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Inspire Planting Planning Meeting notes

Inspire Planting Planning Meeting
Held at Inspire Garden
15.10.2025

1.  Rotation for 2026

  • Plot A : Onions, leeks, beetroot, garlic, onions.

  • Plot B: Brassicas and sweetcorn

  • Plot C: Courgettes, runner and broad beans and squashes

  • Plot D: Potatoes

2. Polytunnel, greenhouses and raised beds for 2026

  • Top polytunnel: Tomatoes and dwarf french beans

  • Bottom greenhouse:Tomatoes

  • Small lower greenhouse: Cucumber

  • Top greenhouse: beans, peas and chillies

  • Raised bed near caravan: parsnips and parsley

  • Raised bed near top greenhouse: carrots - need to replace compost first.

3.  Seeds

  • Tomatoes: same tomatoes as 2025, additionally, Helen to research a small plum tomato.

  • Chillies: to use Chris B's seeds

  • Cucumber: Beth Alpha - it was suggested to mulch with comfrey.

  • Beetroot: Cylindra and Boltardy

  • Brassicas: Brussels, Cavolo Nero, Sprouting Broccoli, Red Cabbage, Calabrese and Kale.

  • Herbs: same as 2025

  • Parsnips and Carrots: same varieties as 2025

  • Courgettes: Green Bush and Trombolino.  Helen to source a yellow courgette.

  • Squashes/Pumpkins: as per 2025

  • Sweetcorn: Helen to choose the variety.

  • Rainbow Chard: as 2025

  • Lettuce: Winter Density

4.  Potato Day Order

  • Potatoes: Same varieties as 2025, but increase the order by 25%.

  • Onions: same order as 2025 but add red onions.

  • Broad and French Beans: Blue Lake and Cobra climbing beans for outside. We have enough Aquadulce broad beans to sow now, order The Sutton and Aquadulce for 2026.

  • Runner Beans: Scarlet Emperor and Lady Di.

  • Peas: Alderman

  • Garlic: one hard neck, one soft neck.  Update : Helen reports only soft necked garlic available via Potato Day.

5.  Green Manures

  1. We have sufficient field beans and rye to plant now.  For discussion with Martin and David regarding other green manures.

6.  Strawberries

  • David's raised bed of strawberries should produce better quality strawberries in 2026.

  • It was suggested planting borage in the lower plot of strawberries as a companion plant.

7.  Equipment

  • Mike will look into the purchase of another brassica cage.

Next Meeting: 1pm, 14.1.2026