I’m trying to get a jump start on the gardening year (again). I endeavoured to do this last year and my seeds failed miserably. To date I haven’t had much luck growing from seed. Vigilance is key and with everything I’m trying to juggle, I inevitably forget to water them for a day or two and, POOF, they’re crispy fried chicken. But here I go again. We’ll see if I’ve learnt from my mistakes. I have sowed into trays:
- Tomatoes – Sugarlump, Broad Ripple Yellow Currant, Wild Sweetie, Costoluto Genovese, Tommy Toe
- Capsicum – 7 colour
- Chilli – Joe’s Long Cayenne
- Eggplant – Listada di Gandia, Long Purple
- Celery, self-blanching
- Pyrerethrum daisy
- Custard Apple
- Comfrey
- Tarragon
- Basil
- Thyme
- Parsley
- Coriander
- Agastache Blue
- Marigold – Red Marietta, French Bonita
- Mizuna
- Lettuce – Red Iceberg, Tennis Ball
- Beetroot – Bull’s Blood, Detroit 2
- Spring Onion
- Red Tamarillo
- Jamie Special
I also have in trays a Beach Cherry, 2 Papaya, a Custard Apple, a Jacaranda and a Rangpur lime that have made it through winter and are now coming back to life ready for planting out this Spring.
And yet again, I’ve sown way more than I need or can fit, especially given that I’ve been telling myself not to over-commit again this season (particularly in light of our horrendous water bill from last summer). But isn’t abundance a beautiful and beguiling thing? I just can’t help myself. I get such a thrill from seeing little shoots emerge in my seedling trays. I know I’ll more than likely fit them in somewhere or otherwise give them away, and that’s so satisfying too.
Why have less when you can have more Jo. Makes me want to garden. Do you deliver to Tasmania?
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