On the list
On Sunday I went to the local allotments and put my name down for one. I’m not hopeful it will be any time soon though, I’m 27th on the list! However, I supppose I need to be on it to ever get one so the deed is done.
I’ve had a twig sat on my desk at home for ages, it was a blackcurrant cutting we sent off for last year from Ribena and I forgot about it. I decided to find out what I was supposed to be doing with it and found the instructions online. It suggested keeping outside once it arrived to stop it from drying out. I felt the twig and it was bone dry - oops. But, I decided to plant it according to the instructions anyway and see if anything happens. Hopefully!! It’s in a pot so moveable when we move as will most things.
Now I know this isn’t my knitting blog, but I’m thinking of combining it to encompass all my daft obsessions I get. I’ve figured that most of my obsessions tend to come round again which is a good thing and I’ll remember that next time I think about ebaying everything! I have a stash under the bed of some yarn, not all of it mind, but a smidgen of the grand total available in the (shhh) garage. I sorted it yesterday and decided to get back into it. I took some free yarn I got from a magazine and decided to turn it into a triangular head scarf thing (idea in Stitch n Bitch) and completed it in one evening - fab. Shall try to get a pic of me wearing it. Got a few other UFO’s about which I’ll try and attack, I think I need one of those status bars so I can record how far I am with them all eh?
So on to today, back to gardening and a trip to Wilkinsons was planned to try and get some seed potatoes. I wanted some early potatoes and so came back with a small bag of 10 ‘Nicola’ seeds. Although on looking at the internet it seems they are early maincrop, but I suppose that doesn’t matter does it? Says they’ll be ready in July- Aug. Also got some lettuce seeds and courgette and a rhubarb crown/plant thing. I need a pot for this though so will sort one as soon as. Alex and I sowed the seeds when we got home and set the potatoes for chitting (well they already have some growth, maybe they are ok? I dunno, last year I just shoved em in the ground!!!). So although it’s small steps at the moment, the wheels are being set in motion. Looking forward to eating home grown stuff again 
Nice to read about you gardening again
Courgettes are OK planted in April or May and you can plant direct into growbags. Peas and mangetout - essentially the same thing. I’ve not tried them in a tub but dwarf beans in a tub worked well, so similar. Slugs always get most of ours lol.
Comment by kath — March 12, 2007 @ 10:52 am
I love the optimism and enthusiasm of this time of year, planning what to plant and looking forward to the harvest to come. Good luck with your dead twig though - I think that might be pushing optimism a bit too far. If I was you I’d go out and buy a healthy blackcurrant plant just to cover your bases. They’re cheap in Lidl.
Comment by Mel Rimmer — March 12, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
I saw some in Wilko’s the other day.
Comment by Sarah, Dino and Mimi — March 13, 2007 @ 10:00 pm