Good for the Veg.

Wow, another weekend of fantastic weather.

Things have certainly started to move up a gear in the garden. Seeds are sprouting and plants are growing.

The pepper bed is finished and has been fully planted up with nine plants, five “Big Red” and four “California wonder”. I have used the space in between the rows for some radishes. I use “rainbow mix” from thompson and morgan as they crop in about a month from sowing and it’s nice to have a good variety.

All Chilli peppers have been planted into their final pots now. They are all a bit small but should catch up if this hot weather continues! This “Hungarian fot wax” is growing in a three litre pot in the greenhouse.

Peas are looking good and the few plants that came through from the first sowing are ready to be planted out. Also potted up the sweet peas this weekend.

The courgettes and squash are coming on nicely. I now have, Butternut, F1 Sunbeam, Honey bear, Red Kuri squash at second leaf stage and the Courgettes are looking good too. I now have three times as many plants as my garden can take…

Apart from apple trees I have never really grown fruit in the garden. I have always been put off by the plants needing several years before they produced fruit. I now wish i bought some years ago! I was so taken by this beautiful goosebury bush that i just had to buy it. It should produce fruit next year.

Usually I stick to vegetables but one flower I do like to grow is the Geranium. I usually grow from seed but this year I bought 72 plugs from Blooming direct for £10. These arrived looking fantastic and i am well pleased. i have planted them in every teracotta pot i could find and still have about 40 left to find homes for!

Geranium plugs I got an email from Blooming direct with a voucher code. Use BLOOMING5 and you will get 5% off.

In the big bed most of the onions are coming on nicely. The Hercules seem to be leading the way. I also created a new onion box in the greenhouse for my 2010 giant onion attempt!

The garden is looking it’s best so far and all sorts of flowers are coming into bloom. I know this is a vegetable growers blog but I couldn’t resist taking a few flower pics!