Plot holders contributions

At the Gardeners’ Question Time the topic of successional planting was raised.Successional planting should enable you to harvest particular crops over a longer time scale.

This idea links in well with Lunar Gardening. The basic idea here is that seeds are planted in the two weeks after a new moon, that is during a waxing moon. Plants are planted out after a full moon, that is a waning moon. This produces a successional scheme without too much trouble.

I have followed this system more or less over the past few years and have been pleased with the results. I seem to have been particularly successful with carrots, planting a packet of seeds every 4 weeks, 3 or 4 times during the spring and summer. Yes, all our family like carrots!

Another thought: it is generally considered that planting seed potatoes should be done on Good Friday, a date which changes each year. But did you know that Easter is set according to the moon?

Good gardening!Andrew Hawkins, Chairman