.... I went up into the vegetable garden to check on my garlic .
I follow several really good Vegetable gardeners on YouTube and one of the best is Cliff and Diane's - Castle Hill Garden . I highly recommend this YouTube channel !
🌿Oh ! I will talk about some of my other favourites next time 🌿
On yesterday's video , Cliff was saying that the garlic could benefit from a bit of a feed now . I will have to have a rummage about in the shed to find some ! Also I can take off the grids now and do a bit of a weeding around them . I'm pleased with how they're looking .
Rhubarb is looking good too . I still have to plant out the clump that was coming up under the fence and another lot to give to my next door neighbour .
Primroses are coming up in the labyrinth .
I have been taking lots of photos of them with a view to doing some watercolour painting .
I was enjoying watching this little ant and took several photos of him until I noticed someone else in the picture !
Uploaded this by mistake . It's my second Monkey Puzzle baby that I planted out recently . I grew it from seed/nut about four or five years ago I think . They are fussy about where they want to grow . The one I planted in the far corner facing West was not happy and didn't make it . The one down in the lower garden facing South East is doing very well . So this one is also facing South East ...maybe more South actually , I am happy about all the rain we've had to get it settled in and get it's roots down .
I moved the cucumbers and tomato plants into the greenhouse for more all around light . I haven't filled the pot/bags with compost yet . I'm still upset about the rubbish Verve compost and can't afford to buy another lot . I'm thinking that maybe it won't be so bad , as I will eventually be feeding the tomatoes .
Over in the shed , this water pumping sprayer thing has been brilliant , but now , a year on , has begun to splutter and not work properly . Husband needs to look at it .
Tomato feed at the ready ....thinks to myself ...I need to find the other fertiliser for the garlic .
I got most of the leeks pricked out and potted on . I don't usually do that . I usually wait until they are bigger . Not sure why I even did that really ...not really necessary .
We love leeks and grow lots of them ! I prefer to put my effort into growing leeks rather than onions . Onions don't do very well for me . They used to , but not any more . Having said that I have ordered a small amount of onion sets , Centurion white ones and Red Baron red ones . I wasn't going to as I felt I was falling behind in everything I had to do , but I feel like I'm catching up again now . I also bought a packet of Spring Onion seeds - North Holland Blood Red . Simply because they look so pretty on the plate !
I love it when we have everything we need for a delicious salad . These are my Lettuce seedlings all potted up . Mostly Romaine varieties which we like . Flashy Trout , Jericho , red romaine , Paris Island I think . Time to sow more to keep them coming .
I grow the lettuces in the shed to full size . I water them lovingly , sing to them and watch that no nasty slugs go crawling over them . 🐌🌿🥬🌿
The Tomatoes are Super Sweet 100 f1 and Alicante . I have stopped trying out any other varieties as these always do so reliably well for me growing as I do in the greenhouse .
I must remember to bring down the Sweet Peppers from my bedroom windowsill and put them into the greenhouse . I might even move them up into their final size pots now . Just thinking about it .
Time to sow some more veg seeds , I need to have a sort through my seed boxes .
Too soon to sow beans , courgettes and butternuts ...but I,m thinking about it and getting their pots ready !
I think I'm going to wait another week or two and sow some flower seeds instead .
I have ordered some Sweet Corn , Spring Onion and Parsnip seeds .
So that's all fer now folks !
I'm off to put my feet up and do another sort of sewing ! x
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