Three Educational Gardens - Three Methodologies - One Research Project
Monday 17 September 2007
Week 38 - Bed PC6
This bed is looking very straggly.
The Brussels Sprouts are small but look healthy.
Some of the beetroot are getting quite big, but they are small for their age. The beetroot planted at the same time in the other beds were harvested at a larger size several months ago. This slow growth will affect the taste.
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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