Couperwife Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 is now mine i spoke to the boss today and asked her who was running it from September and she looked at me and asked if I was interested we had a chat about it, i want to run it as easily as possible, get fruit trees that come back year after year, like gooseberries, black currents, red currents, raspberries and i want stuff that you shove in the ground and leave i think i can pretty much do with it what I want (and she is going to look into us getting chicken ) any other suggestions? i want it to grow stuff to be ready all year round and i want it to be easy (not asking for much am I ) cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Lucky you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMO Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 That's brilliant - we'll have to compare notes as we go along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara.F Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Rhubarb? that's the earliest fruit to come ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 we have a lot of rhubarb on our home allotment (me?? greedy?? noooo ) and it all needs splitting this year cos its just too big, so each part will be split into 4 bits and 2 will stay here and 2 will go to school fingers crossed it will work cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Great news! Our allotment site has a school plot and some plot holders have volunteered to do bits of necessary maintenance when needed. May be worth asking your allotment association if anyone would be willing to chip in with help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 oooh, thanks Snowy, thats a great idea ive started a box of donated seeds (space chick has sent me some ) im going to sort it into a month by month planting order thingy I WILL get organised for this,. I WILL, honest cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Try and do things that don'e ripen over the summer holidays or need a lot of watering. We do well with herbs (Have you never seen a parsley tree?) Pumpkins and Squashes, Courgettes, the kids love fruit of any sort and of course tomatoes (although they are a pain over the summer holiday). Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 ive been buying herbs that are in the bargain bin at tesco you know the pot plant ones im split them and plant them up - hopefully it should work cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 The best parsley I had last year came from supermarket plants, it lasted all winter, through all the snow. New potatoes would be good, strawberries, a small family apple tree maybe, they would ripen as the children came back to school after the summer and wouldn't need summer care. Things that can be eaten straight from the ground like carrots and radishes, peas can be a pain but they can be eaten raw, therefore ideal for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Would kale be a good idea, because there's something to pick over winter? I've planted three types and they look spectacular now, I don't know when the latest that you can sow them is though. I think chard can still be sown and that looks after itself pretty well. It's all a bit experimental for me at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 some great ideas there - thank you cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindy Loo Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 You lucky thing! I am looking after our school kitchen garden which we developed over the Eater holidays and it is SO rewarding. The kids love it - the garden is open every playtime and is used rain or shine. I don't know if it is any help but we have planted courgettes, pumpkin (huge striped Tonda Padano), potatoes (we had a school potato growing competition run between the classes) Autumn Bliss raspberries, strawberries, mange tout, carrots ( I planted these at the end of the term so hopefully they will be ready in Sept), herbs,garlic and leeks. I am looking after the school tomatoes in my greenhouse at the moment - ready to be transported back to school next term. I am also going to plant some lettuces in pieces of drainpipe the same length as the raised beds at school which will be ready to plant out by the Green Fingers Club (that I also run) during the first week of term. For the winter we will also plant kale, and keep the swiss chard going too together with some onion sets for over wintering. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 wow i think i need to get planting sounds like you have yours totally sorted, im going to go in today and take some photos to see exactly what ive got to play with and do a bit more harvesting it should be a fun year cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
