Well, after cleaning up and rearranging the greenhouse, building the wicking tubs and planting the seeds it was just left to wait and see how well the seeds would germinate.
We have been lucky to have some mild weather to help start them off and they seem to be doing very well. Beans at the back, cherry tomatoes in the middle and spring onions at the front.
I also took the opportunity to rescue some pot-bound pups of various grasses etc. from friend’s severely neglected pot-plants which I will grow a little bigger before planting out in the front yard. I couldn’t even tell where I removed them from the original pots they were so overgrown. They also seem to be doing well.
Now that I have made a good start in the greenhouse it’s time to get serious and get a lot of winter greenhouse planting done and seedlings started for my upcoming permablitz in August.
“Permablitz?”, you ask! Aaah! That’s a whole other exciting story and the subject of a complete post of it’s own, coming soon.
Its a pity you live on the mainland as we have a stack of potted plants to give away at the moment. We both studied horticulture back in 2009 when we were living in the city (Launceston). We didn’t have anyone to check our crazy newfound love and we went nuts propagating EVERYTHING and ended up having to move 900 potted babies out here (50km away from the city) when my dad died and left us Serendipity Farm back in 2010. After (foolishly) thinking that we could have a “gorgeous garden sweetie!” we realised that our harsh summers (not hot but very little rain for 4 months) and our potted babies were not conducive to each other…they were actually mutually exclusive so we have been giving them away slowly. We have a core population left of some seriously good stuff. We imported some wonderful seeds from the U.S. and the mainland and some of this stuff is pretty amazing but most of it just won’t survive out there without “regular garden conditions” (read regular watering) so we are just going to have to bite the bullet and give it all away. We need to move a 10 000 litre water tank right through the middle of where they are currently being stashed so I guess it is a sort of reminder to get off our butts and offload them…feels a bit like giving our kids away but needs must. Now…I have to give the pig a cigar? I LOVE sweetCaptcha! 😉 I am going to follow your blog in my RSS Feed Reader. Partly because your posts are interesting and you are into what we are into but also partly because of sweetCaptcha…I need me a fix of this great little game every time you comment…GREAT fun 🙂 (Mr Pig…you probably shouldn’t smoke that cigar you know…there are other options…what about that lovely little teddy bear?…I know…we all have our addictions…take the cigar and enjoy! 😉 )
So glad you find the blog interesting 😀 and I’m happy that sweetCaptcha has Captcha’d your heart 😀
I know what you mean by getting the propagating bug. I still get a thrill when a cutting strikes or a unusual seed springs to life.
I have family in Launceston and have been there a few times but not recently. Pity I can’t check out those pots but it might be a good thing as I am also prone to hoarding and clutter and have to work hard to keep things under (some sort of) control 😀