I went to a party on Friday night and a friend came up to me and told me my blog was rubbish! He wanted to see more recipes and more gardening tips! So here goes-I guess I am reluctant to give gardening advise as I have always thought of JP as the green fingered one of the family. I will start with carrots as they seem an easy place to start.
Soil type: deep, loose, light soil. For poor quality soil dig in a small amount of organic compost a month prior to planting.
How to grow: Directly sow seeds at a depth of 5 mm-mixing seeds with wahed sands helps spread them when sowing. When seedlings are 5 cm high thin out to 2cm apart. Thin out again when seedlings are 15cm high to 5cm between seedlings.
Avoid successive crops in the same plot.
Pests and organic control: carrot root fly is the most common pest. Use a crop cover or a resistant variety!
Companion planting: Lettuce, peas, leeks, chives, onions, beans, tomatoes and rosemary will deter carrot fly.
Nasturtiums are a bait plant for aphids.
Harvest a few young carrots-if they are pale the soil is too acid. A dose of lime sprinkled around the plants and watered in will improve colour.
About me
I grew up in Kenya, living on a ranch, eating real home grown and home cooked food. This shaped the view I had on food, as I didn’t know any different, until I went to boarding school overseas. I got sick, everything I ate made me sick. I became a vegan, that was over 20 years ago and I have never looked back. I eat plant based, mainly home gown food. I am lucky enough to live on an avocado farm on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro and I have a huge vegetable garden. This blog was initially started because I would give my friends baskets of veggies and invariably I would get a phone call asking what to do with certain things. My recipes are inspired by my garden and the incredible produce that I get from it. My dream is to inspire others to eat real food.
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