Next up on the list of preparations for the greenhouse being erected was washing the panes of glass. We sorted ourselves a little conveyor belt system where we washed the panes with warm soapy water, rinsed them down with clean cold water. It was surprising how dirty the panes of glass were! We didn't realise... Continue Reading →
Planting out our container courgettes
Our early sowing of Midnight courgettes were ready to plant out into their pots last weekend. As our greenhouse is still not fully erected, they are staying at my parent's house in the polytunnel to protect them from the colder weather. Which is lucky, as we've had some cold nights this week! We planted them... Continue Reading →
Some more progress with the greenhouse
Now we'd cleaned the greenhouse frame up, we dismantled it to transport it round the side of the house and into the back garden. Needless to say, what we thought was going to be a quick job in theory really wasn't, and involved various different methods to try and get the nuts and bolts loose... Continue Reading →
Easter seed sowing
We managed to make some time (between eating chocolate eggs and lots of other home baked goodies!) to do some gardening on Easter Sunday. This time, it was sowing some more courgettes, and sowing our first cucumbers of the season. The varieties we've gone for are: Piccolo - an round/oval shaped green striped courgette. They... Continue Reading →
An exciting update for our vegetable patch!
I mentioned in one of our recent blog posts that since moving into our own house, we don't have much of a set up in place for growing vegetables. However, we're still keen to grow a few bits and pieces in 2021. Although we haven't quite worked out what and where we're going to grow... Continue Reading →
Shallot planting
We're having a go at growing shallots for the first time this year. The variety we're going for is Hative de Niort, a variety that is often used for exhibition, but can also be used in the kitchen just the same. We're planting out slightly later than you ideally would (typically this could be done... Continue Reading →
Snow covered
We don't often get too much snow in the South of England, but we were lucky enough to experience some this year. In fact, it was probably the best snow I remember having for a while, largely because the national lockdown meant we could all stay inside in the warm and enjoy the snow rather... Continue Reading →
A colourful update
As there's not much growing at this time of the year, we thought we'd provide a quick update on something that we're growing that is loving the colder weather! Our primroses certainly don't seem to be affected by the colder weather (albeit I'm not sure they have loved being covered in the snow that they... Continue Reading →
Daddy (seed) day care
We haven’t managed to get ourselves set up with much by way of gardening equipment at the new house yet. We haven’t even decided what we’d like to do with the garden to put our own print on it, let alone decided whther we might like to have/where we might like to put more permanent... Continue Reading →
Seed sowing on a snowy day
After missing out on the snow completely the other week, much to my disgust, we were very much in the thick of it today. As we live in the South, it may not have been as much as some other parts of the UK got, but it was snow, and it settled, so that’s all... Continue Reading →