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My seeds arrived! I've been so excited and impatient. We got a red post office card and I wondered if it was them; when I tried to book redelivery on Wednesday the next available slot was Tuesday next week, so I walked to the sorting office with E in a sling to collect them. Hoped E would have a nice nap. But they didn't, and when I got there the sorting office was closed with a sign up saying they only open 7-11am now. So the whole hour's walk was kind of pointless. Good exercise I guess, and it's been beautifully sunny all week.
So I booked redelivery for my parcel for Tuesday. And then my seeds arrived today! So I don't know what the parcel is, but yay seeds!
I've been looking up all the plants I want to grow and making a note file of what each of them prefers and how much space they need in their final spacing. It's a lot of info, and I'm a bit intimidated. I might make a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are reassuring.
( My garden plan so far )
( Adventures in Obtaining Topsoil )
Anyway, that's all for the future. I need some plants first. Today my seeds arrived and I was finally able to start sowing, and it feels GREAT. I'm using our conservatory as a greenhouse because it's got a plastic roof and is super warm in there. Today I sowed kohlrabi, tatsoi, spinach, lettuce, basil, Thai basil, sorrel, dill and coriander. I'm just planting coriander seeds from the cupboard and hoping for the best, as there weren't any to buy.
I'm trying to be judicious about how many seeds I plant - I don't want to end up with dozens of plants I don't have space for, but I do want to have a good chance of getting a strong plant, so I've planted 6-10 seeds of most things even if I'll only end up with space for 1 or 2. I'll be re-sowing the herbs and salad all summer so I want to keep some seeds back for that.
Tomorrow I'm planning the squash and beans and chard and cabbage. I can't wait to have little seedlings!
I put a picnic blanket and some toys out for E on the patio, and they totally happily played while I worked. They did eat some soil, which was expected. And they were insistent on crawling over to what I was doing and getting their little hands in it, so I had to bodily remove them and give them something else to play with several times. It was more demanding than gardening without a baby, but also surprisingly successful! I do dread them getting to the stage where they want to grab and eat the seedlings. I think I might have to keep things off the ground and out of reach as much as possible if they're roaming around like that again.
So I booked redelivery for my parcel for Tuesday. And then my seeds arrived today! So I don't know what the parcel is, but yay seeds!
I've been looking up all the plants I want to grow and making a note file of what each of them prefers and how much space they need in their final spacing. It's a lot of info, and I'm a bit intimidated. I might make a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are reassuring.
( My garden plan so far )
( Adventures in Obtaining Topsoil )
Anyway, that's all for the future. I need some plants first. Today my seeds arrived and I was finally able to start sowing, and it feels GREAT. I'm using our conservatory as a greenhouse because it's got a plastic roof and is super warm in there. Today I sowed kohlrabi, tatsoi, spinach, lettuce, basil, Thai basil, sorrel, dill and coriander. I'm just planting coriander seeds from the cupboard and hoping for the best, as there weren't any to buy.
I'm trying to be judicious about how many seeds I plant - I don't want to end up with dozens of plants I don't have space for, but I do want to have a good chance of getting a strong plant, so I've planted 6-10 seeds of most things even if I'll only end up with space for 1 or 2. I'll be re-sowing the herbs and salad all summer so I want to keep some seeds back for that.
Tomorrow I'm planning the squash and beans and chard and cabbage. I can't wait to have little seedlings!
I put a picnic blanket and some toys out for E on the patio, and they totally happily played while I worked. They did eat some soil, which was expected. And they were insistent on crawling over to what I was doing and getting their little hands in it, so I had to bodily remove them and give them something else to play with several times. It was more demanding than gardening without a baby, but also surprisingly successful! I do dread them getting to the stage where they want to grab and eat the seedlings. I think I might have to keep things off the ground and out of reach as much as possible if they're roaming around like that again.