Posted by fruitvegchickenrabbit | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 18-02-2012
Our new batch of seeds arrived a few weeks ago and now we are well into February, its time to start planning who is going where.
With our areas split between us, we each decide where to put our own seeds. Trying to remember to take into account the important factors of sun, wind, shelter and the most important – are the leaves of the outer most plants big enough for the chickens to eat them through the fencing 
We emptied out the compost bins a couple of weeks ago and dug the contents into the soil to breakdown even more. When those plants go out, they’ll have loads of nutrients to suck up and make us lovely big fruits and veg.
seeds,seeds,seeds - Courtesy of vegetableseeds.net
Around Christmas we had some bad luck with our fence which took too much battering from the wind and unfortunately collapsed. We have taken this apart and decided to make a ‘living’ fence (more commonly known as a hedge).
The old fence has been cut down to size, fixed and changed into a large planting box that now covers the length of our back wall (some 18 feet long). It has already been filled with compost and we await the arrival of our hedge plants. Being an edible garden we couldn’t just have normal hedging though, everything we have picked can be eaten or used in drinks.
Plum, Quince, Sloe and Elaeagnus Ebbingei are the varieties we have chosen. Inbetween these will be strategically place black berries, hopefully these will produce massive fruits for us and put off any unwelcome visitors with their thorns.
Hedge Box behind the Bee Hive
Finally, what we’re planting
First into the indoor greenhouse for this years harvest go:
Broccoli, Broad Beans, Aubergine, Lettuce, Carrot and Sweet Peppers. The radish won’t the luxury of the indoor greenhouse, they are going straight outside.
More to come as the year goes by.
We want to wish everyone luck with the coming year, hope you all have huge harvests and bountiful crops
Lin & Chris
