Potting on Squash and Leek seedlings 🌱🌱🌱

 Not a lot happening today . It's cold and the wind is still blowing a gale from the East .

I escaped into the shed and got on with pricking out and potting on the courgette , butternut and pumpkin seedlings .

  Isn't it amazing how quickly these germinate . They were all still in their seed packets just three days ago !

As I write , it has just started to rain . I am glad of it . It means I don't have to water the carrot and parsnip seeds I've sown the other day . It is so important they don't dry out or they won't germinate .  I thought about the "covering them with a plank of wood " method too keep them moist , but , when you do this you have to keep checking to see if they're germinating and there is also the worry about slugs. 🐌

After all the winter storms and torrential rain we've had , it's gonna be a great year for slugs and snails !  🐌🐌🐌

Then I split up and re-potted my Leeks "Jaune du Poitou ". I don't usually do this . I usually sow the seeds into a big pot and grow them on to pencil thickness before planting them out . However the pots I sowed the seeds into this year are these small ones . Don't know why I did this , but anyway , they'll benefit from the fresh compost and a bit more room to thicken up . 

Oh ! They smell SO good....mmmmm..I had a little nibble too...mmmm...so nice !

       Lovely and warm in the shed ...got my music on.....had a little dance !  💃🏻

              Leeks Jaune du Poitou will be harvested first .

I have another pot of Leeks "Bleu de Solaise" which will stand the winter and we will harvest during the so called "hungry gap" next year .

There is no sign of the beans germinating just yet . I took the Courgette, butternut , and pumpkin seedlings out to the greenhouse .

... said a little prayer over them ....hope they'll be o.k. I do worry about my seedlings .

          And that my friends is all I am doing today in the shed .

I have a pile of ironing to do , at least I got the washing dry on the line and in before the rain .

                            So all is well .

update ---

  

 My Cardoon seeds arrived ! 🤩 I am growing these for the bees   🐝🐝🐝  

           I took this photo of my Cardoons back in 2008 

 I used to have a couple of clumps of these fabulous plants  , but over the years they just fizzled out . 

                                I got these sown this afternoon . 

          

                                                 love Debbie x 

  

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