Final class before Christmas

Some of the plants ordered arrived  (November 16) and planting began in selected areas.

By Nov. 19 some of the plants added to the Bustan were: Lavander (Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'), rose (Climber, 'Rambling Rector'), hazelnut ('Webbs Price Cob'), white currant ('White Pearl'), apple trees (Discovery and Elstar), cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Early Black'), bay (Laurus nobilis)

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Great work Antonia setting this up, pics and text look great. Now that i've found my way to this site i'll figure it out and we can use it for the project, Eimear

On tuesday october 18th, 'Summer' plot was divided into three sections for covering with different types of green manure. The sides were covered with Phacelia tonacetifola and the centre with broad bean and a mix of green manure that includes rye, vetch, tetraploid italian grass and forage pea. By the 8th of november the green manure was already beginning to show. Seedlings in 'Winter' plot begining to sprout up too. 

Rasberries planted along length of 'Winter' and 'Spring' plots. Some sage plants are put in with the rosemary and thyme already planted. Onion sets (Electric), shallots (Jermor), spring onion (winter white bunching), cultivated rocket (Eruca vesicaria) and coriander (Coriandrum sativum) are sown in 'Winter' plot. Cardboard is cut out and put down along rasberries and then covered with mulch. Paths are marked out and covered with mulch.

                              Cardboard and mulch to cover raspberries.

Onion and shallots.

                                                        Marking out of paths and mulching.

                                                 Sieving soil for sowing area in 'Winter' plot.

   

Weeding done for now on summer plot and trench is dug deeper for plantings rasberry plants.

 First seeds sown in "Winter" plot: Broad bean Aguadulce Claudia and limbers yellow carrot.

Sieving the soil for an easy start of the seedlings. The holes for the beans were about 2 inches deep and 4 inches apart.