Beetroot Pronto

Container beetroot

B & Q Patio Vegetable beetroot Pronto.

Clodagh and I have a competition going, to see, who can grow the best beetroot

The look on her face clearly shows she thinks she's won!

I will admit, Clodagh definitely beats me hand down with her little carrots which were washed then tasted by all of us. They tasted lovely and mildly sweet.

I will not admit defeat, just yet. I'm still waiting to see how my beetroot turn out. Those that were planted at the time we set the challenge.

My garden

A few photos to try and show the over all layout of our garden.


Container veg garden

A view up the garden path. To the right of the steps is where I have put the mini greenhouse. My square foot garden is just behind the free standing trellis you can see to the far right of this photo.


Container veg garden

The View up the lawn. With the Japanese Acer in the middle of the lawn.


Container veg garden

Looking down the lawn from my patio area. (the bottom of the lawn drops down a level) where I have the dwarf fruit trees and some container flowers and fruit bushes. I am thinking of moving the kiwi down here as I did not consider how quick it would grow and am loath to cut it at the moment. The problem will be how to go about lifting and carrying it without damaging the plant.


Tiny vegetable patch

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update on container beetroot.

Container Beetroot

Container beetroot

Update on container beetroot.

B & Q Patio vegetable. Beetroot Pronto.

Note the use once again of the tea bags.

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Can be sewn directly into pots. I started indoors in a tray.


Beetroot Pronto.

My little helper. Clodagh planted these in a circular fashion two inches apart around the outside of the pot and then another three in the middle. I will leave it a couple of weeks then start another lot to replace these.


I couldn't resist these sweet little plant labels.
Container beetroot