January 2007

The Beginning.


The year has began with rain and gales , we spent many days and nights replacing broken panes of glass and the plastic , many trees have been blown down and the garden is flooded , bulbs are starting to appear I just hope they survive this awful weather .

10/1/07
Started off 12 Chilli ( Cayenne Pepper ) and 12 Aubergine ( Black Beauty ) seeds today .

14/1/07
Started off 24 cuttings ( Johns plant ) all in yogurt tubs , 4 to a tub , on the landing windowsill.

16/1/07
Lovely day , the sun is shining , there was a frost so its quite chilly .
Started off Coreopisis they are seeds from the flower in the garden last year and can take up to 3 months to grow .
Also bought some seeds at Klondyke , Nicotiana , and seeds that I had seen on line, Tomato Cherry Black and Tigerella , I grew Tigerella years ago and really liked them . got some seeds from Poundland yesterday 6 diff seeds in one pack , Alyssum, Marigold , Lobelia , Stock , Viloa , Salvia , also got 2 blocks of coconut compost you add water to it and it makes up to 10 litres of compost , will try it out . It holds water really well and may be good for tubs and hanging baskets .
Looks like Chilli and Aubergine seeds have germinated ive put them on James bedroom windowsill , potted on 4 Aubergine seedlings in the coconut compost they seem to be doing well .

25/1/07
Took around 60 cuttings today of Fushia , Bizzie Lizzie and 3 Geraniums , made a mixture of compost and coconut fibre .

29/1/07
Got some more of the coconut fibre compost from Poundland this morning , 2 bags of compost from Lidl along with a pkt of Sweet Peppers ( California Wonder 29p , sown today ) went down to Klondyke and got a pkt of Geranium £1.99 for 25 seeds I also got paraffin while I was there .Potted up 6 chilli plants all grew well so far .

30/1/07
Started off seeds tonight , Monarda ( Bee's Favourite)100seeds , Nepta Transcaucasica ( Blue infinity )45 seeds and Geum ( Blazing Sunset )15 seeds .