I've sown all my seeds for March at last - there's just some chard, corn, squashes and beans left to sow in a few weeks' time. I've sown purple sprouting broccoli, calabrese, swedes (Angela and Marian), sprouts (Evesham Special), spring cabbage (Offenham), courgettes (Astia F1), squashes (Sweet Dumpling, Butternut and Crown Prince), plus summer savory, catnip, rosemary, tarragon, sage, Thai basil, red basil, and dozens of marigolds, poppies, poached-egg plant and cornflowers. And some more Angelle tomatoes to replace the seedlings that we lost.
It's sorted into families: peas and beans, flowers (annual and perennial!), herbs (annual and perennial), tomatoes and peppers, brassicas, curcubits, salad veg, and miscellaneous! And I keep two big bags of silica gel in there to keep moisture low - I don't know if it does any good but it seemed worth a try.
Also, on the plot, we've dug several beds over and planted our onions (Stuttgarter Giant, in an effort to get some decent sized bulbs this year!), shallots (Picasso) and garlic (French Cledor), and sown parsnips (White Gem, which always do really well for me).
And it's not just us that have been busy - there are plenty of signs of life appearing on the allotment too. We have radish seedlings...
The pond is full of frogspawn...
3 comments:
Your garden is truly inspiring - the asparagus alone! Love your seedbox, though. Mine is getting there... I have a file folder of seeds that's starting to bulge. I never through away seeds. In fact, I accumulated two more packets today - yellow onions and spring onions. I was in the mood!
That looks like a busy week! We saw our first asparagus at the weekend too, only one spear but it's a start!
I hord seeds too, very rarely throw things away (although only been growing for 4 years) although had my first complete failure this year with some iceberg so perhaps it's time to start getting rid of the older ones....
Monica - high praise indeed, thank you! Asparagus is dead easy, you just need patience...
Paul - if that's your first complete failure you're doing well!
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