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Potatoes above ground, asparagus being eaten already, all full up now.

I have added some lime to the beds to counteract the acidic effect that pure composted chip can bring. Will ruin the brassicas apparently.

If it’s been in three years you can start harvesting this year.

That is a tough place to make a living off the land Jim.

Asparagus were two weeks later than last year. Otherwise wife is busy planting. Not too much colour atm, but getting there.

Bit harsh.

Veggies aren’t really his thing. They’re not really my favourite, but they can’t all be stars can they? Best roasted with the Sunday joint.

Good year for parsnips anyway.

Muppet! * SLABBING

Rich and loamy, pretty good really. On the subject of building and gardening we're freshening up a corner of the garden. Greenhouse getting slabbing around it, new wall to tidy up. Stuff costs money! I'm hurting a bit in the wallet.

The bare patches are from digger damage from some building work we had done, but yes, it gets dry here in the summer.

Here's mine, toms, celery, marrows, courgettes, peppers, onions, runner beans, gooseberries, strawberries..... (The wife's domain really)

We're growing melons, potatoes and some beans in pure chip this year.

We're eating asparagus, wife's sown the onions, some lettuce, carrots.

Nope, she just threw them in there, always damp and warm. It is well over a year old mind (the chip pile, so well rotted) I don't know specifically what trees the chip came from in case someone asks. Next year we won't bother putting them in the ground at all

My wife had a brainwave and planted some potatoes in wood chip. Has worked well, cropping earlier than those in the earth. We harvest early to keep them small and tasty.

Like a lot of things, if you enjoy it, finding time is easy, my wife really does like it, for my part I create, rotovate, and do the heavy work and she does the rest. (Oh, I eat the stuff as well) I think she likes the order, lines and certainty of it, whereas I'm more flowers and landscapes...

Nicely arranged. I must plant a Redwood somewhere in my garden.

I guess the asparagus is in its 7th year so at its peak, vitality wise. It's a very fertile area, plenty of sun, plenty of rain. Spring arrives like an express train rather than limping in reluctantly as seems to happen in the UK.

Speaking of which, nearly there....