...I figured it was probably a good idea to call this series of garden and growing based posts by a title that will link them all...so welcome to "The Garden Chronicles"...
A week has past since my last garden update...and with all the rain we've been having, a few little seeds have already sprouted in the veggie patch!! (when I say little, I really do mean little...the pictures were taken with a rather large zoom!!)
A week has past since my last garden update...and with all the rain we've been having, a few little seeds have already sprouted in the veggie patch!! (when I say little, I really do mean little...the pictures were taken with a rather large zoom!!)
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| This is a Little Gem Lettuce coming up... |
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| A bit blurry, but a French Breakfast Radish... |
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| A Globe Radish shoot... |
Small they may be, but signs of new life in the garden are always encouraging...and the seeds (or rather seedlings now) in the mini greenhouse on the patio are going great guns...there has been a lot of growing going on in there!!
Alex's Squash (Butternut) and Red Onions are doing well...these are both a first for us...
...as are his Cucumbers...as I said last week, the Cucumbers we planted last year failed to even e germinate...so let's see how we do with the two that are growing now...
...hi little Lupin has started it's second lot of leaves growing now...
...and a few more of his Runner Beans have sprouted away over the past week...
...four of the five Tomatoes we planted are growing now...They are Alicante...a medium sized one...we want to grow some of the berry sized ones too...so I better buy some soon...
Emily's Lupin is pushing through a second set of leaves too...
...and four of the five new variety of Courgette (Astia F1) are growing, and need potting on very soon...
...her Runner Beans (the seeds form our crop ast year) are doing much better than the ones form the packet!!
...and the Mange Tout have nine out of ten growing (the ninth is very tiny and can't really be seen here)...
...another newbie for us, Aubergine...we have a teeny tiny little shoot just starting...fingers crossed it grows well...as we love aubergines!!
So all in all a good week in the garden and greenhouse...next jobs on the "to do" list will be potting on the seedlings and preparing the beds for the tomatoes and cucumbers...keep watching and reading...
Hey this is great! Well done on your gardening skills! I need some tutoring on this. So nice to eat your own vegetables!
ReplyDeleteYou should get planting Alida, buy some already grown on plants later on if you don't want the hassle of seeds...but it really does taste better from the garden :-)
DeleteExcititng times in the garden, my little seedlings are germinating too, though not as fast as I'd like. Good luck with the aubergines, I've not been able to grow them successfully, but I think that ws because I was living in Scotland then, now am in Wales. Perhaps I shuld try again.
ReplyDeleteHi Shaheen, yes, very exciting times in the garden...my aubergines last year came to nothing at all!! Not even a shoot came up!! So fingers crossed this year...
DeleteWow, so many things starting to grow...I wonder if you are going to have enough to send us a box of veg!!!
ReplyDeleteFrom Mrs Allen and 3EA
They are all doing really well at the moment. If we get enough veg growing Alex might be able to bring some in for you to try...
DeleteSara