Green-Peas

Put 40 of the remaining soaked peas into a seed-raising tray in the green room

Ground Peas

Put the peas into the ground. Two types, snow peas and regular peas. They were drained this morning then washed this evening before going into the vege patch. Basicly just mixed the compost into the soil with my hands and then pushed the peas into the mix to the depth of about 1cm. Lets hope we don't get any more frosts this spring.

Oh Peas!

Last night took the Snow Peas and some regular Peas and soaked them overnight. Tonight drained the water and rinsed. Also took 2 barrowloads of compost from the compost heap and spread it over the vege patch where the peas will go (hopefully) tomorrow.

As there is already leaks and onions in that section of the vege patch, compost was spread around them. Note... Onions survive the winter just fine. With luck they'll split some time in spring.

Brassica Germination

Planted 4 kinds of brassicas into one of the seed trays: Broccoli (Premium Green F1), Cabbage (Copenhagen Market), Cauliflower (All Year Round), Pak Choy (White Stem). The "plan" is to compare the seeds with the seedlings.

The Kohlrabu have germinated with nearly all peeking up out of the soil. Both the emerald and purple varieties have gerninated well.

The onions are showing signs of germination, but some are rotting. They get a white mold on them. I suspect that the seeds germinate then some mold sets in and they turn into little mold balls. None-the-less, it looks like enough will be successful to result in a first-round ready for planting in a week or two.

Kohlrabi

It took no more then 15 mins, but I found the time! Planted 20 each of the Purple and Emerald Kohlrabi in one of the seed trays. With some luck the green room will get warm enough during the day for these Brassica to do their germinating thing.

The King's Package

The seeds from Kings have arrived. Kings are very efficient. This year they got the oder exactly right too. Looking forward to pleanty of carrots later in the season.

Kings Seeds

Just placed this year's order with King's Seeds (and got the 2 free packets for exceeding $40, by 70c). Tons of carrots this year as there's none left in my stocks. Trying a new kind of tomato and kohlrabi for the first time. An asparagus bed in going in this year too. So here's what I got:

Asparagus Mary Washington
Bean Blue Lake Runner
Broccoli Premium Green F1
Carrot Paris Market
Carrot Lubyana
Carrot White Belgian
Carrot Purple Dragon
Cucumber Marketmore
Kohlrabi Emerald F1
Kohlrabi Early Purple Vienna
Pumpkin Harvest Gold F1
Snow Pea Goliath
Squash Sunbeam
Tomato Lady Bug F1

Un-young

Onion, that should have been.

Planted 3 trays of onion seeds, one of sweet red, one of italian long keeper, and the final of bollatana.

All the seeds were at least one year old and so the germination rate night be lower than expected.

There isn't a whole lot more that can be planted at this time of winter other than the brasicas.