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I seem to have run out of space. 
I've got four varieties of cauliflower seedlings, but I can't see where I'm going to plant them out. I've got three raised beds. Only one has any space left in it:
There are some maincrop potatoes on the left, and the rest is empty. It's quite loose and dry as we've had no rain, and I know caulis like firm ground. I also wanted to plant some Blue Danube potatoes in there, when T&M eventually deign to send them (ordered 13th April!
). Anyway, there isn't room for more than a couple.
That leaves the left side of the garden:
Do I take the spade to the lawn (such as it is), and dig a new bed? Will cauliflower grow ok in new ground? Or shall I give up on caulis this year, and plan better next year? The trouble with the left side of the garden is that the fence side is shaded until mid afternoon. To get another bed with good sun I'd be looking at one 90° to the other three, along the edge of the path. I'm not convinced how that would look.
I've also been negotiating the supply of used straw bedding, as I fancy a go at the mulching-not-digging method described elsewhere on this site. I could just take the turf off, not dig it (so the ground stays firm), mulch it, plant caulis and see how it goes.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions & criticism all welcome.
Thanks,
MBE
I've got four varieties of cauliflower seedlings, but I can't see where I'm going to plant them out. I've got three raised beds. Only one has any space left in it:
There are some maincrop potatoes on the left, and the rest is empty. It's quite loose and dry as we've had no rain, and I know caulis like firm ground. I also wanted to plant some Blue Danube potatoes in there, when T&M eventually deign to send them (ordered 13th April!
). Anyway, there isn't room for more than a couple.That leaves the left side of the garden:
Do I take the spade to the lawn (such as it is), and dig a new bed? Will cauliflower grow ok in new ground? Or shall I give up on caulis this year, and plan better next year? The trouble with the left side of the garden is that the fence side is shaded until mid afternoon. To get another bed with good sun I'd be looking at one 90° to the other three, along the edge of the path. I'm not convinced how that would look.
I've also been negotiating the supply of used straw bedding, as I fancy a go at the mulching-not-digging method described elsewhere on this site. I could just take the turf off, not dig it (so the ground stays firm), mulch it, plant caulis and see how it goes.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions & criticism all welcome.
Thanks,
MBE
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