It’s been a classic Spring day today – white fluffy clouds, blue skies & heavy showers every half hour or so. This being the case, it’s a shame that it’s the middle of July! It’s cracking growing weather though – the sunflower is looking particularly good and on track to challenge for the Tallest Sunflower prize.
Of course, it takes more than a drop of rain to stop me, so off I went to the Hill with the intention of growing some carrots.
This was an area of such disappointment last year, with a battle against the carrot fly (which I comprehensively lost) that today I sowed eight rows of a resistant variety CARROT seeds (flyaway f1), & I’ll see if that’s cracked it.
When I brought mum to visit the Hill last night, besides saying ‘yum, yum these peas are delicious’ & ‘yes please, I would like some of those fabulous potatoes’, she also said ‘doesn’t Lionel-by-the-gate’s plot look gorgeous with the swathe of flowers across the front – why don’t you do that?’.
She’s quite right – the five marigolds from Ian-at-the-bottom do look a bit lost, so off I went off the garden centre in the hope of picking up some cheap bedding plants. Well, that didn’t work, so I bought some expensive bedding plants instead – a six pack each of cosmos, verbena & osterpernum which set me back sixteen quid.
I managed to walk past the half price seeds – I’m very keen to support the Heritage Seed Library & keep some of the older heritage varieties going, and the more I grow, the less interested I am in the run of the mill seeds at the garden centre. Although to be fair, I couldn’t resist an offer in the Sun this week for 10 Thomson & Morgan seed packs for £1.99 p&p, but that was a bargain!
I went back to the Hill to plant the bedding – which I have high hopes for – before heading home via Jane’s to drop off one of the garlic plaits. She promptly hung it up in the garage, declared the house a vampire-free zone, and wondered aloud whether it would also work on Paul – ooh!
Of course, it takes more than a drop of rain to stop me, so off I went to the Hill with the intention of growing some carrots.This was an area of such disappointment last year, with a battle against the carrot fly (which I comprehensively lost) that today I sowed eight rows of a resistant variety CARROT seeds (flyaway f1), & I’ll see if that’s cracked it.
When I brought mum to visit the Hill last night, besides saying ‘yum, yum these peas are delicious’ & ‘yes please, I would like some of those fabulous potatoes’, she also said ‘doesn’t Lionel-by-the-gate’s plot look gorgeous with the swathe of flowers across the front – why don’t you do that?’.
She’s quite right – the five marigolds from Ian-at-the-bottom do look a bit lost, so off I went off the garden centre in the hope of picking up some cheap bedding plants. Well, that didn’t work, so I bought some expensive bedding plants instead – a six pack each of cosmos, verbena & osterpernum which set me back sixteen quid.I managed to walk past the half price seeds – I’m very keen to support the Heritage Seed Library & keep some of the older heritage varieties going, and the more I grow, the less interested I am in the run of the mill seeds at the garden centre. Although to be fair, I couldn’t resist an offer in the Sun this week for 10 Thomson & Morgan seed packs for £1.99 p&p, but that was a bargain!
I went back to the Hill to plant the bedding – which I have high hopes for – before heading home via Jane’s to drop off one of the garlic plaits. She promptly hung it up in the garage, declared the house a vampire-free zone, and wondered aloud whether it would also work on Paul – ooh!
Joining the HSL does make you look at seeds in a different way, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit disappointed with the so-called violet seeded broad beans though. They are supposed to become purple 'when mature' and I've eaten some that were more mature than I normally pick them but they are still sickly white! I hasten to add, they are NOT Heritage seeds. I shan't bother again. I hope to send you something a bit better in the autumn!
If you hadn't tried the Violetta, you wouldn't know if they were good or not - and the thing with fruit and veg is that even if they disappoint, you can still eat 'em!
ReplyDeleteEvery one a winner!