April 1st!

Here's a quick update on what's happening right now:

The chilli seeds germinated well in the propagator and are growing on the front room window sill - 2 varieties, each looking good so far. The resemble, but definitely need more heat than, tomato seedlings.

In the greenhouse we have: around 20 broad bean plants growing nicely in pots, ready soon for the cold frame and then into the allotment plot.

Two varieties of tomato seeds have germinated and are growing in the unheated greenhouse, but which by day has started to warm up nicely.  Frosts don't seem imminent, so hopefully they'll be OK until they need potting on into larger pots.   

The sweet pea seeds haven't germinated yet so I've got my fingers crossed that something appears soon.

The plug plants that Linda chose a while ago are all thriving in 3" pots so can be hardened off shortly in the cold frame and then planted out in the garden.

The Sturon onion sets are also starting to show green shoots of growth. Last year I think they were planted out too early in the season. For whatever reason they all suffered and eventually had to be dug up and thrown away, so I'm hoping there won't be the same problem this year.

The nasturtium seeds have germinated, as have the two seed trays of mixed salad leaf seeds, so I'm hoping that they'll get a bit of a move on soon.

Today I planted two variety of cabbage seed: Dutchman F1 and Hispi F1 so I hope they'll germinate in the greenhouse in not too long.

Now that we've reached April it's definitely time to make sure that any early seeds are sown, either in the greenhouse or in the propagator, and then look forward to open ground sowing or planting out as the month progresses.

The potatoes are all now sprouting well in the conservatory so I'm looking forward to having them all planted soon, certainly before 10th April.