Just because it is cold and wet (really wet) doesn’t mean
that nothing is happening at the allotment.
Well, when I say the
allotment I really mean my kitchen and back garden. I was supposed to go and
plant some seeds today but the rain was so hard that I decided against it. The
plan involved early carrots and salad things (spring onions, radishes, salad
leaves) under my ugly but useful plastic cloches but the weather put pay to
that. It’s not that bad really because the ground is pretty much prepared; it
just needs some seeds in it.
So a change of plan
was called for and that’s how I ended up in my kitchen. I have decided to start
that bit of the year that the non-allotmenter in your life dreads. It’s time to
break out the seed trays. Soon the whole house and garden will be full of them
(if you’re allowed to, I have an understanding Significant Other)
I have a nice
collection of those seed trays with plastic tops on a bit like a mini
greenhouse so that’s what I’m using.
Seeds out of my
lovely seed box, compost from the worm filled bag and we are off. I have
planted celery (never grows well), Swiss chard, autumn Cabbage (2 types) and
autumn cauliflower.
As far as I can tell most seeds seem to do alright if you
put them on the surface of the compost and then sprinkle a little more compost
over the top. There are more scientific ways of going about this but I’m not
one of those people. If it grows, it grows.
Don’t forget to label, nothing worse than not knowing what
has germinated (I’m sure the people of Haiti
may disagree but have they ever grown 2 types of beetroot and not known which
is which?)
And then lid on and off to the shelf in my garden. Yes it is
cold but they should be ok.
If I never mention them again you know they haven’t worked.
