Last year we grew first early potatoes 'Winston'. Allegedly they weren't supposed to be very good but we enjoyed them. This year we are trying two 'new to us' varieties, Caledonian Pearl and Sharpe's Express:
They were already sprouting when we bought them and I needed to remove one or two long sprouts but the rest were stubby so okay.
Haven't got the compost/manure yet to plant them into containers but we will remedy that soon. I lost two of the wallflowers in a front pot so remedied that by buying two nice primula.
This time of year is full of so much promise.
ReplyDeleteIt is but unfortunately frost can still wreak havoc.
DeleteGreenhouse veg seeds here sown in the propagator yesterday. Now to keep fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to start a new gardening year
Not starting anything else until a little later otherwise I find tomatoes in particular go mad.
DeleteI've been given pretty primula from church today as it's Mothering Sunday. I shall put them in a pot tomorrow
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
DeleteWe've got potatoes chitting in their egg boxes on the kitchen windowsill, just hoping for the weather to warm up so we can plant them, and we do have the compost.
ReplyDeleteMine will go in containers, in the greenhouse if still too wet.
DeleteWe can't do much in our garden just yet, apart from greenhouse, it's like a swamp. Never stops raining!
ReplyDeleteI know, it’s getting annoying isn’t it but we will probably need it for the summer.
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