Wow!

Well I'd forgotten about this blog and it's now 2yrs since my last post!!

I guess life took over (as it does) which is why I now have 1 more child than the last time I posted!

Anyway...still planning on growing my own food (last year was awful weather for growing) and I've acquired an allotment (more on that later!) so here's what I've done recently...

5th May 2013

Sown:
Tomato (Gardeners Delight) x 6
Pepper (Traffic Light) x 4

My son has sown some butternut squash seeds as he loves Raymond from Mr Bloom's Nursery (only parents of young children will get the reference).

Also, as advised by an old book, I have put some courgette seeds and pumpkin seeds in some water to soak overnight before sowing them tomorrow!

Jenny

Friday 20th May

I don't know why I even bother making plans! I haven't put the hanging baskets up yet, or made any teepees (although I'll blame that on not having any twine!)

I have:

• Re-potted tomatoes (& moved to greenhouse)
• Re-potted cucumbers (& moved to greenhouse)
• Re-potted lettuces
• Re-potted butternut squash

My peas & calabrese are coming on well and I think they'll need to be hardened off soon to go outside :o)

~Jenny~

Sunday 15th May

I've been re-potting some plants today (and earthing up the potatoes again!) so we now have 3 more courgette plants outside (which all have baby courgettes on them) and a sweet potato plant.

I've been continuing to harden off my beans and I think they're probably ready to stay utside now so my next job is to build some teepees out of bamboo canes (10 for £1 from the poundshop!)

I also need to to re-pot the tomatoes, cucumber & lettuce so I can get them out in the greenhouse and I must put up the hanging baskets (although it is a little windy at the moment)

I wonder what size pots my Butternut Squashes need to go in?

~Jenny~

Food (sort of)

I have a baby courgette on one of my plants! :-)

I had been wondering about how to tell the difference between male & female flowers and this is how I found out:
This is on one of the plants that was still inside so now it needs to be hardened off and go to live in the garden.

~Jenny~

Wednesday 11th May

Been out in the garden again this evening :o)

Here's what I've been up to:

• Re-potted Cayenne Chillies
• Re-potted Bullet Chillies
• Planted Perpetual Spinach
• Planted Mixed Salad Leaves
• Earthed up the potatoes

Really must get the hanging baskets up soon!

~Jenny~

Herb Border

Meant to say on my last post...I'm planning a herb border

Our front garden has just had a spring cleaning and is looking a bit bare in the borders so I'm planning to grow herbs all down the side of the garden.

Just need to choose my herbs now.

~Jenny~

Tuesday 10th May

It's been interesting weather here over the past few days.

Lovely sunny spells and then torrential showers. I had to run outside yesterday evening to quickly put my courgettes & french bean plants in the garage to stop them being drowned!

Last few days I have been:

• Hardening off more courgettes
• Hardening off french beans
• Earthing up the potatoes (again)
• Sown peas
• Sown Broccoli (Calabrese)
• Repotted some peppers

I've bought some more pots...I'm really going to have stop buying them though as I'm going to run out of space. I've also bought 2 hanging baskets, going to have strawberries in one and tumbling toms in the other :o)

~Jenny~