Three Educational Gardens - Three Methodologies - One Research Project
Monday 16 April 2007
Week 16 - Bed DD8 Planting
We double-dug this bed and planted:
Orla Potatoes (36 seed potatoes) - a 1st early variety with creamy white oval tubers with light yellow flesh
These were planted in 3 rows of 12 down the length of the bed and because they are so close together the rows will need to be mulched instead of being earthed to prevent the tubers becoming green.
As Ireland's first eco-village is being built in Cloughjordan, 11 people meet once a week to learn how to grow food. This year long course is the beginning of one of the educational cornerstones of the eco-village, where small scale intensive gardens are the focus of research, education and demonstration. The project begins with three separate allotment plots being managed using three different gardening methodologies.
This blog is a record of the activities of the ten neophytes and one enthusiast as they work to develop these plots, learn how to grow food, and begin to reduce their carbon footprint.
The Gardeners
Bruce Darrell (instructor)
Anka Roos
Annemarie Nugent
Catherine Naughton
Duncan Martin
Oonagh Roantree
Miriam Kelley
Nigel Quinlan
Patrick O'Connor
Tracy Culleton
Van Gerahty
Using This Blog
The numerous posts of this blog are best viewed by clicking on the labels below which will show all of the post relating to a bed in one of the plots, displayed in reverse chronological order. EX - Extensive Planting Plot DD - Double Dig Plot PC - PolyCrop Plot
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