Hurrah! The first signs of life from two of the dahlias. Two of my dahlias, Sam Hopkins (left) and New Baby (right) have started to emerge from under the compost (only 16 other varieties to make an appearance).
The greenhouse is full..
Archive for April 11th, 2008
The dahlias are alive!
Published April 11, 2008 cutting garden Leave a CommentTags: cutting garden, dahlias, sarah raven
At last the sun is shining!
Published April 11, 2008 cutting garden , veggie plot 1 CommentTags: celeraic, courgettes, cutting garden, kale, sarah raven, vegetable gardening, vegetables, veggie plot
So this is the first entry of “Courgette Surprise”, a little look at our veggie plot and cut flower garden over the coming months. This is our veggie patch today.
“Courgette surprise” as it is a running joke in our household that come the summer, the menu largely consists of courgettes in one form or another… I have collected quite a lot of good courgette recipes now though, which I will add to the blog as I go.
This is our fourth year of trying to grow our own and the first year that we have had something to pick over the winter months kale, chard, sorrel, spinach, lettuce and celeraic! Seems I am doing something right! Struggling with what to do with a celeraic though apart from potato and celeraic gratin.
Anyway, following a miserable spring so far (weatherwise), things seem to be looking up today, we had a mild frost this morning, but the sun is shining and the greenhouse is packed full of seedlings waiting to go out.
Nothing from the dahlias yet though. Potted them up when they arrived three weeks ago from Sarah Raven, but nothing has happened. Have they rotted? Am I doing something wrong? Tempted to unearth them but will try and wait a little bit longer…
