Two weeks ago we prepared a patch just below where we plan to plant the main crop potatoes. We added chicken manure pellets and removed as many stones as we could. It was raked to a beautiful flat area, never done before, I have always been too rushed(lazy?). One row of parsnips [White Gem], interspersed with mixed radish. The next row was half carrots [Resistafly o?] and Beetroot [Boltardy o?]. Another extra was the two lines of orange string above each row to protect the seedlings from the birds. Today the radishes are showing through and we gave the rows a gentle watering. There are seedlings in the second row but I am not sure they aren't weeds.
Prepared another patch for Mk. We planted five old onions, three rows of carrots [Resistafly o] and a scattering of chives [own seed]. The smell of the onions and possibly the chives will hopefully deter carrot fly.
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