Ordered a few more packs of seeds – thanks to VegetableSeeds.net.

Am looking forward to getting these planted – I always get a feeling at this time of year – that I am falling behind and that I should really already have lots of seedlings transplanted into the ground.
I have few things in – and a few things doing quite well on my windowsills at home – but I can’t help thinking that the little vegetable plants have little chance against the mighty weeds that seem to grow so fast it’s almost possible to watch them as it happens.

My surrounding allotmenteers all seem to have beds brimming with greenery – mine is mostly soil still – although the populated fruit cage has made a bit of a difference.

Planted some tulips at home in my back garden – back in the autumn. These have come up brilliantly now and certainly help to fill the beds that were usually left empty over the colder months – awaiting planting with veg in the spring.

the back garden is relieved of most of its duties now that we have an allotment. So the beds will now become focussed more on companion planting with a mix of flowers and veg/herbs. We will still need a few edibles close to the kitchen.

The edibles we will still grow at home will probably be…

• Parsely – lots of
• Mint
• Lettuces
• Mustard
• Rocket
• Perpetual spinach
• Fennel (although these are trying their best to take over the whole garden)
• Radishes
• Chives

making more way for…

• Sunflowers
• Tulips
• Another tree maybe(we already have a pear tree)
• Shrubs -
• More lawn – we could extend the lawn back to its previous area and reduce the depth of the raised beds.

Planted into the trough outside my back door.
Nasturtium

• Not emerged yet – despite the great weather.

Ipoemea seeds

• Not emerged yet – despite the great weather.

Sunflowers

• 9 tubes
• Emerged after 6 days
• 11.04.11 – doing very well
• now graduated from the kitchen windowsill into the shed (by the window).
• I hope it’s not too cold for them in there.

Tomatoes

• 9 tubes
• these are still on the kitchen windowsill
• most germinated after 12 days – not exactly booming yet though
• Must keep an eye out for a greenhouse