At the end of February, we are going to plant seed potatoes in two triangular beds of the potager. So, we have prepared the beds for it.
At first, we dug out Swiss chard, lettuce and cauliflower by using two shovels, and re-planted them into felt-made containers. Then, soil in the beds was sieved to remove remnants of veg, such as roots, and larvae of insects.
Finally, we added lime to the soil and mixed. This concludes preparing soil in beds.
Another preparation is chitting seed potatoes to sprout before planting. We already bought seed potatoes with sprouting buds. So, we are ready to plant potatoes!
(二月の終わりには、ポタジェのふたつの三角形のベッドにジャガイモの種芋を植え付ける予定です。そこで、ベッドの準備をしました。
最初に、ベッドにあるスイス・チャード、レタス、それにカリフラワーを二つのスコップで掘り上げて、フェルト製のコンテナに移植しました。そして、ベッドの中の土をふるいにかけて、野菜の根などの残渣物や害虫の幼虫を取り除きました。
最後に、土に石灰を加えて混ぜ込みました。これでベッドの土の準備は完了です。
もう一つの準備は種芋の芽出しです。芽が出てきている種芋を私たちはすでに買いましたから、ジャガイモの植付け準備は完了です!)
There were vegs planted in the two triangular beds. |
Digging up Swiss chard |
Digging up cauliflower |
Re-planting cauliflower into a felt container |
Felt containers filled with Swiss chard |
Swiss chard is a biennial, meaning it will grow back a second year and then set seed. It’s not neccessary to pull it out the first year as it will come back. |
Sieving the soil |
Added lime, and mixed |
Two triangular beds ready for planting potatoes |
We planted 'Kita Akari' and 'Grand Pechka' last year. We'll challenge 'Haruka' this time.
(昨年はキタアカリとグランドペチカを植えましたが、今回は、はるかを植えてみようと思います。)
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