Seed This Done That

Finally manages to get some more seeds into the green-room. This time:

Squash
Tomato (both types)
Strawberry Spinach
Thyme
Coriander

The Zucchini have gerninated as have some of the cucumbers.

DigDug

Dug the second of the three beds. That's two of the three done, the third has cauliflower plants in it (one less as one of the green cauliflowers was had for dinner). Once the cauliflowers are all eaten the third bed will get a good work over as it wasn't dug through last year.

Went to nichols to get some compost. Purchased 10 bags of "Organic Compost". One bag per square meter was put onto the bed that was just dug over. Also used 100g per square meter of lime and 50g per meter of Nitrophospha Blue.

The three bed sizes are: 4.5sqm, 3.6sqm, and 4.7sqm.

Also planted some herbs, Coriander, LemonGrass, and Thyme.

Some Seeds Sewn

Spent the evening getting the seeds of the plants for the sun room this:

Tomato
  Purple Calabash
  Riesentraube
Cucumber
  Mini White
  Marketmore
Watermelon
  Baby Doll

As well as some plants that need to be strong before being planted out:

Eggpant
  Black Beauty
Zucchini
  Black Beauty
Rhubarb
  Glaskings Perpetual
Onion
  Italian Long Keeper

Lets hope germination happens

State of the Onions

The tree onions appear to be doing well. The chives died down and have re-emerged from the soil. The garlic is showing no signes of anything!

Kings Seeds Order Placed

This year's order to Kings Seeds has been placed. Several seeds are left over from last year (such as cauliflowers) and so the order this year complements last years order. Its also time to expand into herbs (for the front garden). This year's "free seeds" are some flowers for pots by the front door

VEGIES:
Onion Italian Long Keeper
Cucumber Mini White
Turnip Tokyo White Cross
Radish German Giant
Tomato Riesentraube
Tomato Purple Calabash
Bean Albenga
Rhubarb Glaskins Perpetual
Carrot Nutri Red
Squash Lunar Selection
Pumpkin Jack be Little

HERBS:
Thyme English Winter
Lemon Balm
Coriander Spicy Asian

FLOWERS:
Dahlia Unwins Ideal Bedding Mix
Viola Pansy Jolly Joker

Tree Onions

I was thrilled to see Red Barn selling Tree Onions. These neat plants grow their bulbs in the air where they grow until they get to big and the plant collapses causign them to bend over and touch the ground where they root!

In went the tree onions, as did some garlic, and some chives that have been sitting in the green room for a few months. I also bunged some sage in the same patch (not the usual vege-patch, this is a new herb-patch).