Week 35 In The Veg Garden.

The other day I lifted the Onions and put them to dry prior to stringing. For this purpose I use what I think are old bread trays. They have open bottoms so when turned over and placed on the potting shed bench I can place the onions in them upside down to dry. I will leave them like this for a couple of weeks and then clean off all the dirt which should be dry by this time and then string them up. The proper way is to plat the tops together but I find using sting less of a faff.

Veg Garden (Week 34).

MY CASTLE HOWARD PICTURE FOR TODAY

JOHN’S JOKES
An invisible man marries an invisible woman.
The kids were nothing to look at either.

TODAYS WEATHER READINGS
So that I can post the readings on the same day as the blog post they are of the previous 24 hours up to 6 pm today.
Temp Low: 15C
Temp High: 25C
Rainfall: 0mm
Cont. Days Without Rain: 1
Dry Days This Month: 14
Wind Level For The Day 24
Pressure: 990.0
Weather: Bright and sunny.

2009 Highs & Lows
Min for the year: -5 C (4th February)
Max for the year: 35 C (1st July)
Most rain in 24 hours: 39mm (5th June)

MY WORK BOOK
See to the sheep
Field
Misc
Thu 27/08/2009 08:00
Thu 27/08/2009 08:20
20 minutes
1) Put out some minerals.
2) Checked and counted the sheep.

See to the greenhouses
Glasshouses
Thu 27/08/2009 08:20
Thu 27/08/2009 08:35
15 minutes
1) Checked round.
2) Watered.
3) Opened the vents.


Mow the grass
Courtyard
Public Gardens
Thu 27/08/2009 08:35
Thu 27/08/2009 09:15
40 minutes

Mowing
North Front
Public Gardens
Thu 27/08/2009 09:15
Thu 27/08/2009 09:35
20 minutes

Mowing
Main Lawn
Main Garden
Thu 27/08/2009 09:35
Thu 27/08/2009 10:30
55 minutes

Break for tea
Home
Misc
Thu 27/08/2009 10:30
Thu 27/08/2009 10:50
20 minutes

Mow the lawn
Main Lawn
Main Garden
Thu 27/08/2009 10:50
Thu 27/08/2009 12:45
115 minutes

Break for lunch
Home
Misc
Thu 27/08/2009 12:45
Thu 27/08/2009 13:30
45 minutes

Mow all the lawns
Walled Garden
Thu 27/08/2009 13:30
Thu 27/08/2009 16:00
2.5 hours

Mow all the rough grass
Public Gardens
Thu 27/08/2009 16:00
Thu 27/08/2009 17:00
1 hour

See to the bins
Hall
Misc
Thu 27/08/2009 17:00
Thu 27/08/2009 17:15
15 minutes
Put back the black bins and put out the recycle tubby.

Cart off the grass cuttings
Walled Garden
Thu 27/08/2009 17:15
Thu 27/08/2009 17:30
15 minutes
There were five box full to move to the compost bins.

NOTES
1) I think any further growth in the onion bed has come to an end so one of the next jobs will be to lift the Onions and put them somewhere to dry in readiness for cleaning and stringing for storing.

COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING
Jim I will be the one to pick any apples, I’m not sure how many just yet. In the past I put a lot to store but no one ever used them so I may not bother to store any this time.

Kitchen Garden.

People often ask me what I grow in the kitchen garden, in fact to my surprise I was talking to someone the other day who didn't realise that you could grow your own veg from seed. I always tend to assume that people know this stuff and thats why the statement came as such a surprise. I explained that most veg can be grown from seed and is actually easy to grow from seed. So today I will show you some of the veg I grow for the family at the big house, all of which I have grown from seed or in the case of the Onions and Garlic, from bulbs.

[Click on the pics to enlarge for a better view]

Below are a row of Peas on the left, then a row of Broad Beans and to the right two rows of Garlic. There are another row of Peas and one of Broad Beans just out of the picture.
Next up we have six rows of Onions, two rows each of brown, red and white skinned. They came as a collection from Marshalls Seeds.

In this next picture s a row of Parsnips to the left and a row of Beetroot. You will have to look close for the Parsnips as they're only just showing through. The Beetroot were started under glass and planted out as seedlings when the weather improved.

A few of these plants can be seen growing as seedlings Here