Sunday sowing.

Just a quick post about a bunch of sowing that I did today. Today's sowing is more to do with sowing a bunch of seed with the intention of moving it outdoors into my unheated mini-greenhouse as soon as they have germinated (I currently have garlic growing in it). We shall see how this approach works.

Anyway, I sowed some more Black Beauty Eggplants, Maxibel Filet Beans, Dragon Tongue Beans, 1000 Year Tobacco, Thyme, Parsley, Basil, and Chervil. I have never grown herbs before so this should be interesting.

From my last planting the peas have come out (although I wanted to plant beans - d'oh!), as have the Swiss Chard and the lettuce. I have now moved them under lights that I added today.

Tomato seeds are in!

Today I sowed a pot of Black Zebra tomatoes (3 seeds), a pot of Nepal tomatoes (3 seeds), two pots of Golden Cherry tomatoes (6 seeds), five pots of parsley (2 pre-soaked seeds per pot), a pot of Black Beauty eggplant (3 seeds in the pot) and two pots of King of the North Sweet Pepper (3 seeds per pot). I am being a little cautious about the quantities as it all needs to fit into the square foot garden I have going. I might have to change some of the positions that I have planned as I go, but I am only doing four tomato plants this year. Hopefully I will actually get to eat some this year as most of my crop was wiped out by blight last year. I have put them on the heating mat that I bought from Lee Valley recently, so let's hope that it does some good, especially with the heat-loving seeds.

Below are a couple of images showing the progress of the onion and leeks that were planted earlier.