Natural gardening adventures
My house is now filled with seedlings and my husband is starting to despair. It's all worth it though, for the joy of seeing those little plants spring to life! And of course, the prospect of having many lovely vegetables and chillies this summer. Let's see how they're doing this week! Before we continue, allow…
You may remember that when I wrote about all the seeds I had for this year, I was aware it was wildly optimistic. In case you weren't quite convinced of that yet, let me show you what it looks like in practice. Last week, I planted approximately 50 chilli seeds in egg boxes. That was,…
It was the first weekend of March and that means it was time to sow more chillies! Okay so technically that's not entirely true: it was still freezing this weekend, and while that is of course not an issue if you are starting seed indoors, I just didn't feel like sowing this weekend. So I…
Last week, on February 23d, I sowed my first seeds of the year: 'Kamo' aubergines and Scotch bonnet orange chilli peppers. Here's how they're doing one week later: They're alive! As you can see, we have some sprouts! The aubergines germinated ahead of schedule. I was expecting nothing before day 8-10 because I don't have…
Continue reading ➞ Seedling update: week 1 for aubergines and Scotch bonnet peppers
Peppers & Poppies 