Sunday 1 May 2011

I've got green stuff!

WARNING: A picture-happy post.... I got a bit excited :-)

Firstly, my allotment as it looked a few days ago with George's veggie patch at the front, my new woodchip path and some more potatoes and carrots planted just beyond it:


And this is the left-hand side where I'd planted all my potatoes a few weeks ago:


And this is most definitely a potato plant - woohoo! I've got green stuff :-) Not just one of them either - there's loads popping up :-)


Then I finally got round to taking some piccies of my greenhouse goodies. Well, I say greenhouse.... It's one of those PVC covered walk in thingies - you know the ones? These are my onion seedlings :-)


And this is my one and only pea seedling - only 1 out of 6 has made an appearance so far - what's all that about???


These are pumpkin seedlings! George loves these - they've grown HUGE! I'm not sure I'll plant them all out - might not have enough room :-)


My runner beans - I'm off to buy canes this afternoon to make some sort of structure to support them. I've seen other people's... I think I know what I'm doing :-)


And then strawberry plant 1....


And strawberry plant 2 - both with oodles of pretty flowers :-)


Tomato plant 1:


And tomato plant 2 - there are a few flowers but too small to photograph yet.... I've pinched out the side shoots. I think that's right. And I'm started with the tomato food now. Fingers crossed!!!!


So very excited! Love this gardening malarky :-)

Gotta go - my Sunday roast is nearly done and I'm starving - can't wait till I'm serving up my very own veggies with it :-)

Love 'n' hugs,

6 comments:

  1. Wow wow wow!
    Its looking amazing honey! I bet your so proud of your wee self! I am!!
    My tomatos are no whre near your fab size but my strwberrys are looking good! Oh my onions are all coming up through the soil, but no tatties yet!!
    I put in pumpkin as well, and am srating to wonder what I will do with them heee
    Hugs melly xxx

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  2. Well your spuds are further up than mine, we've only an inch or two poking through at the minute. And I can't believe how big your tomato plant is - I'm off to the garden centre tomorrow to get a wee seedling, I had a cheapo 'plastic' greenhouse for the last couple of years but had to chuck it out this year, so am just going to try to grow my tomato 'al fresco'!

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  3. Hi Mel, thought I'd pop over to your plot to see what's going on. My, haven't you been busy & look at all those baby plants! Don't forget your slug pellets or are you an organic gardener? In my experience baby plants are slug & snail food & I wouldn't want you to see all your hard work getting munched away.
    Sally x

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  4. You're doing better than I am with peas. The mice keep eating mine as soon as they germinate. And the beans have failed so I'll have to re-do them. Likewise the courgettes and cucumbers.

    Hey Ho; same thing happened last year!

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  5. Wow your allotment is really coming on in leaps and bounds. Your plants are looking good. We've never grown peas as they take up quite a lot of space but we never seem to get many pods. As for runner beans (my FAV!) we use sticks cut out of the hedge and make a sort of long wig-wam for them to climb up.
    Jack xx

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  6. It all looks so exciting this time of year. Make sure you get those tomato plants outside to harden off, they look a bit spindly.

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