Sowing!

Since the 3rd of March I have been busy with experiencing and sowing seeds.

Here is the list of seeds I sowed on the 3rd of March.

(apart from the chocolate tomato seeds.  I sowed them on the 23rd of March)

 

Broccoli

Curly Kale

Petruna's

Marigold (Grand-da)

Cauliflower

Pak choi

Cabbage

Quince

Tomato (Chocolate) 

Sweet peas (Royal Family Mix)

Nastrutras

Buzy Lizzie (mix)

I keep being asked how do I get some of my seeds to germinate.  Well this is how I mainly get them started.  By putting a make-up remover pad on a saucer.  Then I pour some water on and sprinkle the seeds on, then pop a clear cup on top.  Simple really!

 After two hours I noticed the Broccoli started to spout or should I say germinate.  Two weeks later I potted the Broccoli, Curly Kale, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Broccoli, Petruna's, Marigold (Grand-da), Pakchoi, Nastrutras, Buzy Lizzie (mix) and sweet peas up.  Then popped them all in my lil greenhouse.  A week later I noticed my Curly kale, Cauliflower, Cabbage and the rest of the above plants was doing great. 

But a snail had eat the Broccoli, I had found he/she on the pot.  Then the frost came and killed off most of the plants I had grew from seed. Apart from Curly Kale, Cauliflower, Cabbage and Tomato's.

Broccoli

Petruna's

Marigold (Grand-da)

Pakchoi

Nastrutras

Buzy Lizzie (mix)

Read how I saved my garden from the frost, in my plant marathon

But I have not yet seen any think of the Quince seeds yet!

I will keep you posted if and when they pop up!

Plant Marathon!

Over ten week ago I sowed Impatiens, Lobelia's, Petunia's, Nastrutras, just to name a few.
I popped them in my propagater's and  first time ever popped them in my greenhouse, because I sowed too many.  I noramlly put them on my bedroom windowsill.  Then the frost came and like most of us have found, it kill off any chance of life! :(

RIP Seeds/Seedlings

So yesterday (23rd May) I decided and I am a shamed to say. Today (24th May) I went and bought some plants and some more compost, has I knew I won't have enough.


Here is the list of plants below.

1. Geranium's Mixed
2. French Marigold's Mixed
3. Celosia
4. Petunia's Mixed
5. Lobelia - Regatta Mixed
6. Lobelia - Trailing Mix
7. Impatiens - Chelsea
8. Nicotana - Mixed

So after getting the plants and try to find local Honey (which I think needs to be another post!).  I came home which was at 12o'clock and set to work. Emptying the pot's on the wall's, cleaning them out. Pot up plants that decided to start growing where you don't want them.  But I still want to keep them, to see what they turn into.

Oh and kill the slugs and snails, the old fashion way with the beer. I use an old drink bottle with a drop of old (out-of-date) beer. When I see a snail/slug I un-do the lid and pop/drop the snail/slug in. I don't seem to have many in the garden anymore! 

Once I had sorted every think out, I started to pot up all the pot's on the wall's, then I moved on to the two black pot's and potted them up well. 

A couple of weeks ago my uncle gave me three pots of Cosmos and a pot of Lavateria that he had luckily growed from seed.  I found my big green tub left from my rose's, to use.  So I popped in some stones for dainage and fill the tub of soil!

I spilt the Lavateria up into four peices and planted that to the back, then I popped in the Cosmos's and nictiana's. What every I had left over I put in the pot too......

Here are the picture's I took these yesterday morning!!!












I love this one!