Last year this raised bed was filled with gravel and used as a base for containers. I have used the gravel as foundations for my new sheds. So the empty raised bed was filed with Mels Mix on 1st March 09.
Raised Bed D March 09 Diary
1 Mar 09
Empty raised bed filed with Mels mix.
2 Mar 09
Added squares and sowed 32 desiree seed potatoes. One per square. Each seedling planted at the bottom of the raised bed to give maximum depth. I may consider adding another 6″ frame later, but still have two raised beds to fill with mix.
I added a “good handful” of potato fertilizer to the mix. My compost is still brewing and seems to be very wet.
15 Mar 09
Some shots starting to show. Added more compost to cover them, including some home grown compost. To stop the cats, I’ve covered the raised bed in fleece.
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.
D1 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D2 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D3 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D4 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D5 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D6 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D7 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D8 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D9 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D10 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D11 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D12 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D13 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D14 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D15 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D16 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D17 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D18 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D19 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D20 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D21 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D22 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D23 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D24 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D25 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D26 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D27 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D28 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D29 -Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D30 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D31 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
D32 – Potato Desiree – Main Crop – Chitted Potato Sown 2nd March 09 – One potato per square foot
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