Well the weather has been awful the last few days with frosty north winds, driving rain and snow so there was no activity on the allotment. However this did give me time to have a good look through my seeds and see what I will be planting out this coming season and also meant I was able to find out what I needed to purchase.
There are only a few seeds which I will need to purchase and these include, radish, beetroot, pumpkin, turnips swede and some P.S.B. As the allotment shop have started selling these I will get them at a very good deal. I have to say I am cross with myself that I didn't save pumpkin seed from last year. Must remember not to cook and eat them all this year!!
So my list of things to grow are as follows...
Salad Leaves,
Ultimate mixed, iceberg, all year round,
Lollo rosso, little gem, lettuce mixed,
oriental spicy leaf, mustard greens,
oriental mixed and finally perpetual lettuce.
(All of these will be put in the bed near the greenhouse and into tubs around the greenhouse.)
Peppers,
Bell, Cayenne, hebernero and Thai.
(Due to having four different kinds of seeds I will try growing them all this year.)
Squash,
courgette Spaghetti, butternut,
gourds, patty pan, pumpkin,
marrow, cucumber, gherkin.
Brassicas,
Kale, broccoli 'raab' calabrese,
Brussels, cauliflower, red and white cabbages,
spinach, radicchio and P.S.B .
Salad,
Tomatoes of three varieties (a standard, plum and cherry)
radish, spring onions (red and white)
golden berry pineapple, kiwi and melon.
( I know the last row is fruit but i thought I would slip it in this section anyway!)
Herbs,
Dill, garlic chives
lemon thai and curled parsley.
Roots,
carrots, celeriac, parsnip,
beetroot, leeks, onions (red and white),
turnips and swede.
Legumes,
ying yangs, maroon beans (these are seed saved which I got form another allotment holder last year, not sure of their actual names)
climbing bean, french dwarf bean,
peas and runners...and maybe some sugar snaps and mange-tout.
Then finally I will grow sweetcorn, mushrooms and old and new potatoes.
Well I think that's it for the list although I am sure I will throw some extra bits in if I find the space.
Besides all this I will be planting more flowers this year in the bee patch and I am hoping to get a few edible ones in there but need to do a bit more research on that first.
It's quite a long list but I like to have plenty of variety...and I am also hoping that this year will be a good year for crops which I have failed at before!!
All I need now is some decent weather to get things started!!
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