Tuesday, 17 February 2015

2015 here we come!

Although we're still in Winter, a few sunny and dry days make it easier to imagine that Spring is not so far off now.

On Saturday we visited our new caravan storage site near to Swindon after going to the Sandiacre Garden Centre and Farm Shop to get our seed potatoes.

This year we shall be growing Swift (first early), Arran Pilot (first early) and Charlotte (second early) which will be same as last year minus the Estima which were a little bit disappointing.

This morning (after reading Which? reviews of composts and growing bags) Mick and I went to B&G to stock up with recommended all-purpose compost (4 bags each), seed and posting compost (1 bag each).

I also got 2 growing bags, following the Gardeners World trials of growing bags versus pots versus outdoor grown, and varying amounts and frequency of watering.  Time will tell, but the heaviest crops of tomatoes should come from growing bags only watered once a week. I'll also grow some tomatoes on the allotment. Chillis will all be grown in pots again.

I planted 20 Sutton broad beans in pots this afternoon and they will remain in the greenhouse until large enough to plant out in the allotment. They are very hardy so should be able to get off to an early start.