{"id":783,"date":"2010-10-17T19:36:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T18:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2010-10-17T19:36:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T18:36:48","slug":"planting-to-overwinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Planting to Overwinter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Ella Montt&#8217;s <em>Allotment Plot at MERL<\/em> on the 15th October 2010 it was a perfect Autumn day, the leaves were gently falling from the trees in the garden (and along the foot\/cycle path journey route). The Mulberry tree leaves, next to the <em>Allotment Plot<\/em>, had mostly turned to yellow. The Cosmos <em>Cosmea<\/em>&#8216;s pink petals seemed like patches of faded summer colour amongst the Autumn rusting hues. It has not rained significantly in so many days, the soil looked dry, but moisture exists below the surface. More flower seeds were collected. Ella Montt harvested the Climbing Beans that were ready to be picked and removed some more of the plants that had finished producing. Carrots were dug. The Beetroot never grew to their potential. Digging with a garden fork commenced to redefine some of the Plots edges and also to dig in lightly some of the Fenugreek as a green manure. Any unwanted plant residue from the <em>Plot<\/em> was added to the brick lined compost area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-795\" title=\"Cosmos Cosmea\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment170-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cosmos Cosmea\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment170-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment170.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-800\" title=\"Next to the Cosmos Cosmea\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment1692-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Next to the Cosmos Cosmea\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment1692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment1692.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the spaces that had opened up on the <em>Plot<\/em> Ella Montt planted an amount of seeds to overwinter. Next to the recently germinated Carrots which are close to the compost area four types of Garlic were planted; 2 cloves x <em>Elephant<\/em> Garlic (1), followed by 8 cloves x <em>Dukat <\/em>Garlic (2), then 16 cloves x <em>Sprint<\/em> Garlic (3) and then 14 cloves x <em>Thermidrome<\/em> Garlic (4). Next two rows of Onions <em>Swift<\/em> were planted, 2 x 13 = 26 sets. Broad Bean (1) <em>Supersimonia<\/em> x 16 beans were planted near to the Brassicas and then an adjacent row of Broadbean (2) <em>Super Aquadulce<\/em> x 16 beans. Where the Carrots had been dug Pea Meteor were planted in a concentrated amount (50 approximately), as the rest of the carrots are dug more Peas will be planted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-802\" title=\"Planting Garlic\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment172-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Planting Garlic\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment172-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment172.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-803\" title=\"Planting Elephant Garlic Clove\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment171-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Planting Elephant Garlic Clove\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment171-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/allotment171.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The days harvest: Lettuce <em>Marvel of the Four Seasons<\/em> = 2oz = 60g; Carrots <em>Amsterdam Forcing<\/em> = 1lb 2oz = 500g; Climbing Beans  = 3oz = 80g; Runner Beans <em>Blue Lake<\/em> 7oz = 200g<em>; <\/em>Runner Beans <em>Painted Lady<\/em> = 7oz = 200g.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Ella Montt&#8217;s Allotment Plot at MERL on the 15th October 2010 it was a perfect Autumn day, the leaves were gently falling from the trees in the garden (and along the foot\/cycle path journey route). The Mulberry tree leaves, next to the Allotment Plot, had mostly turned to yellow. 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