Aster germination

The asters are showing signs of germination three days after sowing (usual germination 7-21 days). They have been living on the kitchen windowsill, with plastic bags over them. They were bit difficult to photo, so here is an image of the aubergines, which are next to them and coming along OK.

Any day now we are going to be overun by plants, as the hot peppers need potting on in the next few days, the acrolinium are growing fast, and there are still so many other seeds to sow.

I am beginning to think I am a bit obsessed by my seedlings, but it is so exciting to see them growing, and I keep imagining the fantastic vegetables and flowers we will have this year.

Getting organised

Seeds sown today
Originally uploaded by Marj Joly.

We hired a car yesterday to go to a party, and took advantage of our time to do some moving around of things too bulky to carry down Limehouse Cut. We took the strulch, and a lot of used compost to the plot, and Gordon went and collected a wormery. If you are a Tower Hamlets resident you can buy a large wormery from the Council for only £5.00, which is a bargain. You can also get compost bins, and small wormeries as well. It comes with a voucher to send off for the worms when ready to get it started.

So I have also washed a lot of pots today, and sown tomatoes (alicante) and hot peppers (hungarian wax). I am trying not to sow too many of each variety this year. Last year I grew 48 tomato plants, and gave half of them away. Its great to do that, but space becomes a bit of a problem. I may sow some more later.