Harvesting on the plot is slowing down and the regularity of our visits are slowing down too. The start of September has brought with it some much cooler weather but so far no "proper rain". However, as the temperature cools the crops that are still growing will last longer between waterings.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records 01-07 September 2018 |
On the plot it's a case of harvesting and clearing crops and waiting for rain before any beds can be dug over. I've managed to get a couple of beds ready for some flowers seeds and a crop of winter onions and garlic.
Last month a couple of beds were sown with green manure crops. One bed is doing reasonably well and one looks like it will need re-sowing.
This bed was sown with grazing rye in August and germination of the green manure crop has been good. There's also been excellent germination of weed seedlings too so it will be interesting to see how things progress. There's no point showing you a picture of the second bed as it's just a patch of mostly bare earth with very little signs of any germination including weed seeds.
I'm planning to get some more beds ready to be sown with green manure crops as soon as conditions improve and I've bought some seeds ready to sow as beds are prepared. The seeds don't have to be sown until the end of October but I'd really like to get some in as soon as possible. I might rake over the bed with the failed green manure crop of buckwheat, give it a good watering and re-sow it with some of my new seeds. It's a question of deciding whether to use Mustard Caliente or Autumn Mix.
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No proper rain even now??? You really have had it tough. Edinburgh's normal service has resumed rainfallwise.
ReplyDeleteStill only getting the odd spell of drizzly rain here. At one point this weekend was going to be wet but now it's forecast to be a bit showery on Saturday and sunny on Sunday. So far 2.0mm this month including Saturday morning's first shower.
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