Sunday 11 May 2008

in my single bed


This spell of beautiful weather has brought everything on. The salad bed (built last year as part of our garden redesign) is up and running again.
Here, a range of tasty salad crops are coming on well.
The salad bed works well because it is easy to maintain. It is not too wide and it is raised so that one does not have to stoop too much.
It is very close to the water butt and so journeys with a watering can are short.
The dataree, of course, is a boon. It enables beds to be maintained as weed free very easily.
And the whole thing is covered by a cloche, which creates an excellent micro-climate for speeding-up growth.

And finally, the distance from the salad bed to the kitchen is five metres. People talk in food miles, not food metres!

Fresh, seasonal, organic and ultra-local!

1 comment:

Marc said...

That is a great way to raise salad crops! My lettuce and salad greens are doing well too but I have let some of them grow too big. I should follow your lead and put a salad raised bed just off the back deck next to the kitchen. Good idea!