I have removed the number of raised beds to make way for my new polytunnel.
The 10ft by 20ft polytunnel take the space used by 4 4ft by 8ft raised beds.
So I have re numbered my raised beds.
Raised Bed A – Outside – Rhubarb and Asparagus – Plus Courgette
Raised Bed B – Outside
Raised Bed C – [...]
I’ve been dissappointed in my self for not keeping up this blog. But the results from my squarefoot gardens has been very good and there is still plenty of winter crops left.
The weather has been poor the last two summers with heavy rain falls and Blight. So I have decided to give up 4 of [...]
Diary of Square Foot Garden raised bed H – Apr 09
Diary Jan 09
5 Apr 09
Raised Bed H 5 Apr 09
Radish and parsnips doing well and visible in picture. Spring onions have come through. No sign of lettuce. Germination of carrots was less than 50%.
11 Apr 09
Raised Bed H 11 Apr 09
All foot squares in raised [...]
April Diary for Raised Bed J
Jan 09 diary for raised bed J
Alot has happened on this raised bed over the last two months.
I’ve sown 6 squares of lettuce, transplanted 2 squares of winter cos and sown 8 squares of carrots. Unfortunately the chickens raided the bed and sorta mixed up the lettuce and destroyed some [...]
Diary for raised bed E – April 09
Mar 09 diary for Raised Bed E
5 Apr 09
Raised Bed E 5 Apr 09
Hard to see but there are lots of seedlings.
Dwarf Bean seedlings
11 Apr 09
Raised Bed E 11 Apr 09
Dwarf Beans 11 Apr 09
About 80% germination success. May have been higher but cats are walking/digging in my [...]
Raised Bed D April 09 Diary
Raised Bed D March 09 Diary
5 Apr 09
Raised Bed D 5 Apr 09
Not pretty adding my compost to the mix to cover shots as they appear.
11 Apr 09
Raised Bed D 11 Apr 09
Shoots coming through everywhere. After photograph covered shots with more compost.
All foot squares in raised beds are number [...]
5 Apr 09
Raised Bed C 5 Apr 09
11 Apr 09
Raised Bed C 11 Apr 09
All foot squares in raised beds are number 1 to 32 starting in the south west corner zig zagging to the north east corner. The number is prefixed with the raised bed letter.
C1 -
C2 -
C3 -
C4 -
C5 -
C6 -
C7 -
C8 -
C9 [...]
This raised bed has onions and red cabbage which was sown in Aug 08. I had some greens growing in greenhouse but as I was moving green house they were eventually transplanted to this raised bed.
5 Apr 09
Raised Bed B 5 Apr 09
11 Apr 09
Raised Bed B 11 Apr 09
All foot squares in raised beds [...]
5 april 09
I was ( and still aim to some extend) worried about the amount of water that I would need on my 11 8ft by 4ft raised beds. The last few weeks have been very dry and warm.
My raised beds looked very dry. However, when I dug (with my hands) in to the soil, [...]
This raised bed will be used for accent first early potatoes.
5 Apr 09
Some sign of leaves coming through. Adding more compost to cover them.
Raised Bed A 5 Apr 09
11 Apr 09
Raised Bed A 11 Apr 09
All foot squares in raised beds are number 1 to 32 starting in the south west corner zig zagging to [...]


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