Unfortunately not all of these as I ran out of seed compost, but have sown
Tomato - tumbling tom, Gardener's Delight, black cherry and Moneymaker
Leek -musselburgh
Aubergine - early long purple 2
Stock - ten week mixed
Early purple sprouting broccoli
Onion - Ailsa Craig, Sweet Spanish yellow
Pepper - D'asi Giallo
Also have started some last year's parsnip seed and a new batch. Both germinated last year contrary to people being hesitant to use old seed, but most of the crop were lost with an usually dry spring and me not being able to get to the allotment and water them.
For the past 3 years I have set them like this. Waited until they have germinated then either placed them straight into the ground at the required spacings, or transferred them into toilet roll tubes and grown on until a couple of true leaves have appeared. I am going for the latter version this year, so that there is more chance of a crop appearing. Parsnips (especially roasted) are one of my favourite veg.
Yesterday I bought the seed potato I am going to use. I decided against the large bags of one variety and have gone for 5 seeds of 4 different varieties. The girls and I don't eat that many anyway and I really dont have room to store too many, and last years have started sprouting and a lot are going to be wasted. Hopefully this way we will have just what we need through the summer and autumn
Anya, Charlotte, Rooster, Kestrel
I wasnt going to bother with onions from set this year having had poor results in the past with bolting, but as I was there and buying spuds anyway I thought what the hell! Have got a bag of red and whites, and also some red shallots to try. Hopefully if the ground drys out a little on the plot they will go in this week. At the moment it is too wet to weed and make ready for them.
Final news is I have bought a new tap for the water butt that I was given at the end of last year. I need to decide where I want to site it now.
Think that's it for now.
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