Last weekend was a corker when it came to sunshine, on the Sunday temperatures reached 20 odd degrees here in London. The lawn was cut and a good load of jobs were completed and we even gave the seedlings (tomatoes, brussels sprouts, peppers and walking onion) that are on their way indoors a bit of a break out in the sun.
Very much influenced by (episode 4 of) Jane Perrone’s On The Ledge podcast combined with the fact that in our seed tray were a few dealer bags with a tiny amount of seeds in them (cress, peas, beetroot, lettuce, coriander, basil and more) that needed to be sown, we filled a large pot full of multi-purpose compost and threw them all in . Come a couple of weeks time we’ve have some micro-greens to put on our dinner.
Traditionally this week (Good Friday) is the time for putting seed potatoes in (so the great Joe Maiden used to say on his radio show with Tim Crowther). We aren’t too sure if we’ll be doing ours this Friday as it’s still cold and as someone once told us at a potato fair as soon as it’s warm enough to put your hand in the ground for ten seconds without it feeling cold, that’s when you should put your spuds in. Sounds like good advice!
And while you’re waiting for your ground to heat up here’s a nice bit of mix-up business from one Mr Andrew Weatherall on Rinse FM the other week (8.04.2017).