Brassicas

As I have built some large brassica cages this year I wanted to make sure that I didn't have to move them too often once the brassicas were planted. It is always a pain to get inside netting to keep the weeds under control, so I had to come up with another solution.

This year I am experimenting with weed control fabric. I prepared the soil by digging in plenty of well rotted farmyard manure then I covered it weed control fabric. Where a brassica is planted I just made a small slit in the fabric and planted through the slit. This (hopefully) has two advantages:

1) The weeds between the plants should be kept to a minimum
2) Rain water will naturally go through the slits so that the plants get the most benefit

Time will tell whether it works, but last Saturday I planted out brussels sprouts, kale, two types of cabbages and romanesco cauliflowers.

Brassica cages now planted