Monday, November 30, 2009
I stumbled across these French vintage vegetable seed packet labels whilst browsing for a box to store my seeds in and just had to have them.. Now.. I cant make make up my mind whether to frame them or find an old box and decoupage it using the labels. I’m still trying to find something [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
After two failed attempts of growing parsnips … Both, failing to germinate. I set off on a mission determined by hook or by crook my third attempt would succeed.. I already knew parsnip seeds need to be fresh and not to use any of the previous years. I thought I was doing everything right and was quite miffed. I couldn’t blame the seed, so I blamed the weather.. Then I came across [...]
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Brassicas are not really fussy about soil conditions as long as the soil is not too acidic – with the exception of cauliflower, seen as the hardest to grow. I add some extra compost around my cauli’s and grow in a little shade as they hate weather that’s too hot. I Apply some lime to the bed a month before planting out and try to [...]
