I will have to give you a more exact list later, but I have cabbages, caulis, sprouts, spinach, calabrasse, tomatoes, tomatillos and pysalis all germinated, and today I sowed a selection of beans, with plenty more to come. Runner beans - scarlet emperor and teenie beanie, peas, broad beans - the sutton, french beans - purple queen, borlotti beans and climbing yellow beans. I am not going to bother with ocra this year, and if my chillis and aubs don't hurry up and germinate, it looks like I will have to buy plants in!! I did cheat and purchased a few trays of young salad plants on Thursday. Rocket, Lollo Rosso, iceberg and 2 others whose name escapes me. I already have salad leaves sown on the plot, but these are great for early leaves, grown under cloches, and I use them to start as a cut and come again, taking the outer leaves from a few as and when. I love it, at last, veggies.
*grumbling something inaudible about darned frosty nights and snow still on the ground* Congratulations on your sowing EJ! (I'm really trying to be positive here. )
hey ej, sounds like enough to 'feed an army'!!! so glad you're able to start planting. poor droopey...but...guess what...it's snowing here right now! they're calling for 3 to 6 inches????!!!! supposed to continue through the night all day Saturday till Sunday morning...
Sounds wonderful EJ. I wish you luck with it all! I actually got to go out and start digging in the dirt again,,okay mud i should say. Most of the snow is gone now, so won't be to long for me to go on the hunt!
If the snow and frosts ever let up and allow spring to visit Scotland then I'll be sowing some seeds too. Soon ......... please soon. You've certainly made a great start EJ and I know you'll have lots of piccies to show us of all the veggies you're growing. I'll look forward to that. :-D
It sounds like you are seriously getting into the swing of things EJ. Let's hope that the weather helps you out a bit. I hope that you will be posting some fotos when things start showing colour.
Inspired by all of your lovely comments, here are a few snapshots of my seedlings. Everything is still small, apart from the cheat salads I purchased last week. They will be the first on the allotment. ( photo / image / picture from EJ's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from EJ's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from EJ's Garden )
I'm NOT jealous, really I'm not, honest!! I think it's about time this Scot moved to Essex for some better growing weather.
