NEW SEASON PLANTING

The time has come to start my container peas, so I have sown them straight into the container. Since January I have been adding kitchen food waste, such as veggies and egg shells to the containers and I have topped them up with home made compost. I have moved the containers into a more sheltered spot as the other container will have runner beans. I have placed the beans on damp kitchen paper to help them to germinate and one they do I will pot them on.

I planted out some of the potatoes I had chitted a few weeks ago and they are just appearing. At the moment I am putting them under cover during the night until it gets a bit warmer.

I have also planted some in the other two containers

and hope to get a good crop this year.

Because it will not be possible to move this container, i have covered it with fleece, which I have anchored down with two bricks. Our garden is high up and open to all the winds, which causes a lot of damage. I have lost my walk in greenhouse and now use a spare set of shelves, which I have covered with the greenhouse cover. Even that has been over and we have had to tie it down.