Weekend Pottyness

Five of each of the two tomato varieties (Purple Calabash and Riesentraube) went out of the sprouting chamber and into pots. As did the Thyme, but they are tiny so three plants went into each of three posts. Strawberry Spinach also went into pots, one plant pot.

Soaking large seeds overnight for planting tomorrow:

Peas
Beans (Albenga and Borlotto)
Punpkin (Australian Seed Oil and Jack be Little)

Also planted remaining strawbetty spinach in the patch. The Zucchini in the patch is doing badly. It didn't help that is sonowed today!

Cucumber

Cucumber seeds into little pots and placed into the green room. The packet recommended direct planting in clumps so three seeds were planted into the rhubarb beds. The Rhubarb is doing well and all the artichokes that had properly sprouted are doing well (one died). Also planted out the last borlotto and fertalised everything.

One more seed tray went in. This time:

15 * Egg plant
15 * spinach
10 * leek

One of the white corn has sprouted, noting else in the green room is showing signs of anything.

Pic-ing vegetables

Rhubarb
At about week five after divison three of the plants are doing well and the other three are doing reasonably well. Certainly no deaths (yet).

Borlotto Beans
The first of the borlotto bean plants to be planted out. This plant has been in the garden about two weeks and continues to do well.

Cabbage
Relative new-comers to the vege patch, cabbage also seems to be thriving.

Sunday's Sprouted Seeds

Five of the ten Borotto bean seeds that were soaked during day had sprouted and started to grow well. Four of those had done well enough to be planted out into the garden. In total 5 plants are now in the garden.

Also spent a few mintues planting short rows of root-parsley and of watermelon-radishes went into the vege patch on the right by the "yellow" plant.

Been there

Last year the red onions didn't grow very large and at the end of the season were brought in from the cold. About half a dozen survivedin a bowel in the kitchen and one was showing signs of life so they were all planted back out in the vege patch.

Also took the time to plant out the borlotto bean plant that had sprouted. The other 4 still have not sprouted.

The rhubard appears to be doing well with all 6 plants still living.

Soaking Wet

Beans, that is, not the weather. Things in the seed trays are sprouting. One borlotto bean sprouted (they grow quickly), but 5 were planted. In an effort to get a few more beans sprouting 10 borlotto beans were soaked during the working day and then planted in seed rising mix and put in the green room. With some luck some will sprout and we'll get some beans (later in the season).

Rest & Relaxation: Seed Sewing

After a busy day digging the vege patch (and not even finishing one bed), rest and relaxation took over. That is, an evening spend sewing seeds into seed trays. The 2 new trays are now in action and in the green room (which is cold tonight).

First tray:
15 * Artichokes Imperial Star F1
15 * Artichoked Green Glove Improved
10 * Cabbage Copenhagen Market

Second tray:
15 * Spinach Bloomsdale
15 * Strawberry Spinach
10 * Lettuce Cos.

The strawberry spinach seeds are the finest seeds I've ever seen and were hard to work with.

Finally, in an effort to get the Borlotto Beans up and running

5 * Borlotto Beans

Planted in seperate pots. The beans were not soaked overnight, which apparently helps.