More sowing

I went up and sowed a second row of parsnips, this time interspersed with mixed radish. I also planted a half row of Beetroot [Red Ace] and half of carrot [Resistafly]. It will be interesting to see how they do since this year they will not be near the onions(as per). I also dug over the area where the original compost pile was. Mark is hoping to plant sugar snap peas here. Watch this space...

Parsnips and Carrots

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.