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04/05/2006
Lots and lots of seeds
Well, stung into action by seeing Liesbeth's windowsills, I have spent a couple of hours sowing all of the seeds I have, except those which specifically say to sow in situ, or not to sow in April! No special attention, or following of packet instructions - just direct into pots or trays in each case. They're more likely to grow in wet soil than in the packet!
So, for the veg garden (with some help from the boys, as these were mostly things with nice big seeds to handle), we did the following - all indoors:
Butternut 'ponca'
Dwarf French Bean 'Royalty' (the purple one)
Dwarf French Bean 'Sungold' (the yellow one) - had these packets 3-4 years, so we'll see what happens.
Runner bean 'Prizetaker'
Sunflower 'Giant Single'
Watermelon 'Sugar baby' - no previous success with this - more water seems to be the key.
Pumpkin 'Jack-o-lantern' - for halloween
Sweetcorn 'Kelvedon glory'
Nasturtium 'Gleam hybrids' - blackfly attractors
Courgette 'All green bush'
Dill (organic - from Alan Romans)
Plus (outdoor) some more 'meteor' peas and some zinnias for cutting.
Then, turning to the non-edible part of the garden, I had around 50 packets of seeds from various sources.
Achillea millefolium 'Summer pastels', Reseda odorota grandiflora, Deschampsia cespitosa, Carex comans, Armeria pseudoarmeria 'Joystick' lilac shades, Zaluzianskya capensis 'Midnight Candy', Carex testacea, Dianthus superbus var speciosus, Matthiola bicornis, Agastache 'Liquorice Blue', Verbena bonariensis, Reseda luteola, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Polemonium caeruleum, Campanula lactiflora, Pulsatilla zimmermannii, Asclepias incarnata, Verbascum olympiacum, Oenothera biennis, Lychnis chalcedonica, Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii, Nicandra physalodes, Amaranthus tricolor, Stipa capillata, Phormium tenax, Mahonia japonica, Physostegia virginia, Dodonaea viscosa, Arthropodium cirratum, Eucalyptus coccifera, Leptospermum scoparium, Dianthus barbatus, Eccremocarpus scaber (a nice climber - had one of these from dad last year), Callistemon citrinus (have a greenhouse full of these already), Callistemon rugulosus, Sollya heterophylla, Amaranthus caudatus and Festuca glauca.
Other than the fact that we had a couple of frosty nights (and I left the cassia out one night - it has dropped all its leaves in protest), not much else to record. Two new guinea pigs from the dozens at the animal rescue centre, too.
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