My Seed Collection

So I figured that, seeing as I've taken delivery of a load more seeds (with more yet to come), it would be a good time to do a review of what seeds I own now, and which I am tempted to plant immediately.

So here is a kinda boring update for you I'm sure, but a really useful one for myself.

I have planting plans for later today which might even happen and, if they do come to pass, I will do another blog tomorrow with more interest in it.

Opened Packets

• Spring Onions - White Lisbon
• Red Onion - F1 Kamal
• Unknown variety of chillis
• Ghost Chilli Peppers (2 seeds only)
• Basil
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Sage
• Sweetcorn - Jubilee F1
• Broccoli - Calabrese F1 Green Magic
• Lettuce - Regina dei ghiacci

Unopened Packets - food

• Strawberry - F1 Sarian
• Cauliflower - Galleon
• Broccoli - F1 Claret - sprouting
• Red Onion - F1 Kamal
• Artichoke - Violet de Provence
• Artichoke - Green Globe Improved
• Tomato - Gardener's Delight
• Tomato - Moneymaker

Unopened Packets - flowers

• Nasturtium - Jewel of Africa
• Forget-me-not - Bobo mixed
• Teasel - Hardy Biennial
• Geranium - Maverick Mixed
• Foxglove Excelsior
• Globe Thistle - Echinops Ruthenicus

All the seed packets as described above.

My two very precious Ghost Chilli Pepper seeds, given to me in a taped shut plastic CD wallet; classy

So, this is what is currently in my seed box and I am going to have to choose what to plant.

Before I go into that, however, look what arrived for me to help me growing my Ghost Chilli Peppers:

My shiny new heated propagator for growing my Ghost Chilli Peppers in, amongst other things

I am going to plant my two seeds in this right after completing this blog post, and I will be back with a post about that tomorrow.

I have been collecting toilet rolls to use as planters for carrots and parsnips. My seed review has revealed that, where I thought I had some, I really don't so this will now go onto my shopping list.

Toilet rolls being collected for use as planters for carrots and parsnips. The tray they are in will be the water resevoir

Last little updates, while at the shop just now I picked up a growing Chive plant and we wanted an adult Coriander plant so we have one of those also; the thought being we do not know how long it will be until the home-grown coriander will be ready to eat.

What now...?

So, now I have moved and I am living the reality of not having a proper garden, and having pulled up all my plants and left most of my produce behind. I've settled into the house and now I am getting very itchy fingers to be planting and growing things again.

So, what now.

My plan, up until just now, was to get some sprout seeds and grow them for Christmas, but it turns out they take about 24 weeks to grow and I'm not sure (looking at all the yule tide advertising going on already) that we have 24 weeks til Christmas. Though, thinking about it, I could be wrong; they advertise Christmas in the summer now huh.

This has prompted a burst of research into just what I can plant right now and it turns out that lettuce can still be planted, though it'll need to go under a cloche when the weather gets much colder, and I can also put out my sets of onions, cabbages, broccoli and cauliflower. I can also plant some potatoes in pots (though I may hold off on this as I think the lovely girlfriend may just have a word if I have to bring them inside over the winter in the nice new house.... hmmm....) but if you do that, you can apparently get some good new potatoes for Christmas time.

Anyway, this is going to be a very short update with no pictures, but I am giving you notice that there is going to be MUCH more activity on the blog over the next few days, and over the winter.

I'm going nowhere!