Category: Carrots

  • A lot has changed in the last 2 months – there’s no need to water the patch every day and temperatures are dropping… What we’re doing now Once a week, we venture in to harvest Kale and Cos lettuce, both great Winter crops. We have enough to share with friends and still have some left…

  • It’s officially Autumn. Cool nights and brisk days have arrived. There is excitement around the Patch, with pretty much everyone planting new crops – walking around the crates is a guessing game of what-do-you-think-is-that-seedling? On our list this season: Snap sugar peas (handy to have our tomato trellis already installed) Snow peas (Lisa likes them…

  • I admit, the tomato stakes were pretty haphazard. Planted in a state of plant emergency when it was clear our one plant was spreading all over the ground rather than growing up, it’s become necessary to give it (and the patch) a spring clean. So with a bit of help from master Carpenter Craig, we…