Coriander 🌿

 

Meanwhile in the shed . I am growing lots of leafy things for salads .

Everything is doing really well . The idea is that snails can't get at them .

Although one or two sometimes find their way in !  Excuse me ...you can't take a nap there !   

Generally speaking , I rarely find any snails or slugs when growing my salad leaves in the shed .

There was a wasp in the shed this morning , and it was very difficult to chase him out !                                               

Time to prick out and pot on my Coriander seedlings .

    Yes I collect stones with holes in them , don't you  ?   ....fossils , heart stones , funny face stones ......  😃

The Coriander took a very long time to germinate and the roots were very tangled .

That is why I generally prick seedlings out at the cotyledon stage 🌱

Anyway ....

 I managed to gently prize apart the delicate roots and repot them with about two or three in each pot .

              Delicious mixed in with salad leaves ..... mmmmm  🌿🌿🌿

                I think the sun is trying to come out today ☀️

I can't believe we are half way through April already !!

 Next I have to make a start sowing sweetcorn , beans and squash .

I just need to clear the decks a little bit in the shed and get the seed pans , pots , propagators( not heated ones ) and compost ready .

I must also remember to sow another lot of lettuce seeds to keep them coming .

I'd also like to make some time to put my feet up and do my embroidery . 

 I hope that the weather is improving wherever you are and you are able to grow a few nice things too .

                     Thinking of you  

                                        Debbie  x

                                             🤍💐🕊️

Cucumbers 🌿🥒🥒🌿

 Transplanted and moved the Cucumbers into the greenhouse . Cucumbers don't like being transplanted . I hope they'll be o.k. 

Cucumber Merlin - 5-6" and Cucumber Carmen - 16" [ Not sure if I believe that ! ] 

                                                  🌿🤍🌿 

  

Dash to check on the Tomato plants ! 🌿🌦️❄️🌿

 

Beautiful sunrise this morning after a very cold night . Heavy rain with hail through the small hours .

I dashed up to the greenhouse to check my newly transplanted tomato plants were o.k. 

            All is well ! 

   

                       Jess's Giant Echium is getting taller everyday ! 

                                        🌿🌦️🌈❄️🌿

Update  -

Spent most of the day making space in the greenhouse for my Sweet Peppers and Cucumbers .

I had to move out everything ,mostly cacti, that were underneath this bench and relocate them to the other end .

Then put down these trays . The Cucumbers are going under the bench and will grow up and scrabble about amongst the Epiphyllums . Last year they were up the other end and no matter how I tried to get them to grow around the strings , they just wanted to grow along and be in with all the Epies ! 

Tomorrow is Cucumber day !

Today I just wanted to transplant my Sweet Peppers into larger pots and clear a space for them here beside Lord Buddha . 

   I took all the Pelargoniums out from here and down to the shed and gave them all some more water .They will be for hanging baskets and window boxes .

 Took some time out to have a walk over at Kynance and really enjoyed my pasty for lunch !

  The weather has been beautiful again today after that cold rainy night .

                  Sweet Red Peppers 

Now in their bigger pots and final position in the greenhouse .

Tomorrow I will also check how the ferns are under the bench at the back . 

There are buds coming on several of the Epiphyllums . One of which I have never seen bloom before !  Quite a rare one !

 There is a chair in there but I have had no time to sit down !

My arms are aching and I am so tired , but pleased with what I've achieved today .

 Yep , tomorrow I'll move in the Cucumbers , which means I can start thinking about sowing my Sweetcorn , Beans and Squash .

                                    🌿☀️🌤️⛅🌿