The moon is in Virgo, which is an Earth sign, so today is a good time to be planting and sowing root crops.
The weather forecast said rain this morning, but it had stopped raining earlier and so, with the sun shining, we took the opportunity to spend the day down on The Patch.
Heather & I sowed Carrot (Autumn King) and Parsnip (Countess) and then planted our maincrop Potatoes : Cara and Desiree. However, we were left short of seed potatoes and decided to take a trip to RHS Wisley where we found they were selling 2.5 kg nets for £2.50 !
Having bought some second early Anya, (a cross between Desiree and Pink Fir Apple) we drove back to the allotment and planted them up. I also sowed another row of Carrots, this time the variety being Purple Haze. As the name suggests, these carrots have a rich purple skin and a deep orange flesh which will look great when cut in to strips for crudites.
The weather forecast said rain this morning, but it had stopped raining earlier and so, with the sun shining, we took the opportunity to spend the day down on The Patch.
Heather & I sowed Carrot (Autumn King) and Parsnip (Countess) and then planted our maincrop Potatoes : Cara and Desiree. However, we were left short of seed potatoes and decided to take a trip to RHS Wisley where we found they were selling 2.5 kg nets for £2.50 !
Having bought some second early Anya, (a cross between Desiree and Pink Fir Apple) we drove back to the allotment and planted them up. I also sowed another row of Carrots, this time the variety being Purple Haze. As the name suggests, these carrots have a rich purple skin and a deep orange flesh which will look great when cut in to strips for crudites.
By way of experiment, we have sown half a row of Fennel Pronto. Using the moon phase planting method it is not supposed to be a good time to sow this veg. The remaining half a row will be sown when the Moon is in Scorpio and we will then see which half is the more successful.
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