L-R: chilli - habanero chocolate (a christmas gift from my big bro),
dwarf beans - purple queen & stanley, hollyhock - salmon pink,
auberine - early long purple 2, alium (unknown variety from my mum),
forget-me-not - royal blue, patisson - sunburst
& sweetcorn - early extra sweet, mixed annuals,
pak choi - choko, red basil - dark opal, chilli - cayenne
Looking forward to all these coming up.
(click the photo to see them bigger)
(click the photo to see them bigger)
These are some other seeds I planted - more of what I tried before, along with some new seeds.
Closest to us: peas - kelvedon wonder, sunflower - black magic.
The rest I've already mentioned in the seed list.
The plants in the photo are from my aunt. She's good to me :)
I also potted on some sweetcorn (early extra sweet) as they were doing ok. 6 survivors though - pathetic!
So much has been nibbled / not come up / perished in the mini-greenhouse that I decided to try the survivors in some propagators. I knew those leftover bits of palette would come in useful! Fingers crossed this plan works! Oh for a REAL greenhouse...
The purple podded peas (such a great name - I love saying it!) Nick's mum gave me grew so fast I've already put them into the soil. I have tried to protect them with some plastic bottles to keep them warm and, using some netting and clothes pegs, I made this protection from pecking pigeons :) I did the same netting around the mangetout but didn't take a snap. Looks the same anyway! Around the PPpeas, I planted the mixed annuals and around the mangetout, the forget-me-nots.
On Monday I picked up the new mower & spent a while trying to make it. Useless instructions & not enough hands hindering me! I tried it out last night and it works a treat. Huzzah
Now we are all up-to-date on the allotment antics & I am off to watch Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen... :)
4 comments:
Whoa! Lots of progress, your plot is really shaping up.
Straberry weeding is on my to do list...
This year is certainly a weired year, I am also having germination problems at levels I have never had before.
Hope your resowings germinate for you.
I was also doing more sowing on Sunday. I've got the rest of my beans sown now, so it's time to concentrate on getting things moved to the allotment now. Hope you enjoyed Robin Hood.
No, Jo, I didn't think all that much of Robin Hood. Found it a bit dull and forgettable. Hey ho!
I'm looking forward to actually putting things in the plot too, rather than everything in pots & trays!
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