No Room in the Patch...Part 2

Next up were the aliums. Now, I had several, well, about 30, little leeks and plugged them all in to their own little hole which I duly filled with water, and re-filled. I know they don't look all that healthy, but with a little sun and little rain there'll be a lovely row of...oh no, that's potatoes not leeks! Oh well, all in a soup!

Unfortunately, as well as the lovely sunny weather today, we've had numerous thunder storms and much, much rain! hope they don't drown. will keep you informed. The onions are looking good; a range of sizes but hopefully if I leave them in the ground a little longer, they'll expand and i won't have quite so much peeling to do. the garlic is looking fantastic: think I planted a few too many though!

No Room in the Patch...part 1

Well, the final little plug plants arrived, all be it a few weeks late, and I spent Saturday clearing and weeding the remainder of the beds and Sunday planting everything up. As well as the main beds, I tidied up the Nasturtiums with the hope of popping a few into a salad this week, and made sure everything in the greenhouse was 'up to date'. My one remaining job in there is to plant up the peppers: there are now strong healthy shoots and I need to find a pot in which to put them!

First up... the umbellifers! All my little roots. I planted the carrots early in the greenhouse, and despite everyone telling me that you couldn't uproot them and transplant them because the tap root would be damaged, I was very careful and it looks like ti's worked well! They are growing bigger and need harvesting soon before they get tough and lose their sweetness. I also found a few parsnips that I'd popped in with radish to mark the rows. Well, the radish have been eaten and a few parsnips survived, along with the extras I've grown on from the greenhouse. This week's new arrivals is the celery. All planted in and ready to grow!