by Noel | May 18, 2020 | CobraHead, Garden Tools, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
I plant my potatoes in trenches which I make with my old five-tined cultivating hoe. I loosen the soil with the cultivator and scoop it out of the trench with a flat spade. Potato Trenches It doesn’t take long to make trenches about eight inches deep and eight inches wide. Planted Potato Seed I run a row of seed 12 inches apart on one side of the trench and a row on the opposite side, offset 6 inches. This year I planted five varieties, 2.5 pounds of each...
by Noel | May 13, 2020 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
I set up a hoop tunnel on April 30th and began moving plants into it the next day. Double Hoop on Tunnel Ends This year, I made the ends double, using two pieces of PVC tubing at each end instead of one. This provided a lot more rigidity to the whole structure and made for much easier venting and closing using welders clamps. Trenched Onion Starts The first plants into the tunnel were onion and leeks, which I transplanted from flats to trenches. Sweet...
by Judy | May 9, 2020 | CobraHead, Recipes
I have had some filo dough in the freezer for a while with the intention of making a spanakopita with spinach. But it’s spring and I have been doing a little experimenting with nettles. Nettles are frequently compared to spinach, though they definitely have a different texture. I decided to check the internet to see if a recipe already existed using nettles and filo dough. And I found one by Barney Desmazery here on the BBC Good Food...
