Veggie Patch - The Story So Far!

Woo Hoo.... I think it's starting to work!

There are some sprouty little green bits starting to appear in my pots for the peas, carrots and onions! There are no sign of the green beans yet, but I think I am doing Barbara Goode proud so far LOL!

As far as the cauliflour, cabbage and sprouts are concerned, they have gone mad and triffid like.... time to re-pot them I think.

Having bought 15 small plastic terracotta pots to transfer all of my babies, I found that 9 of those posts were filled by the sprouts alone.

I moved what cabbage I could, and left the rest in the grow bag with the lettuce, that will stay there but will be spread out along the bag once I have more pots and the other veg are moved on.

I am hoping that this success so far, will continue, and then hopefully I shall have some bartering power with my friends.

Sharon is also growing veg, but totally different stuff to me, and I'm hoping that I may have enough to swap with Mel for some of her free range eggs. What do you think ladies? Roll on harvest time.

I'm going all Barbara Good!

Is it just me feeling very old, or do you all remember The Good Life..... yes it was back in 1975 that it was first aired, but just to remind you, I have borrowed this lovely picture of Barbara and Tom Good, along with Margo and Jerry Leadbetter

Barbara was the one who was always in dungaree's and covered in mud from her vegetable patch!

Anyway - I have wanted to try growing my own veg since we moved to Cornwall, and decided that this Spring it was going to happen...

You will remember that I bought a cloche from Trago, when Karen was visiting, and we built it up tonight so that I could get started

I had bought, peas, beans, carrots and onion seeds, whilst at Trago, and when I went out tonight for my compost and grow bag I could not resist some young little shoots that were 4 for £5 from my friends Mr B and Mrs Q LOL

I planted the seeds in large pots to prevent having to pot them on later, but I fully expect to have to do some thinning out, and then realised I would not remember what was what, so got out my trusty marker pen to write on the pots

It was then time to put the little seedlings into the grow bag for further nurturing

I had bought iceberg lettuce, cabbage, cauliflour and sprouts - all of which are regularly eaten by us, so with any luck will be very useful once they have grown

Having watered them all in, I put them to bed, like a worried mother, wondering how soon it will be before I notice some results...

Fingers crossed for a good harvest eh!