The number of vegetables I’m growing at the moment keeps increasing, in part due to kind donations from fathers of co-workers (actually only one :-)), but also because of spur of the moment purchases on my part.
Although the plan was to grow only in pots, I really should have researched a bit more carefully – I recently read that only the foolhardy try to grow brussel sprouts in containers – oops! Today I repotted them into the biggest pots I could afford, but I think the new garden may need to include some raised beds to allow them to really flourish. My leeks could also prove problematic, as they need deep soil, but fingers crossed they survive in an old potato barrel.
Other recent additions to my collection include pak choi and rocket – both sets of seeds planted today. Hopefully I’ve planted the right amount this time – last week I had to thin my lettuces, which I found somewhat depressing, a sort of snuffing out of life that had barely begun.
I probably have enough vegetables for the first year now, but I might pick up a couple of tomato plants – apparently these are what I should have started with, so even if all my other plants die fingers crossed I can harvest some tomatoes. Would really like the kind you have in a hanging basket, if I can find one. And maybe some more herbs…and a courgette plant…and…oh dear :-)
