What's Happening Now

April is an exciting month in the garden and despite the weather we are making good progress with planting potatoes and crops from plugs that we have sown under glass. As the ground is so wet we are using walking boards to spread the weight over the soil to avoid compaction. Crops now in the ground are Broad Beans, Onions from sets, Spinach, many salad crops which we have been planting in raised beds.

The salad crops we sowed late last summer in the raised beds are now really coming into their own so we are harvesting Mizuna, Mibuna, Red Mustard, Corn Salad and Rocket for the Hungry Gardener. More traditional lettuce being sown and planted now will take over from these crops in a few weeks ensuring a continual supply of salad leaves. All our crops are now labelled with the date of sowing, planting and picking so you can work your crops alongside us!

You will notice we have been completing the final part of our wall using cord wood from Beaulieu Estate which provides an attractive back drop to the west side of the garden and should provide some additional shelter. Thanks to Frank and the students from Totton College for their great help.

Volunteering

We are currently seeking volunteers to assist with many duties within the garden.

If you are interested and could spare a few hours a week please contact Lisa on 01590612113 or e-mail lisa@fairweathers.co.uk

Courses

We hold free Saturday courses at Patrick's Patch with our gardening expert Martin Perry.

Courses start at 10.30am and last approximately 2 hours.  Booking is essential.

Please speak to a member of our team or send us an email to attend.  Our confirmed dates for this year are:

July 31st - Soft Fruit

August 14th - Trained Fruit

August 28th - Harvesting and Sowing