I sowed carrots this year by broadcasting them over a foot wide area they are coming up with most just getting the real leaves but they are hard to see as the weeds are doing well there too and I am afraid of disturbing the carrot roots while removing the weeds
The parsnips that were chitted on a paper towel and and then grown on in root-trainers are looking good, worth all the fiddling around I think
The front garden has changed again with alium and granniebonnets adding colour
It is living up to being called a wildlife garden!we watched the sparrows teach their chicks how to feed off greenfly on the R.rugosa but only managed to snap mum
Also watched a frog over several hours just sitting on a stone managed to get this pic before he jumped in among the many tadpoles
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I think I might try your idea for chitting parsnips next year. I find the germination is so iffy that this must be the way to go.
Hiya - I know the feeling regards the weeds - this weather is perfect for them and you never seem to be able to keep up - I end up getting through one area to move onto the next - meanwhile they continue elsewhere!!
Parsnips aren't that easy to germinate - infact I failed miserably last year - so this year I sprinkled seed down and then lightly covered it with some potting compost - seemed to do the trick plus it wasn't too wet and cold at the time... my Mum brought some she'd grown in root trainers and they are doing equally well!
A tip which I tried last year was when growing strawberries for the first time. I got a pile of our own good compost and spread it over an area about 2m x 1m and covered it over with the weedblock fabric and secured the sides into the soil with a spade. Planted the strawberry plants straight into the compost through the fabric... what a crop and no weeds!
Sorry for the long message - hope all continues going well - Miranda
miranda bell
thankyou for your comments. my strawbs are terrible this year! I thinned them out too much and they didn,t recover. another lesson learned:o)
I love parsnips and especially home grown ones.
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