A while ago I started experimenting with growing vegetables from seed. Last winter, fairly unsuccessfully, I attempted broad beans and this winter, with far greater success, runner beans and snow peas. I put the difference down to the miniature "greenhouses" I used on the snow peas and runner beans, which help to retain moisture and keep slugs and snails out until the seedlings are big enough to stand a fighting chance. They are just empty 1.25L soda water bottles with the labels removed and cut in half, but they made a remarkable difference with the snow peas and runner beans.
I'm now attempting to replicate the success with tomato seeds. I ordered three varieties from the "Green Harvest" website:
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Our vegetable bed is in hiatus at the moment as I am hoping we will get organised enough this summer to extend the limestone blocks and therefore have the ability to properly improve the soil. So the yellow and red cherry tomatoes seeds have gone into big pots and the romas will follow as soon as I acquire another pot that is large enough.
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| Tomato and herb corner, complete with guardian greenhouses and ceramic angel |
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| Tomato greenhouses up close, complete with grubby feet! |
Have a pleasant Sunday evening, wherever you are.
1 comment:
I hope you get a great crop! Dirty feet and hands are part of the fun of gardening aren't they?
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