Peas on Earth

 Terribly late, we put in the early peas on Saturday.  They are ‘Meteor’ and supposed to have gone in between Oct and November.  But we are hoping they might work out what they’re supposed to be doing, anyway.  While deputy gardener was mulching with shredded Christmas tree, I sowed sweet pea and snapdragon seeds for our windowsills.

And my little broad bean soldiers are doing excellently.  I’ve surrounded them with thick skirts of used coffee grinds, which is supposed to keep slugs off – we are not sure what is finding the b.b. leaves so tasty, so we tried the only thing we thought of.

Finally, we have also sowed a line of Radish ‘Rudi’ under old glass windows in the long salad bed.  I think this is supposed to be a quick cropper so we are really hoping we see some results by early spring. 

Grand Ambition

Here, finally, and by unpopular demand, is the plan for 2008.  I even found time to do a bit of colouring.  (I was inspired by the lovely plans over at My Tiny Plot.) Now all we have to do is dig, weed, sow and plant.  Maybe, one day, we’ll even eat…

Oh, yes.  This depicts most of our triangular-shaped plot, but the tip is missing.  That’s ‘cos this will be my Cutting Flower patch, with three beds filled with whatever I find/grow.  We spent New Year’s Eve digging over a third of it, and plopping in a couple of hundred bulbs.  Angelique Tulips (lovely peachy-pink), giant and small Alliums, and long-stemmed Anemones.  Unlike the bulbs which flower and die in our garden, these will all be snatched from the earth the very moment they begin to flower, ready to dress the house.  Bliss!

Nothing to show yet, though.  Which is good, because there are also no photos yet.  No camera lead yet.  Best not to mention this to Deputy Gardener.