What is it with the weather? A week of savage frosts has been replaced with mild spring time but it’s still only mid January. It’s hard to know what to do or what to expect. I have therefore spent my time looking through a few catalogues and ordered up a few different things to try out this year. Taking advantage of the Gardener’s World subscription offer I’ve ordered up my potatoes for the coming year along with some peas and beans to try out.
I have ordered the following which I aim to grow this year. Firstly the spuds. I have gone for 3 varieties to test out. I have chosen “Rocket” for my early crop, “Charlotte” for the 2nd earlies and “Cara” for my main crop. Next I turned my attention to the legumes I wanted to grow this year. Deciding on runner beans and peas. I’m going with “White Lady” for the runner beans and “Hurst Green Shaft” for the peas. Although I already have carrot seeds I thought I’d try out some “Flyaway F1 Hybrid” to see how these compared and for 20p I could hardly miss the opportunity to try out some “Sungold F1 Hybrid” tomato seeds.
So with all the veggies sorted I thought I’d grab a packet of “Russian Giant” sunflower seeds to add some colour and character to the plot and also as a way of getting some other people involved in growing. We’re going to have a competition to see who can grow the biggest. A bit of fun to have with the kids too.
All of these were ordered online at Thompson & Morgan and with the magazine offer came to a wapping great total of £16.53. Everything was delivered in about a week and the spuds have all been set into seed trays to chit before planting out in about 6-8 weeks time. 