I’ve been pottering about here for a week or so now. Time for a little pause. The broad beans and mangetout were planted on the 21st of february and came up six days later and on the 2nd of march they were this tall: Prior to planting the first plants, I rolled-back the mulch layer to expose the bed where the peas and broadies were to go. No weeds. I raked the soil and made shallow drills. We gave the rills open for a day so the sun could warm the soil up a bit before chucking the plantlets in. First, the broad beans went in. We tossed an enviromesh over the newbies. The enviromesh keeps some insects away and affords a small degree of warmth to the young plants. They had been hardened-off a bit at home out on the balcony. The next day we decided to plant about half of the peas. There are two types: Nairobi (tallish) and Norli (low) They were duly covered and the following day we finished the chore. There will be some cold weather with low grade temps at night, -1 to -2°C for the coming week. In between the greenhouse had to be emptied of soil and a new mix filled-in. Hopefully the strata will gave developed a bit by the time the toms are ready to be planted.
Mange tout ? I'm going to be fluent in Dutch for horticulture after a while !! Like Logan said: you have been very busy and all your young plants look great. As a side note: in the States we say "Puttering around" we putter, we don't potter. Don't mind me I find languages very interesting.
Ha ha ha—Annie. Well, mangetout is actually French, but I thought that english speakers used this term. In Dutch, the word is peultjes. I find languages interesting as well. So many interesting things go on here.
As usual Sjoerd your seedlings are all set and always a joy to see. What a fantastic gift you have for gardening and so many tried and true techniques. After all growing just about anything you can get your hands on to post is always enjoyed by all.
Oh, peultjes is snow peas !! I grow those yearly. I like them better than snap peas. Which reminds me...I need to pick my third picking in the morning.
Zigs— That is so strange, isn’t it. For years folks over there have consistently been two weeks ahead of us here, on average.
It is odd Sjoerd. We've had constant North and East winds this Spring. I looked back at my photo files, this time last year we had Euphorbias in full bloom outside. They only have buds at the moment.
