GardensIllustrated
-
Upload
phadillael-habib -
Category
Documents
-
view
224 -
download
1
description
Transcript of GardensIllustrated
-
gardener cook
Jojo is longing for the soi l to bring forth her spring crop of potatoes and getting creative with wi llow on her allotment
WORDS JOJO TULLOH LLUSTRA-IONS SARAH YOUNG
T here)s noth ing natural about gardening. Untended, rny plot \\'Ould he a 'natural' tang.le of bindweed and brnn1bles. Februar)' is the month \\hen the annual pr so I \\1tnt looking for some ne,\-10-n1e ~ult ivan> that \viJI crop either early or late as th is best suits Lhe rhyth rns o r our Stunrners. I spoke to Andre\'/ Skea \VhO grows organic and heritage Stttl ptatoes just outside Dundee. Ii is choice (or the backyard gardener \"ho \\'ants high )'ields and b light resistance without reoourte to pesticides, is to go organic. " Vile grow varieties that suit organ ic p roduction and have good disease resistance. You can't go wrong with the fir st earl)' 'Colleen>, he SU)'S. Lift when the plants are stiJI grten fOr a \vaxier potato. Andrtv/s other fu\IOuri1e is'Sarp-0 Mirn' a redskinned cultivar that stores \\'ell and has h ig_h blight rtsistanct) which he sells through Skea Organics (skta.eu), in lkg bags (or .2.20. Andm,, also sells'Jlighland Red Burgund)~ a colourful 5:alad potato that cornbines a good ear th y llavour \\' ilh a darkpurple skin and a
SUPPORTING ROLES S...-nmer's abl.rldance may seem a long vmyoff but there w come a time when exuberant gl'O.\s best to avoid stepping o n the earth u nnecessarily so 1nake surt all beds are easil)'
ac~ible by paths. Old carpets art a fa\'Ouril'e rec)'Cled n1a1erlal on allot1ntnts b ut having rtcently slipped up spectacularly on paths slirny \\'ith rnud I've laid nt\v \\10odchip paths on a black " 'eed supprtssan t fabric base. I've also planted a fence o f single larer espalier or step 4 0\'er apples. These are one)'tar,d\\ar( root s1ocks planted and tr immed to 30cnl and tied to a stake. Later on in August, "'hen three shoots develop) f'IJ tr im the shortest to One bud, then bend the two Strongtsl and tie thtnl tO a cane attached to a hori'l..ontal " ' ire stretched behveen hvO posts. I've always liked the sound of Ed,vard Bunyar