Hey everyone,
Just look at what arrived last week! My seed order for this season. SO happy!! Can’t wait to get started. Unpacked it immediately. Of course I know what’s inside (at least I think I still know what I ordered a few months ago, but still it’s always so exciting)
Especially the potatoes and rhubarb have to be out of the box like ASAP. The potatoes get a nice sunny spot next to the kitchen door to sprout. The rhubarb I planted in a temporary pot because it’s a living plant and will die if it has to wait till I plant it in my vegi garden in a few weeks time.
Also the leeks that I sowed in the beginning of January are growing strong. Leeks are very slow growers and need time to get to a proper size to plant them. By end of April they should be thin pencils and ready to be planted in my garden.
Can’t wait for the summer to start. 🙂
Oh I look forward to following the progress of your seeds. Would love to have a veg garden but live in an apartment 😦
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Don’t let having an appartment stop you. There are great ways to have a garden in an appartment. Just start small 🙂
http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/apartment-gardening/
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/get-started-growing-5-easy-small-vegetable-garden-ideas-to-try-203040
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How is your rhubarb? I am uncertain of the variety I grow but it makes the most delicious jam. We erected a 15 X 5 Mtrs poly tunnel as we have bad frosts in Tasmania and have had an abundance of vegetables this past summer season. I am looking forward to a winter vegetable crop that will enable me NEVER to purchase veg again. We do have problems storing our potatoes though. They are in a cold, dark and aerated area but still sprout and and go soft. Any ideas?
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You can try Some of those anti-sprouting pouwders available. It really helps a lot. You dust it over your potatoes before storing. Keep in mind that your potatoes peels will not be usable for compost if you use anti-sprout because it will kill all the good yerms in your compost.
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