Sage advice

The sage had started to germinate with one or two just showing their heads at the surface.

Let us germinate

Turned and hosed down the compost heap. Watered the broccoli, and noticed that the lettuces had raised their heads - some of the minunrttes but none of the cos.

When wet outside plant inside

Planted 24 tomato seeds. 6 each of Roma (Yates, from Nichols), Tommy Toe, Beefsteak Select, and 6 seeds given to me by another member of the Dunedin Vegetable Growers Club. These are apparently some form of Russian tomato. For convenience I'll call these David's Russian Tomato.

Also in went 6 Lemon Cucumber, and 6 capsicum from a mixed variety called Colour Salad Selection from Yates.

Oh, and the lettuce has started to sprout.

Digging day

Dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig.

Oh, and then dig some more.

Who ever it was that put a two inch layer of clay on top of the topsoil at the bottom of the del has a lot to answer for. Separating clay from soil us hard on the hands. Hopefully the remaining soil will highly fertile due to nutrient leaching out of the clay.

Let-2-se

Just put some lettuce sees into a tray to germinate. 20 cos from Yates which apparently expired in August 2009. And 20 green mignonette from Mr. Fothergill's which also expired in August 2009. It seems unlikely that either won't germinate but if not then it'll be time to nip down to Taste Nature or Nichols for some new lettuce seed.

Near 100% germination

Germination is complete. They new need time to grow. Shown here is the cauliflower, broccoli is similar.

No sign of anything happening with the sage.

Brassicade

Into seed trays went orange cauliflower and green broccoli. The trays then went into the green room. Should only be a few days before they germinate.

Also put some sage into pots in the green room. They need to grow good and strong before going into the garden.