Yet another fantastic weekend of spring sunshine, gardeners are being spoilt! I finally got round to putting the potatos into the raised bed this weekend – 16 plants went in. I also completed planting our ‘staple’ veg and the raised bed is now full for the time being. Here is what I planted:
- 8 x onion sets ‘sturon’
- 2 x rows of lettuce ‘salad bowl’
- 2 x rows of lettuce ‘little gem’
- 2 x rows carrot ‘chantenay red cored 2′
- 3 x rows raddish ‘french breakfast 3′
I had also been given some nice new plants from Doug which has helped my variety a bit. I now have a squash ‘F1 sunbeam’ and 2 courgettes – ‘midnight’ and ‘green bush’.
The hydroponics experiment is still running well, with everything growing at a good pace at the moment.
The strawberry plants have been sensational so far, soaking up all of this spring sunshine.
The runner and dwarf beans have just started to sprout.
The tomato plants that are due to go into grow bags in the greenhouse are just about ready for planting.
Spring onion progress is going well.
