With more rain forecast for the afternoon I set off early today to make sure that I could plant the 16 or so raspberry canes that I had dug up from the garden, and also the twenty Swift 1st Early seed potatoes that have been chitting for a while now.
Two days ago I got 4 bags of really well rotted manure from a stable at the end of Bhylls Lane very close to where the railway walk starts in Castlecroft. I'll try to get more before it is all removed but had to stop after 4 bags because the rain was really coming down hard and the whole area was very messy.
Yesterday I got 4 more bags from a stable on the Stafford Road which I used to pass daily on my way to Rodbaston College and back. It was far easier to load up - I could get the car right up to it - and almost as well rotted, so I'll definitely be going back there to get more in the coming days.
I had marked out where the 2 rows of raspberry canes would go and spread some manure over the area and dug it in. Then I planted 2 rows of 8 canes each with the plan to support them on wires between posts once the growth has started. I topped everything off with some organic chicken manure pellets and look forward to seeing the new year's growth starting very shortly.
The 1st Early Swift potatoes went in 2 rows of 10 seed potatoes each, 6 inches deep, 12 inches apart, and 18 inches between rows (well, that's what I was aiming for!) . I had already dug in some manure, did a final weeding of the area, and finished off with more organic chicken manure pellets, so fingers crossed we'll get some reasonable potatoes in around 3 months' time.
In a week, if it's dry enough, I'll plant the other seed potatoes and look forward to seeing the first signs of growth, and then earth them up periodically during the season.
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