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And I have sown more toms, found some more BBH and sowed a few exta of others even though I have plenty just to see if they come up now it's warmer.
Also sowed beetroot, two types , chard bright lights and Tuscan and Sutherland kale. Potted on a fuschia I got for a friend, potted on a couple of sweet peas, a surprise pop up, I thought they were past it.
That'll do for today.
Tomorrow, the flowers...and aubergine, need to make room in the lean to though, it's completely covered in plants now...

unrecordings

I tried dandelion leaves, far too bitter for me, but I did once pickle some buds just about to open (the best time aparently) - they're still in the jar unopened...

...Finally got my first four Ailsa Craig tomatoes in growpots embedded in gro bags - which makes up for the first part of the day going slightly pear shaped. Back out there tomorrow after the salvage yard (which won't be very MSE at all)

Karmacat

CAFCGirl wrote: »

I didn't mean to offend anyone with my dandelion love.
I often forget people live in areas unlike mine (urban) so dandelions are much welcome colour and aspect of nature to offset all the concrete.
The chickens I keep love dandelion leaves, Hugh F-W tells me (I'm reading a River Cottage book) to eat them like salad leaves and I also dry the flowers in June time to infuse into oil which I use in lotions, calves and soaps that I make. So effectively they're a crop to me LOL

I love the whole dandelion thing, CAFCGirl, and since I'm so late to the party, I can see that no one's been offended.

I do recall Grey Queen, on one of the preparedness threads, mentioning that on her allotment she took a couple of sets of dandelion seeds and let them all take root at one edge of an allotment - between the roots, the buds, the flowers and the leaves, it was really well worthwhile for her, she got rid of them everywhere else. I like dandelions, but until I've finished getting rid of brambles (about half a dozen more sets of roots to go, though I'm in London this week) I can't focus on doing anything.

CAFCGirl

From what I've read, it's the early young leaves in the centre that are best for eating.
I'm yet to do it myself as I'm too busy fretting about an issue with the council, who think I (and a few others) haven't paid the bill and are sending out letters to a number of plot holders terminating them for non payment and demanding keys be returned to the council office of be subject to a further bill

rufuschucklebutty

I've been saving every root end off my onions used for cooking putting them in a tray of wet compost and in a few days they sprout again, in a week or two they are ready to separate , one end may give you two or three new plants, then plant them out into the garden, now I've got free onions growing everywhere.

These are Just plain old Aldi cheapest red onions, their white onions never sprout for some reason.

unrecordings

rufuschucklebutty wrote: »

I've been saving every root end off my onions used for cooking putting them in a tray of wet compost and in a few days they sprout again, in a week or two they are ready to separate , one end may give you two or three new plants, then plant them out into the garden, now I've got free onions growing everywhere.

These are Just plain old Aldi cheapest red onions, their white onions never sprout for some reason.

Interesting - I like your style. Mine tend to go to Mr Peelings (aka the compost bin). Do you grow them as perennials, as I hear you can do - but never really looked into it ?

unrecordings

Well chemo got postponed as I failed the bloodtest - swings & roundabouts, so while I'd rather be aggressively kicking 'it' in the nuts, I do have the rest of the week clear to catch up in the garden. Jobs for today (assuming I don't tire myself out running round the salvage yard like Drew Pritchard on acid): Put remaining Ailsa Craig tomatoes in growpots in the greenhouse, re-pot an awful lot of seedlings, prune my lemon verbena, bring tender herbs out, finally make up a batch of compost for some alpines, start top dressing some of the dents & patches in the lawn, sow more chervil, courgettes, cornflower, salad...

euronorris

Sorry to hear that unrecordings. Take it easy and fingers crossed the next blood test is more positive and you can get on with kicking 'it' in the nuts!


Nothing more to report here. Very rainy day. Am looking forward to the weekend to get back out in the garden again


ETA: picked up several bags of 'soup mix' and 'casserole mix' veg bags for 20p in Lidl this morning as the date on them is today. They'll go in the freezer and do nicely on another day

unrecordings

Well I came in under budget at the salvage yard - got myself a good millstone with provenance (Loxley Valley, can pin its origin down to maybe two or three wheels) - and I got pretty much everything potted up that needed to be. Tomorrow is sowing a second batch of courgette (first failed to germinate), sow some more herbs, and maybe a further batch of tomatoes. Then dig a nice big salt glazed sink into the ground...

baggins11

I am glad you got your millstone! I hope you had great fun at the salvage yard. Under budget as well i am impressed. Careful with your sink - they are blinking heavy (but you knew that..)