
Garden update of our offgrid homestead garden in Central Portugal 2 month after starting it. How we manage our autumn/winter garden, what is working for us and what not.
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Garden update of our offgrid homestead garden in Central Portugal 2 month after starting it. How we manage our autumn/winter garden, what is working for us and what not.
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Your garden is doing great! If your soil is rich with nutrients (& it seems your is) you can grow things fairly close together & just eat the bigger ones as they grow. Broccoli is fairly slow growing in my garden. I use the blast of water from pump sprays to get rid of aphids. Sometimes I will add a little natural soap but usually it isn't necessary. I love chard & let it reseed in my garden. You might want to peek in the soil under the potato plants to see if there are any potatoes to take. Some say you should wait until the plants flower before taking potatoes, but I take them much earlier & they keep producing more.
Hello! I had a little farm, here in Portugal, in Alentejo. My neighbors advised me not to grow parsley and coriander close to each othar "they are not best friends" 🙃 Eventually we should put them in opposite rows (at least in opposite ends of the same row). I wish you all the best.
wow…..your try out garden beds have been very successful.. a lot to harvest. I have seen far worse for first time planting.. I hope you'll have a very abundant garden next year
Well done on your veggie garden! It must give you a lot of joy to be able to eat your own produce. The lettuce look good!