The one where I pot on a load of seedlings and run out of pots.
Category: Vegetables
I’m more of a savoury man than a sweet one, and therefore I love a plate full of vegetables. My parents have always grown vegetables, and some of my earliest memories of gardening are of helping them by picking tons of homegrown peas, or watching my dad grow tend his beds of a what seemed like a bazillion potatoes. They’re so nutrient rich and delicious, that I can’t have a garden without hiding a few vegetables in there – usually Courgettes, with a few French Beans and Lettuces.
Marching on with some first-time growing and mowing
The one where I sow some new kinds of plants, and give the lawn its first mow of the year.
Sow here we go!
The one where I start sowing plants outdoors and fill the propagators.
The new seeds for 2019’s garden
The one where I share the new plants that I’m going to try growing in 2019.
Harvesting the Carrots
The Carrots survived the summer heat of 2018 and rewarded me with brightly coloured and wonky vegetables.
The Broad Beans of 2019
The one where I realise my Broad Beans are not right, and a red-breasted friend visits.
The Parsnips, Carrots, Turnips… and Cats
The root vegetables are growing happily in the raised beds, whilst I devise a method to divert cat bums elsewhere.
Sowing Courgette, Squash, and Nasturtium seeds
With Spring in full force, it’s time to get the courgette and squash seeds sown.
Pricking out the Swiss Chard and Sweet Sultan seedlings
It’s time to be ‘pricking out’ my Sweet Sultant flowers and the brightly coloured Swiss Chard seedlings, and get them ready for their next stage of growing.
The Garden Springs Forward
We’ve just had a mild week here in the East of England, and so the garden has woken up to throw lush green leaves skywards. It’s been the perfect time to get out there.
