I’ve had to give up on most of the seedlings I sowed a couple of weeks ago – they just didn’t get enough light, and are disastroulsy leggy. I hope the French Beans may recover, and perhaps some of the Sweet Peas (though they are late enough as it is), but the rest don’t look…
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Well, on the one hand, the carrots are starting to sprout in their tubs, which is encouraging. On the other hand, the seedlings I am attempting to grow indoors evidently don’t think the Dining room is as full of light as us poor humans do! They are growing very leggy, and there is not much…
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Well, no gardening this weekend, but the first two squash plants are showing signs of life, and half the French beans are pushing their way above the soil, so at least there seems to be some progress. Other than that, it was all armchair stuff – when we have cleared the bed in front of…
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Last weekend in a flurry of activity I finally got round to sowing some seeds. I commandeered a corner of the Dining Room and dug out the peat jiffy pots I got on Freecycle last year. Having watched the Gardener’s World special on peat I would never again buy anything peat-based, but these came free,…
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OK, so here I am, trying to sort out how to set up a blog on my exisiting domain, and failing miserably…