Hidden treasure ... our first potatoes of 2012!

We proved that the mulch-method produces more potatoes, and bigger sizes too!

Seed bed being sown for autumn planting.

Seeds are put to bed.

Sandi, from Soil for Life, teaches us how to make a deep trench bed, using layers of dry and wet organic matter. Here she demonstrates how to sow the seeds and gives each runner bean a small twig to climb on. Note the cardboard which we are holding up as a wind-shield. The south-easter is blowing, which means summer is coming! Yippee!
The seed bed is in the Children's Garden, so that they can see the baby plants when they emerge from their sandy slumber...