Le Manoir - A Brief Update

Everyone has been asking me how I have been getting on during the summer internship so here's a few more photos and brief update......

Le Manoir is an organicially run garden and certified with the Soil Association.  The gardens cover a 7 acre area with 1 1/2 acres being devoted to the vegetable and herb garden

The main vegetable growing area is laid out in 4 main oblong sections which are managed in rotation, moving vegetable types on from one year to the next, helping to prevent build up of pest and disease particular to one type of vegetable, and it means that plants that enrich the soil nutrient such as legumes (peas, beans etc.) adding nitrogen into the soil, is appreciated by brassicas the following year.

 

If only my vegetable garden looked like this!  I have loved working here.  It is especially nice in the morning while it is still quiet and the sun's heat is still getting going.

Below a snap shot of part of the Asian Garden with the unusual crops like Amaranthe, Orach 'Red', Yacon and Gotu Kola looking colourful.