Oddly today’s heavy rain forecast doesn’t yet seem to have arrived. Our little microclimate is even a little sunny.
Helen has taken advantage of this and is planting seeds with a hope we might finish the greenhouse soon
Oddly today’s heavy rain forecast doesn’t yet seem to have arrived. Our little microclimate is even a little sunny.
Helen has taken advantage of this and is planting seeds with a hope we might finish the greenhouse soon
A break in my cycling today, off to meet a few guys from Bushcraft UK forums in the pub. This will be making cycling unsuitable later I suspect!
Strange triffid like creatures are stirring on my south facing window. Mispoona for all 🙂
The rocket is rocketing, and even the marigolds are poking their heads out
But what of the chilies?
Nothing. Soon my pretties, soon.
Fantastically the first sets of seeds (mispoona, rocket and marigolds) are coming up! I’ve decided to replace the lids with something more substantial though.
It’s itching into spring now, though you might not realise it.
I dug out the seeds from last season (our ones from the real seed company haven’t yet arrived, it being only one day since we placed the order) and got a sowing. I have no faith many of the seedlings will make it, or even germinate. I’ve sown an arctic lettuce (should have sown about sept last year), rocket, chard, chillies, watercress etc but I hit upon an idea… Why not try planting kitchen spices? Obviously not the ground type but fennel, coriander, cumin etc.
I’ll keep you updated how they fare over the next few weeks.
I’ve also ordered a grow light to prevent them becoming too leggy, but they’re in the sunniest indoor spot that being our south facing front window!
The seed order went in yesterday – a wopping amount (about £69) which should do us for a couple of years – more so if we do seed saving. Next of course we need to get the greenhouse setup which’ll take a great deal more time and money. Because of my height, I just can’t easily fit in a ‘normal’ greenhouse. We were given an old greenhouse from my Grandfather, who’d actually got it from my other grandfather a number of years ago. A few bits and bobs were rotten and many more panes of glass were broken, but it still has the same height problem. So I’m looking to get it raised higher by adding concrete blocks under the frame. This means it’s got to be made level and proper foundations installed.
It’s like Christmas. But in November. So many choices… What’ll we grow this year… Expect a list 🙂
I originally was going to buy a hop root (or rhizome) to save on the hassle of working out which was female and which was male.
Once I get a female, I can use the rhizomes to propigate more. They’re a bit like raspberries.
Got the seeds of ebay – 40 for £1. So if a few are male, I won’t mind. Soon have my self sufficientish beer on the go!