Alan's Garden Blog

Well that’s Gardenfest over. A lot of work (and talking) but well worth it. We sold out of Pop-Ups and got some local full installations to do. The stall set-up looks really good. The pop-up in the photo has 43 plants in it so it that size would suit a lot of gardeners.

This is my set-up to protect my broccoli. Saves using chemicals and works well on a Watersaver Garden because I don’t have to get in to weed all the time.

The flies have gone! Must be more careful with stable manure in the future (see Watersaver Gardens FaceBook page). I now have beautiful rich food to feed my plants and the good thing it just sits there until you use it.

Yes I know we can grow broccoli and cabbage but I am not the biggest fan of either. So have a look at the snow peas. I have seven flourishing at the moment so I should end up with plenty.

My garlic started to appear after only one week in the ground. It looks strong and healthy already so the effort to heavily compost the soil has definitely paid off. Nothing can go wrong from here? Not sure about disease but with the watersaver garden I can be certain it will not get waterlogged or die of thirst. I don’t intend to feed it any more before harvest, I think there is enough in the soil to sustain it through the whole growing season. Hope so.