What’s a gardening girl to do when it rains all January long? I suggest dreaming of better weather,growing beautifully delicious vegetables whilst sat by a warm fire with a pot of tea.
I spent those short new days of 2014 thumbing through seed catalogs picking out my seeds for plot 29 and beehive cottage garden.
After writing long lists of seeds that I would love to grow, which ended up being way to long with far to many varieties for the space I have. And after ruthless cutting it down I ended up with my list of seeds for this year.
I sent out my orders and once they arrived I neatly tucked up my seeds in an air tight container with a bag of silica gel in my fridge. All obessivly ordered by month and location ready to go.
Curious as to which varieties I’m growing this season, well let me tell you what I have I’ve got stashed away In my seed box:
- Asparagus pea
- Beetroot ‘Touchstone Gold’ ‘Detroit White’ ‘Chioggia’ ‘Boltady’
- Broccoli Sprouting ‘Rudolph’ ‘Raab’
- Brussel Sprouts ‘Rubin’ ‘Bosworth F1′
- Broad Bean ‘Karmazyn’
- Cabbage ‘Wheelers Imperial”Best of All’ ‘January King’ ‘Filder Kraut’
- Carrot ‘Parisian’
- Calabrese ‘Green Magic F1′
- Cauliflower ‘ Alpha 7 ‘Romanesco’
- Celery ‘Prinz’
- Courgette ‘Defender’ ‘Tricolour’
- Chard ‘Oriole Orange’ ‘Falmingo Pink’
- Cucumber ‘Crystal Lemon’ Marketmore’ ‘Vert Petit de Paris’
- Garlic ‘Picardy White’
- Endive ‘Pancalieri’
- French Bean ‘Neckar Queen’ ‘Barlotto Lingua di Fucco’
- Florence Fennel ‘Romanesco’
- Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’ ‘Scarlet’ ‘Westland Winter’
- Kohlrabi ‘ Azur Star’
- Leek ‘ Autumn Mammoth’ ‘Autumn Giant’
- Lettuce ‘All Year Round’ ‘Cos Dazzle’ ‘Salad Bowl’ ‘Winter Density’
- Onion ‘Stuttgart’
- Pak Choi ‘Green’
- Tatsoi
- Potato ‘Charlotte’
- Pea ‘Alderman’
- Pumkin ‘jack be Little’
- Raddichio ‘Palla Rossa’
- Raddish ‘Zlata Yellow’ ‘French Breakfast’ ‘ Purple Plum’ ‘Spakler’
- Rocket ‘Olivetta’
- Runnerbean ‘Desiree’
- Spinach
- Spring Onion ‘White Lisabon’
- Squash Butternut Hawk’ ‘Avalon’ ‘Custard White’ ‘Spagettie’
- Sweetcorn ‘Sativa Early’
- Tomato ‘Sab Marzano’ ‘Peardrop’
I’ve already sown some Cauliflower, Leeks, Alpine Strawberries and my seed potatoes are sitting on a windowsill happily chitting away.I’m really looking forward to the growing season ahead and am hopeful that the weather will improve soon.
Happy Growing!!
