A King's Ransom

This year's order with King's Seeds is:

Cucumber, Lemon
Radish, French Breakfast
Sage, Common
Cress, Moss Curled
Sugar Beet
Carrot, Solar Yellow
Cauliflower, Giant of Naples
Cauliflower, Orange Bouquet F1
Squash, Butternut Chieftain
Onion, Red Amposta
Pumpkin, Spookie
Tomato, Tommy Toe
Tomato, Beefsteak Select
Zucchini, Ambassador F1

To the grand total of $47.00 including postage.

Plant on the Shortest Day

A few weeks ago a new (sadly south facing)bed was dug. It was relatively easy to rip it the grass which came up as a large mat. The area was then dug over and left. The compost heap was sieved last week and the compost piled on the new bed ready to be dug in. Today it was dug in and two whole garlic bulbs were planted into it.

Garlic should be planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest. A bit late on the shortest day, but only by a week or so.