More Gardening

When I started writing this post a couple of days ago I was waiting for the following Plants to be delivered.  I then received notification that they will be delivered in the next week or so.  Consisting of the following:

Summer Squash Custard White            3 Plug Plants

Winter Squash Blue Kuri                        3 Plug Plants

Winter Squash Musquee de Provence   3 Plug Plants

Pumpkin Hundredweight                         3 Plug Plants  

Winter Squash Uchiki-Kuri                      3 Plug Plants

Tomato St Pierre                                     5 Plug Plants

Purple Sprouting Broccoli                       20 Plug Plants

Broccoli Calabrese Green Sprouting      10 Plug Plants

Cucamelon                                             3 Plug Plants

Globe Artichokes                                    5 Plug Plants

French Climbing Bean Cosse Violette   10 Plug Plants

Black Cherry Tomato                              5 Plug Plants

Romanesco Cauliflower                        10 Plug Plants

Giant Winter Leeks                                20 Plug Plants

Leeks Musselburgh                               20 Plug Plants

Well that was a shock. Plants delivered this morning (Wednesday).  Looks as though I have a lot of work to do this week in the garden.

On the Seed Front I have sown:

3 Packets of Spencer Sweet peas

3 packets of Nasturtiums

I have no end of potting on to do now that the compost has been delivered but I have not been able to deal with the potting on as it has been chucking it down with rain.  Will do the soil good and maybe I will be able to tackle the digging a bit better now that the earth is well wet.

I have also placed another order for more plants.  Think this will be the last one for this year for plants in any event.  Will see how things go.  Trying to get a Winter Veg garden underway as best I can so that we have some resources available in the winter months to eat fresh as well as being able to access other preserves and some frozen veggies.

I have also ordered the following ancillary to the seeds I also have on the go.  Some of them have been ordered as a knee jerk reaction because some of the seeds seem to be taking their time.

Dwarf French Bean Tendergreen 10 plug plants

Cobra French Climbing Bean 10 plug plants

Blue Lake French Climbing Bean 10 plug plants

Broad Bean Aquadulce 10 plug plants

Bulb Fennel Zefo Fina 10 plug plants

Kale Cavolo Nero 10 plug plants

Celeriac 10 plug plants

Savoy Cabbage Vertus 10 Plug Plants

Gourmet Brassica Collection 60 Plug Plants

Spring Cabbage 10 Plug Plants

Brussel Sprouts Evesham Special 10 Plug Plants

Cottagers Kale 10 Plug Plants

Kale Red Russian 10 Plug Plants

Leeks Musselburgh 10 Plug Plants

Giant Winter Leeks 10 Plug Plants

Onion Bedfordshire Champion 20 Plants

Sweetcorn Sweet Nugget 10 Plants

Brussel Sprouts Red Ball 10 Plants

Carrot Purple Sun 10 Plants

Beetroot Mixed 30 Plants

Mangetout Carouby de Mausanne 10 plants

This morning I also received my Kitchen Garden Subscription for June with three packs of seed i.e. Spinach. Spring Onions and Radishes. There are lots of ideas in here that I want to turn my hand to both on the growing front and on the cooking and preserving front, including making dried herbed courgette "pasta" from pureed courgette, dried green powders, Bouillon, Pickled Courgettes.  Lots of good eating and goodness.  I particularly want to have a go at making a couple of homemade Lettuce Buckets.  I have two in the garden, might need some help with making the potting stations in the buckets themselves but it makes sense to grow some lettuce leave in this way.

I have also ordered some 5 gallon potato bags for some potatoes or other veg as well.  There should be 12 of these to come.  They should be here by Saturday.  If they are okay when they arrive I may order some more of these

So lots going on just need to be able to get stuck in. At the time of updating this post, the rain has stopped and there is some Sun in the sky albeit clouds keep coming by.

I also need to get some cuttings taken of the grape vine and the wild blackberries in the garden.  I would like a fruit growing area again for next year and as the Blackberries are really good seems a pity to waste them.  It is just I do not have the room for them this year, but starting cuttings off that is an investment in the future.  The grape vine has lots of little bunches of grapes on it already.  The Fig trees were potted up the other day, and I am thinking of buying in a couple more as I absolutely love fresh Figs.  The plants are small and there will be no fruit from them this year, but they are good little plants and it will be good to have them fresh from the garden.  Not only the fruits but the leaves can be used in cooking and preserving as can the grape vine leaves.

I did go into the Greenhouse to check on things today (Wednesday) and everything seems to be doing well.  There are tiny Cucumbers on the Cucumber Plant and Courgettes starting to form on the Courgettes.  Plenty of Cherry tomatoes and Chilli Peppers too.  I have lots of Tomato plants and Chilli Plants.

I have planted up the Cucamelon plants that arrived today all three of them.  I have the Courgettes to deal with tomorrow into bigger planters, then I can set about potting up all the veggies that arrived this morning.  There are more Tomato plants some Black Tomatoes and a French named Tomato St Pierre which is like a Beefsteak one.  I will also pot on the two Tomatoes that we are harvesting from and the Cucumber tomorrow. I would like to get another Cucumber plant.

The Hollyhocks and the Comfrey Plants out of the greenhouses as they are getting far too big for in there. I am hoping for an early start tomorrow morning.  A much better day is forecast weather-wise with temperatures apparently up to 22 degrees.  I am hoping to get up earlier to take advantage of that and really get on with the gardening, having been held up for the past few days or so.

At least some gardening has been done, but there is a lot more to do yet.  Should keep me out of mischief.  Still need Basil and Parsley plants yet and some more Chives.  The ones I bought earlier are really settling down and colouring up.  Need another six plants for my planters.

Have a lovely evening everyone. 

Catch you soon.

Pattypan

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