Our salad crops have done quite well this year. The radishes are pretty much finished now and are starting to go to seed. This tends to happen once it gets too warm, so you have to eat them quickly when they're ready! The salad leaves are growing well and we've started eating these. We're hopeful... Continue Reading →
The latest from our little garden
We wanted to give you an update on some of the other things we've got growing in the garden at the moment which haven't managed to feature in a post of their own. We planted out a couple of cucumber plants the other weekend, Salt n Pepper, Nimrod and Mini Munch. These have now been... Continue Reading →
Update on some of our plantings
Although the garlic and elephant garlic have been growing away in our littel raised bed over the winter, we managed to fill it up last weekend. We sowed some pak choi, chop suey greens and fennel the other week. We sowed one seed per cell tray and within a couple of weeks this is how... Continue Reading →
Planting up the herb garden(s)
Whilst I was still living at home, we've always had a herb garden. Last weekend, it was time to plant out the herbs we've been growing from seed. This year, we've gone for: Italian parsley, parsley, chives, tarragon, coriander and lovage. These have been growing in small cell trays since they were pricked out, and... Continue Reading →
Some more progress with the herbs
Since the last update, a few more of the herbs have germinated and been pricked out. This time, it's the moss curled parsley and Italian parsley. Like the other herbs, we are keeping these indoors for now until the chance of frost has passed. It won't be long before they can be hardened off and... Continue Reading →
Coriander and tarragon are the first to show
Within a week of sowing, both the coriander and tarragon had started to germinate and were ready to take off the propagator. Just like the seeds, the tarragon seedlings have come through and are absolutely tiny. Hopefully you can the couple that have germinated in the photo below, but you might need a magnifying glass!... Continue Reading →
Sowing this year’s herb garden
We like to grow a few herbs each year, and we hope 2021 will be no different. There's nothing better than being able to go out into the garden over the summer months to pick a few sprigs/handfuls of herbs to put in whatever you're making for dinner. Quite a few different herbs we grow... Continue Reading →