure.
First two piccies are looking up one side of my allotment and down the same side!
The other two piccies are a warts and all attempt to show how it works. Where the leeks and sweetcorn are in the third piccie (next to some broadies) there were Duke of york tatties. Some are still to dig up and the space will instantly be re-populated with some more leeks.
4th piccie has Crimson flowered broadies at back, a pocket of pickling onions just finishing
(don't look at the weeds!) a pocket of Mooli seedlings which were sown as soon as the Red Duke of York were lifted a winter brasica of some description (can't remember which) and some limanthes (poached egg plants) that are about finished but will give loads of seedlings for next year. Incidentally pockets of Limanthes can be dug in as green manure.
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