More seeds

I've put in another seed order, this time with Thompson and Morgan, as they have a wider range of flower seeds than the organic catalogue. I've ordered:

Agrostemma - Corncockle
Scabious atropurpurea - Summer sundae
Cosmos bipinnatus - Sensation mixed
Aster chinensis - Florette Champagne
Lupinus elegens - Dwarf fairy pink
Rudbeckia Hirta - Chim Chiminee

These are all annuals, and so will flower this year. Some of them are easy, and just involve sowing direct where I want them to flower like Scabious. Others, like the Aster look a bit more involved, but look great, and I want to experiment and challenge myself a bit more this year.

A delivery

Today most of the seed order arrived, plus two nature's own grow bags, and two bags of strulch, which is a straw mulch and soil conditioner. I am very excited.....

However, the sweepeas in the toilet rolls started to get some mould around them. One web site comment elsewhere suggested they were too close together and needed some air to circulate, so they have been spread out a bit more.

Germination

The sarah kennedy sweet peas sown five days ago are beginning to germinate. No sign of the other two varieties yet.

Heavy horse manure

One of the other allotmenteers has being collecting bags of horse manure for us all in her gas van. We had five 70 litre bags of heavy horse manure delivered yesterday.

Have also been starting to lay paths made of stones we have dug out of the soil.

Sweet peas

Sweet pea sowing
Originally uploaded by Marj Joly.

Have just sown three varieties of sweet pea, from Matthewman's Sweet Peas. They will go outside on the balcony as soon as they germinate.

Also did a big seed order this week, and getting excited about all the great vegetables we are going to have. Are still harvesting leeks and parsnips, and have a few bags of beans left in the freezer. Plan to have more winter vegetables this year, and need to find a better way to store potatoes as the flat is too warm.

The Allotment at its peak!

Six months later
Originally uploaded by Marj Joly.

This was our allotment in the middle of the summer. It was fantastic, and we were completely self sufficient from mid June to September (except for tomatoes which got blight).

Have just ordered our seeds for 2008, and busy getting the plot ready.

Day One

Day One
Originally uploaded by LoopZilla.

Looking back a coupla months...