Its been nearly 3 months since the last post (eek!) but with good reason... Two days before Christmas we moved house. However, we only moved locally so get to keep our allotment - yippee! Now we are settled its time to think about the new growing season:
Yesterday we purchased our seed potatoes. Our local garden centre stocks well over a 100 different varieties making it very difficult to choose. We wanted to keep things simple so decided to go with just two varieties. Based on last years experience we chose a 2.5 kg bag of Estima (32 spuds). These are a second early but can be left in the ground and harvested as a main crop. Last year they gave a good yield with minimal slug damage and tasted good too. We also bought a 2.0 kg net of Charlotte (28 spuds). This is another second early that we have'nt grown before but is our 'potato of choice' from the supermarket. The spuds are now residing in seed trays in the garage.
In addition to seed potatoes we also purchased a net of Sturon onion sets for 70 pence (bargain!) from the local allotment shop and a reduced pack of leek seeds for 80 pence (variety: Musselborough).
Today I also sowed some seeds in pots indoors on the windowsill. These include:
Tomato - Garden Pearl. Our favourite from last year with sweet firm fruit that tend not to split. Although they are bred specifically for hanging baskets and containers we grew them as cordons in a growbag and the fruit was prolific!
Tomato - Chadwick. A cordon variety not grown before. Just using up an old (unopened) pack of seed with use by date 2012!
Cabbage - Gold Acre. Good success last year.
Cauliflower - All the Year Around. Also good success.
Basil - Dark Opal
Coriander, Cress and a tray of Oriental Mustards.
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