Vegetable Growing 2022

I used to give ungerminated marrow seed a gentle squeeze.
Just try one, if just pulp oozes out the end it's likely they have rotted.

 

I'll give that a try

 

I didn't like to say earlier, but that's a technique the wife has tried on me but I best not elaborate on it..

 

Over the week end I noticed my Spring onions coming up, I sowed them on 15th April, also some Bedfordshire Champion Onions are just germinating today I think.
Many peas sown in pots have decided to pop up as well but I think lots have failed. They were loose ones I bought but next year I'll have pre packed ones. I think the loose ones were stale.
Raddishes and Turnips have come to a standstill
Roma tomato seeds failed so I decided to buy one. In the garden centre I found a pot with two plants in it so I picked that and only got charged for one

 

Since my previous attempt to grow 'uchiki kuri' squash I tried two more seeds, but with a less wet compost.
And happily I have now succeeded as they've just popped up.

 

First proper harvest of leaves from outside salads sown end of february. I finished my winter salads last week, mainly chicory and radiccio, so am quite looking forward to a much less bitter salad bowl

Also got some french and runner bean seeds to sow this weekend

 

Some of my Runner Beans are started to come up a Pinkish colour, with some the normal Green colour.
All sown in the same compost in the same light, any ideas folks for an oldy

PS, the seeds were saved from last years crop.

 

Spring lettuce are producing far more than I can eat, as well as herbs like dill, coriander and parsley. Looking forward to some spring onions soon

 

Pea shoots are amazing. So much food from such a small amount of space and compost. This is my second crop from the same sprouting.

 

I'm going to do that with my left over peas later in the season as they are getting on a bit. I do have about 1 square metre of peas for shoots in the ground, I sowed them in modules back in February and have had quite a few harvests from them so far with more to come. Really great spring salad

 

Mine are just mushy peas from an old packet in the back of the food cupboard.

I can't resist picking a couple every time I walk past. Health sweeties!

 

First garlic scapes of the year starting to show, both inside greenhouse and outside.

Put up the support for runner/climbing/borlotti beans

Sowed some oxhella maincrop carrots between rows of garlic

Pricked out the second batch of the years lettuce /salads and things like swede/kale/romanesco.

Was going to sow some purple sprouting but can't find my seeds.