Vegetabley things are going on again here and I feel so proud of all my little seedlings as they burst forth from their little compost beds.
It's a very magical thing to take a tiny dry brown seed and nurture it into a little plant and even better when you know it's going to be producing delicious things to eat in a few months time. After starting in earnest last year I am now completely hooked on growing veg and have quite a selection of seedlings ready to plant out for this season:
mangetout peas, dwarf french beans, tomatoes large and small, summer cabbage, tenderstem broccoli, oak leaf lettuce, courgettes and basil which will all be joining the carrots, parsnips, spring and maincrop onions, cos lettuce, potatoes and rocket that are already in the beds.
I'll no doubt be boring you rigid with more pictures of my garden produce in the coming months – sorry in advance!
little cotton rabbits 
Nothing boring about all that yummy veg!! I’m afraid I’ve had bit of a problem with greenfly on my young tomato plants this week. I’m practically keeping a vigil beside them to remove anything that dares to go near them!! 🙂
Vivienne x
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Fantastic! a great start to the veggie garden. Down here in the tropics of Australia winter is our season for growing veggies also but my veggie patch is still a brown, dried up, weedy thing….maybe I should let the chickens in for some fertilizing and get my act together!!
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Lovely pics and words. You have been busy.
Kevin’s seeds are doing well too and our veg plot is coming along nicely. I love your plot too. Are you watching Alys Fowler’s new programme?
Gorgeous knitted animals on your last post. Piggies are great.
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Your veggie beds look great – put mine to shame. It is lovely to have home-grown veg, but you do have to put in some effort, don’t you, despite what the telly experts tell you!
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They already look so vigorous and healthy. I’m concentrating on the garden this year, but I think I’ll stick to flowers and shrubs for now. 🙂 x
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Don’t apologise – it’s a treat to look at them! My mouth is watering peeping at those lettuces. Those little rows of green a very lovely.
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It’s such an exciting time of the year, lots of plans to be made!
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Lovely! How do you get your lettuces to look so healthy? Mine are usually devoured by slugs?!:0)
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What beautiful lettuces. How appropriate for someone who knits rabbits. I can almost see them nestled in the leaves.
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Wow your veggies are looking scrummy already, your lettuces are much further on than mine, it’s not warm enough to put them out in the garden yet here. My potatoes are just starting to emerge, but my tomatoes are doing well. I’ve just replanted my runner beans, the mice had been in the greenhouse and devoured the seeds so have brought them in to the windowsill this time
Happy growing
Jackie x
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Boring? Absolutely not! The gardening is practically my favorite part of the blogs I follow. I can’t wait to see what you have in store!
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It’s not boring at all, I can’t wait to have a garden and grow lots of stuff! Is that lettuce in the bottom photo? Whatever it is it definitely looks healthy!! x
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I won’t be bored especially not with having the smallest veg patch in the world 3ft x 1ft plus a pot with some tomatoes …… fingers crossed I get an allotment soon..
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Things are happening in my greenhouse too! I knew checking a gazillion times a day would pay off!
Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
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hey gorgeous, I’ve just planted some seeds, gonna grow my own salad bits – have a look on my blog – http://hellogorgeousdesign.blogspot.com
It’s the first year this year so we will see how things take off, if it all goes well we will be creating a raised bed in preparation for next year – but space is tight.
I AM jealous of all your delicious seedlings tho’ – so much choice! Would love an overall pic of where they are in your garden – just to get an idea of space {and how big the plants grow!} ;o)
hugs
hello gorgeous xxx
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It’s lovely to read about your success. My daughter and I have planted our first lot of red pepper seeds this year. She’s 2 and a half so I want her to understand how things grow and we are having great fun together. Sun flower seeds went in last week! Question is, will the peppers grow and will Louby Lou eat them? All she will eat at the moment are fish fingers and peas! I’ll keep you updated.
It’s lovely to read what your garden is producing.
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wow! you’ve learnt a lot in a year! I’ve got my potatoes in their buckets and need to start my beans soon, it’s great to get the veggies going again .
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I am hooked as well. I love it and so look forward to the Spring…
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Magic to say the least. I love a garden, even if I don’t love gardening. And I could watch your veg grow inch by inch and be delighted. My husband gave me this birthday advice: you can count the seeds in an apple, but it’s harder to count the apples in a seed. And there is the magic and the wonder.
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I am very envious of your very tidy workbench in your potting shed! Mine on the other hand looks like an extension of my knitting bag!!! This year I’ve grown much less as my ambition overtook my time constraints last year and I could barely move through the jungle of tomato plants, cucumber, peppers, chilli and herbs in the greenhouse. Hopefully less will be more this year… Pen x
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Wow, your garden is doing wonderfully!!
We’re having such cold weather here Denmark…I’m still a bit worried to plant out. PLEASE don’t stop posting garden pics!! They’re so beautiful!!!
All the best!
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What a good start you have made – I envy your garden space! I’ve made a determined effort this year and have various grow-sacks jammed anywhere I can and have also bought some fruit bushes. I’m even growing potatoes….blue ones as they were my favourites out of the 100 that I had to paint last year!
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Fantastic start to your Home Grown Veggies! We’re not quite so far on… it’s still quite cold here in Cheshire…. I’ve just got lettuces ready to plant up today…but as near to the house and Monty the Cat as possible, since our Little Non-Cotton Rabbits tend to visit for a snack if the lettuces go into the proper veggie patch! Shades of Beatrix Potter! Jenni x
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Hi J
looking good with the planting, you’re v neat, I’ll have to shoe dad see if he can be inspired to tidy up a bit in his greenhouse! 😉
re the unfinished animals in the post below, I think
it’s rather cute seeing them half done. Have you ever done any with hats? Just occured to me they might look cute in a boater hat with ears sticking through!
Love to you T&A, kat xox
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What a lovely garden you have Julie! Have you seen your little hedgie this year?
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I’m soo soo impressed!
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I love your blog, and have just read the whole thing… My daughter has aspbergers syndrome (now grown up) so I can somewhat relate to your experiences with Toby.
I was also reading another blog that I didn’t know if you know about, but it has blatant copies of your work – the rabbits as well as the cosies 😦
http://starrysheep.com/crafty/?m=200904
The copies I’ve seen are nowhere near as cute either!
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Just found you, … beautiful creative blog, not enough time this evening to do you justice so I put you on my blog roll to be sure I come back.
Sharon
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Hope you don’t mind me asking…where did you get the retro florists’ scissors? I’ve been after some for ages (thought Labour and Wait would have had them). Thanks, Dawn
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