Today has been a good day.
We’ve not been to the plot much recently. The ground was too wet to do anything useful with it for a while, then other things (and a touch of laziness) kicked in and so things have been left a little. This afternoon, though, Sam and I tooled up and headed to the plot to make a start on spring.
One fork, one hoe and 90 minutes and a load of weeds, dead plants, never-really-got-going sprouts, never-really-got-going leeks and the few remaining spuds I never got around to digging up (many were slug-eaten, but a fair few still look edible) were in nice tidy heaps.
Not only that, but the garlic I started in a flat, the shallots and onion sets I bought at a local potato day are all in too.
You may remember me saying “not growing onions from sets this year”… well apparently the lure of easy-onions was too much to resist. I’m still growing from seed too, but alongside a few (50) sets in case of disaster.
Not to be satisfied with a good afternoon on the plot, I’ve just finished sowing up a flat with a few different things:
CELERY Golden Self Blanching
BRUSSELS SPROUTS Groninger, Rubine
ONION Walla Walla, Long Red Florence, Sturon Globe, Ramrod
PARSNIP Tender and True*
CABBAGE Premiere, Cuor di Bue
* I’m told parsnip seed is only good for a year. I’ve got another pack on the way but had such poor luck with germinating them in the ground last year that I’m having a go at starting them in a flat (in retrospect, newspaper pots may have been a better idea) just to see if more of them come up.
Seed orders are about to be paid for at Garden Organic and Victoriana. Watch this space for a needlessly excited post detailing what’s in the packs when they arrive.
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