With the start of spring fast approaching, it is time to get organised and ready to start sowing seeds for the crops that I want to grow over the summer. While the builders still haven’t finished their work, and are apparently running behind (but when do they ever reunite to schedule?), and my patio is yet to be fully tidied up, I know exactly what I will veg and flowers (and the particular varieties) I’ll be growing. I did give an initial list of what I was planning to grow a while ago but I have add to that list-it would be a miracle if a gardener didn’t do more than than they planned!
The veg I’m growing
So here is a list of the vegetables and varieties that I’m growing from this spring:
- Cabbage-Red Drumhead
- Broccoli-Waltham Organic and Green Sprouting
- Beetroot-Heirloom Mix, Bulls Blood and Mini Gourmet
- Capsicum-Sweet Chocolate and Mini Sweet Mix
- Chilli-Joe’s Long Cayenne
- Cucumber-Mini White and Double Yield
- Loofah
- Peas-Greenfeast
- Pumpkin-Jack-be-little
- Spring onion-Evergreen Trident
- Tomatoes-San Mariano, Tommy Toe and Black Cherry
- Beans-Painted Lady and Speckled Cranberry
- Melon-rock melon Minnesota Midget and watermelon Golden Midget
The flowers I’m going to grow are as follows:
- Poppies-Pandora, Flanders Field and Red Chief
- Nasturtium-Purple Emperor and Orchid Cream
- Cornflower-Black Ball
- Borrage
- Sweet pea-Miss Willmott, Matucana, Spencer Ripple Mix, Painted Lady, Flora Norton, America
- Sunflower-Evening Sun
That is everything so far. I think this will keep me very busy for the time being. I’ll keep you posted with updates when I have got started.
