I was weeding my repurposed raised beds the other day. All the fantastic sunshine 🌞 and now the rain is helping the veg and weeds grow rapidly.
I have at least twenty seven repurposed beds and I am always looking for more to repurpose to grow veg in. Here's some photos for your perusal dear blog readers:
Globe Artichokes growing in half a repurposed heating oil tanks. They are looking at the sea in the distance.
Summer onions.
Red cabbage.
Brassicas in the baths. We are growing kale, cabbage and swedes.
Japanese Onions growing in the baths. They get planted in September and grow through the winter and spring and we usually harvest them in June. They have been absolutely crackers this year.
Swedes growing a wooden raised beds. I made it out of old decking planks for nothing as per usual.
Raised bed. The fork marks where the next colander of potatoes 🥔 will be dug.
A weedy brassica raised bed.
Beetroots and perennials like Ladies Mantle or Alchemilla Mollis and Bergenias or Elephants Ears.
Red cabbage, beetroots and leeks.
Chives, redina lettuce and a few weeds.
Tomatoes 🍅 🍅 and nasturtiums.
Leeks and weeds growing in a cut in half IBC tank.
Leeks.
Onions 🌰 🌰 growing in a mussel crate that I found on a beach near by where we live.
Once again my repurposed raised beds and containers remind me that you do not need to have a veg plot or allotment to grow yourown own vegetables. You just need something to grow them in.
An amazing garden. You have something of everything!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. It's far from neat and tidy but it's very productive and we only grow with organic and natural principles. I am planning more repurposed raised beds. I have the fym all I need is the beds.
ReplyDeleteYour garden as always looks great, mine is home alone, hoping for a bit of rain whilst we are back in Somerset.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marlene. Enjoy your Somerset break. I was there in Nether Stowey in 2023 and it's a beautiful place and I blogged about Samuel Taylor Coleridge living there. A dry day today but raining tomorrow. I had to remove all my plastic bottles cloches to water them today. Plants root easily in sand but it is very free draining and they soon dry out.
ReplyDeleteMy village is very close to Nether Stowey, its a lovely area, its raining this morning.
DeleteIt is a lovely area. The gardens will like the rain.
DeleteYou have a very productive space there, Dave. Is there anything you haven't yet grown, that you might like to try to in future?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jules. I just stick to vegetables that we all like to eat these. Particularly winter veg like leeks and swedes, kale and brussel sprouts. I seem to spend more time propagating shrubs and perennials than I do growing vegetables. My veg plot gives me a lot of pleasure and somewhere I love to be.
ReplyDeleteNo need to visit the greengrocer for a while then 🙂
ReplyDeleteJust the beer providers JayCee😊.
ReplyDeleteI admire the fact that you found soil and other nutritious material to fill up your raised beds and containers. That's a lot of work and ingenuity too.
ReplyDeleteHomemade compost and the livestock provide plenty of fym YP.
ReplyDeleteIts all looking fabulous Dave. I acquired a large bale of rotting pea straw today to add to my no-dig beds.
ReplyDeleteThanks TM. The weeds are keeping me busy. The pea straw should be good for retaining moisture. I look forward to seeing more photos of your raised beds and garden.
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