The Courgettes are thriving but they’ve come under attack from blackfly, and the Rosemary has a beetle infestation.
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.
The Courgettes are coming!
I’m beginning to drool as the Courgette ‘Black Beauty’ plants are beginning to flower and form baby courgettes, but the garden pests are queuing up.
Peas, Cosmos, Sunflowers and a spot of Archaeology
The bank holiday sees me spend 4.5 hours in the garden playing catch-up with nature.
Starting my new garden from scratch
A new blank garden has so many jobs to do – so I’ve begun breaking the lawn, and zoning off areas for vegetables, lawn, and flowers, and I’ve built a raised bed.
Planting the French Beans
It’s time to sow the French Beans and to tackle my Antirrhinum forest.
Sowing an old Erin Eco Salad Seed Starter Kit
Giving an old Erin Eco seed kit a chance, leaves me with dozens of salad seedlings that’ll need a new home.
Potting on the Courgettes, and welcoming the Tomatoes
It’s time for the Courgettes to be pricked out, and potted on, but not all of them are ready, and the Tomatoes are up!
A new Courgette Crisis begins
The Courgette ‘Black Beauty’ seedlings are up, and so begins the next hurdle…
The garden Springs to life
The garden springs to life indoors and out.
Sowing the seeds of 2017
The propagator takes its first batch of seeds, as I plan for a garden I don’t yet know.
Tulips in the wind
The Tulips are in bloom, the seeds are sown, and the snails are marauding.
Tubers, Sowing, and Potting On
There might be lots of new lush green growth outside, but there’s still plenty of seeds and plants to sow and pot on indoors.
