Anyway, I wanted to share a testament to permaculture and Linda Woodrow's principle of interplanting. The cabbage moths hit town the other day and look at this - one patch of brassicas inter planted with celery, onions, leeks, carrots & celeriac, and the other a little cabbage all on its own!
Wow! That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteMine have arrived too. But I've noticed something interesting this time. It's been a bad year for brussels sprouts - too warm and they've all gone loose and are starting to go to flower. I was just about to pull them all out when I noticed that the cabbage moths like them much better than the broccoli. So my brussels sprouts are being "value added" as chook food, and I'm getting a last little bit of crop out of the broccoli.
ReplyDeleteI think plants like having friends outside the family!
ReplyDeleteLucky it was just one on it's own and many interplanted rather than the other way round
ReplyDeleteWe've got cabbage months too! We've planted in raised beds with nasturtium and marigolds, which seems to be working nicely - have barely had to use the pyrethrum spray this spring! :)
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Very beautiful interplanted veggies. Wow! This year I planted lots of french marigolds around the beets - last year they were attacked by leaf miners and this year they were fine! I just did a blog post on food sensitivities.
ReplyDeleteWow! I keep telling Mr Bok that my haphazard planting is secretly a clever plan instead of sheer forgetfulness (who remembers what seeds they sow anyway!). I'll show him your post as proof ;)
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