Now that winter is here we can look back on a very successful peak harvest season during the spring and summer of 09. We would like to share with you images taken mid December of the garden at its peak.
In the cooler months of the year all the work is done to ensure the success of harvests. Autumn and winter are the seasons to get the garden ready for the frenzy of spring and summer. The time is right to get the garden beds prepared for their next crops. We have plenty of compost enriched with a series of bio dynamic preparations. They will ensure that there is good activity going on in the soil. A liberal quantity of compost will be worked into each bed then left to rest for several weeks when it will again be “worked”. We will also work in some rock phosphate to supply the very important element phosphorus that is needed by our crops.
The chamomile seeds have now germinated well in the glass house and are almost ready to be singled out into large trays. They will then grow out some more before being planted into the prepared beds in July.
Whilst the weather is cool and often rather bleak, there are still several crops that can be harvested now. Bellis parenus, or English Daisy, is currently flowering well as is the very last of the echinacia. Both will be harvested shortly.
Our rainfall has been well above average which is a welcome sign for the success of the harvesting seasons during the warmer months.
