Apr 27, Organic Gardening As A Royal Past-Time

I don't like to write too much about my garden because most people are really interested in their own gardens.

But when it comes to royalty it all seems very different. Everyone wants to know what Prince Charles is growing in his organic garden. And will William follow his father's footsteps into the garden?

You can get more on those questions from this link and the ladies can get a close-up look at the Ring too.

U.K. visitors to my website should click the flag to change to your country page.

So what about my garden?

Well I'm a little worried about the dry weather we are having. But all my seeds are coming up so far. I'm growing a red leaved Pak Choi 'Ruby'. Dark colored leaves are high in antioxidants.

Today I planted potatoes in between a standing Leek crop still being harvested. There's more information on continuous cropping on this link.

It's also been a time for early salads. My winter lettuce are standing in the greenhouse in plenty.

That reminds me to mention: the advantage of container growing.

Containers let you move your crops around when the weather changes

Containers can isolate plants from soil disease problems and

give your garden soil a rest while you rotate plants, and

let you grow over hard surfaces.

But except for the above I like to avoid containers because they dry out and need to be filled with compost.

If you've seen my web pages on growing potatoes in containers and raised beds you'll be pleased to learn that seed potatoes are still available here. So don't miss out. Check the link to select yours. It's great to have good food growing and some in store.

Happy gardening and - as they say - more follows...