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Yesterday I got my potato trench finished and planted some onion sets. I was hoping to get the potatoes down to the plot and planted today, but the weather's gone all splooshy again, so that hasn't happened.
The first batch of sweetcorn has started germinating - ten seedlings showing at present. Probably time to plant a second tray then :)
I have nice little rows of carrot, brussel sprout and borecole seedlings in the seed beds, which I'm pleased, but mildly surprised about - stuff sown directly into the ground has historically not done well for me. But then the weather's been as mad as a box of frogs this year, so who the heck knows?
The strawberry plants have started to flower, and the apple trees are blossoming - but now the weather people are predicting frosts, which can't be good.
The first batch of sweetcorn has started germinating - ten seedlings showing at present. Probably time to plant a second tray then :)
I have nice little rows of carrot, brussel sprout and borecole seedlings in the seed beds, which I'm pleased, but mildly surprised about - stuff sown directly into the ground has historically not done well for me. But then the weather's been as mad as a box of frogs this year, so who the heck knows?
The strawberry plants have started to flower, and the apple trees are blossoming - but now the weather people are predicting frosts, which can't be good.
contemplative
*snork* - that is the best simile EVER.
borecole? Is that broccoli of some sort? No, I've just googled it and found out that we call it kale, and it's in the cabbage family. Have never tried it as I'm not fond of cabbage, either, having been forced to eat far too much of it as a child. Thank goodness fruit exists or I wouldn't eat any produce.
I think I borrowed it from elsewhere, but blowed if I can remember wherefrom.
I like kale much better than cabbage - it has a more solid texture and a peppery taste. I never liked cabbage when younger, but having now discovered that vegetables don't actually require boiling to mush before being eaten, I find it much more palatable.