1 | Intro, Review of recent crop rotations, planning potato bed | |
2 | March 1: Pac Choi sowing, interplanting with catch crops | |
3 | April 1: Working bed surface, planting cut and chitted seed russets, timing for next rotation | |
4 | April 15: Overplanting pac choi starts | |
5 | May 1, 12: Pac Choi shelter in potato foliage | |
6 | May 23: Pac-choi harvest | |
7 | May 25: Mulching spuds with straw, alternatives discussed | |
8 | June 1, 9, 14, July 1: Crop development, last watering June 14, leaves vs straw | |
9 | July 17: Sowing windows for winter crops, reusing mulch, harvesting and weighing russets | |
10 | July 18: Planning seed bed for mizuna and winter kale, seasonal timing, recent crop review | |
11 | Observing soil state, wet the bed (again!), seed bed preparation | |
12 | Selecting variety and seed, sowing the seed bed, watering in | |
13 | July 24, Aug 4, 9: Kale and mizuna germinating, protecting seedbed from 'pests', crop development | |
14 | August 16: Under-weeding and selective thinning/harvesting, identifying and avoiding plant stress to prevent bolting | |
15 | August 24: Liquid gold, monitoring your crop, larger harvests commence | |
16 | September 1, 9: Blanch-freezing surplus kale for winter, crop development | |
17 | Sept 19, October 8,17: The 'second spring' advantage, selective harvesting, powdery mildew comparison | |
18 | November 3, 21: Frost and sugar content, garden as fridge, harvest technique | |
19 | Dec 5-22: Weed and mulch kale for winter, soil ecology, crop development, sound of sweetness | |
20 | December 25: Season eating and relative self reliance | |
21 | March 2018: Overwintered kale going strong | |