Potatoes and Seeds

On Saturday I planted potatoes at the allotment. I used an area that I'd manured, then dug trenches, filled the bottom with more manure, added a layer of newspaper then sprinkled grass cuttings on top (see above). The potatoes were then placed on top of this and the trenches filled back up with soil into ridges (see below). I planted 3 rows of Second Earlies and 2 rows of Maincrop (Maris Peer/Maris Piper).


At home the Tomatoes, Celery and Peppers I sowed right at the end of March are all starting to take off (see below). They're not ready for transplanting into individual pots yet, but they're looking healthy.


Over the weekend I also had a major seed sowing session, sowing everything that I plan to start off at home. The seeds were sown into individual pots or seed tray modules and placed in the two plastic mini greenhouses on the patio at home. (French Beans and Sweetcorn are in newspaper pots) I've sown the following:

Brocoli (Belstar), Cabbages (Mila Savoy, Red Rookie, Holland White), Cauliflower (Gypsy), Courgettes (Zucchini, Gold Rush Yellow), Cucumbers (Burpless), French Beans (Maxi), Pumpkin (Spellbound), Runner Bean (Enorma), Squash (Festival, Butternut Sprinter, Futsu, Uchiki Kuri, Bon Bon), Sweetcorn (Tender&Sweet)