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Rising to the top

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It’s only been around a week and the seeds on the kitchen windowsill are now starting to germinate. How good is that? The plastic tray and cover that gets dumped at the bottom of the garden for most of the winter is well valuable for starting off the plants indoors, then as the spring progresses we move the plastic cover over seeds we’ve sowed outside so it’s worth its weight in gold.

The first to show their heads are the Longest Leek trial seeds we got free from Medwyn’s, we are hoping they’ll be of the Jack and the Beanstalk type variety but they cost us nothing so we’re happy of whatever we’ll get. Next to them are some Chamomile which we’ve never grown before and we’re trying Dyer’s Chamomile too. It’s good to experiment in the garden! Best of luck to everyone who’s also sowing stuff, send us in your pics and we’ll post them up!

 

Tales from the incinerator part 2

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Thanks to our gardening mate Gerry Hectic for getting in touch and for letting us know about ALDI’s present gardening bargains, mini-roses at £1.79 each. The above is where Gerry put his two recent purchases into. It’s a herb infused incinerator with some coriander, parsley and is that basil or mint in there too? Inspired thinking we reckon!

It’s a great idea for a tall raised bed. We’ve an old incinerator that’s missing a bottom that could be put into action now. You could have a mixture of all sorts in a container like that, a potato plant in the middle, some tumbling tomatoes at the sides, herbs, some nasturtiums, the list is endless. A great idea Gerry!

And to accompany Gerry’s great idea here is a mad cover of Nina Simone‘s African Mailman by The Rhythmagic Orchestra which will be featured on the next special Free Radio Skybird mailbag later this month. What a tune!

We bought some seeds on ebay over the week, some coriander and basil to top up the pots on the kitchen windowsill so we have a little supply over the winter. Also we’re partial to a cup of chamomile tea so purchased some chamomile seeds too for sowing outdoors next year. It’s never to early to start planning!