Late February / early March brings the opportunity to start the growing season – indoors only – my garden is still far too cold and wet! I did check using the ‘squeeze test’ and, yep, the soil forms a soggy mud ball in my hand!
I’ve invested in a windowsill propagator so I’m hoping that the seeds will be kept warm and moist – perfect for germination!
I’m only sowing a few to begin with…sweet peas and tomatoes. Sowing now should allow the plants to reach a decent size before planting out after the last frost, which should be around the end of April in my area of Wales.
- Sweet Peas ‘Spanish Dancer’ – highly fragranced and an unusual tri-colour plus a packet of mixed tall sweet peas that were free on the front of a gardening magazine 🙂
- Rosella tomatoes – part of James Wong’s collection (Sutton Seeds). I grew them last year and I can honestly say that they were the sweetest tomatoes I’ve ever tasted! I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to grow this tasty fruit however because they’re a hybrid. In my experience hybrids tend to be offered by seed growers for a few years, then disappear 😦
Early sowing of peas, broad beans and runner beans are next on my list but I think that’ll try to wait another week 🙂
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