Gardening post 30 March 2013
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gwyddnoSpent a lovely afternoon in the greenhouse. I'd planned to get the garden dug today but my leg had other ideas so I did some light sowing and planting instead.
I planted two tubs of Marabel mainrtop potatoes (chitted from a pack of four bakers that never got eaten), According to the Potato Council, they boil, mash and roast well and make lovely potato wedges.
I sowed asparagus - an F1 variety whose name I can't remember but I kept the packet, half a tray of leeks and half a tray of summer sprouting broccoli. The leeks are an interesting variety I discovered on the Real Veg Company's website, called Bleu de Solaise. The leaves are dark blue but they still taste like leeks. The broccoli was a bog standard Sutton's variety. I have a packet of Rachel's Veg late-flowering and some Real Veg Co early-flowering (or vice-versa) so we should have plenty of broccoli :).
As well as that, I made up the chives and basil grow-your-own pots that Miriam fancied in B&Q on the basis that it's impossible to have too many chives or too much basil.
I planted up the Rosemary cuttings that have been on the kitchen windowsill all winter and repotted Em's orchid. There's nothing to lose with the orchid as she was going to sling it out when she moved so if I can get it to grow in multipurpose compost, I get loads of kudos and if not, well I tried :)
The cold spell has set everything back two or three weeks. For some things, such as grass and weeds and digging the garden, this is good thing. For others, such as the rhubarb I'd hoped to be picking for tomorrow, not so good.
If I remember, I want to rake over the surface of the garden before digging this year to gather up all the little stones and bits of assorted crap that have no business being there.
There's plenty of firewood in the trolley in case we manage to have a barbecue this summer, just need to keep the heat well away from the greenhouse!
I planted two tubs of Marabel mainrtop potatoes (chitted from a pack of four bakers that never got eaten), According to the Potato Council, they boil, mash and roast well and make lovely potato wedges.
I sowed asparagus - an F1 variety whose name I can't remember but I kept the packet, half a tray of leeks and half a tray of summer sprouting broccoli. The leeks are an interesting variety I discovered on the Real Veg Company's website, called Bleu de Solaise. The leaves are dark blue but they still taste like leeks. The broccoli was a bog standard Sutton's variety. I have a packet of Rachel's Veg late-flowering and some Real Veg Co early-flowering (or vice-versa) so we should have plenty of broccoli :).
As well as that, I made up the chives and basil grow-your-own pots that Miriam fancied in B&Q on the basis that it's impossible to have too many chives or too much basil.
I planted up the Rosemary cuttings that have been on the kitchen windowsill all winter and repotted Em's orchid. There's nothing to lose with the orchid as she was going to sling it out when she moved so if I can get it to grow in multipurpose compost, I get loads of kudos and if not, well I tried :)
The cold spell has set everything back two or three weeks. For some things, such as grass and weeds and digging the garden, this is good thing. For others, such as the rhubarb I'd hoped to be picking for tomorrow, not so good.
If I remember, I want to rake over the surface of the garden before digging this year to gather up all the little stones and bits of assorted crap that have no business being there.
There's plenty of firewood in the trolley in case we manage to have a barbecue this summer, just need to keep the heat well away from the greenhouse!
