The seeds for this summer’s crops have arrived, with a few weeks to spare. Although we are still waiting for our seed potatoes and the will need chitting, most of our crops don’t need starting until March.
Spring is approaching, so we’ve been sitting down with the seed catalogues again and finally ordered this year’s seeds. We’re growing tomatoes, potatoes, beans and more, with a few fruity experiments thrown in for variety.
The rain is hammering on the window as I type this; the snow has only just melted. Yet it’s time to be thinking seriously about what we’re going to be growing this year.
Today being the first day of the new year, we sat down with the seed catalogues and planned what we’d plant in 2008.
We settled on carrots, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, beetroot, beans (French, runner and Borlotto), globe artichokes, strawberries, raspberries, chillies, sweetcorn and squash. As I thought we would, we’ve ruled out sprouts and broccoli for [...]