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...so when I did all my research on growing tomatoes there were a couple of things I forgot to investigate. Mainly, how big will my plants grow, how successful will my seeds be, how many plants can I really look after/fit in our small terraced house and very small outside space??

The answer to the final question would probably have been, 4, maybe 6 at a push. How many do actually have? Hmmmm about...

...so I have been fairly terrible at keeping this up to date! In fact completely useless and it has been well over a month since I have blogged!

I have however been super busy planting seeds and tending to the seedlings and my terrace is beginning to look lovely indeed.

I currently have growing...

• tomatoes (a LOT of them)


• cucumber


• spinach


• carrots


• onions


• garlic


• strawberries


• various lettuce leaves


• beetroot


• caul...

...today I have...

• planted some strawberry runners (with a little help and advice from some lovely twitter peeps)


• purchased some seed potatoes and also a bag to grow them in, however the bag is way too big, not too tall but too wide, it won't fit where I want it to without causing a massive obstruction!


• sown some spinach seeds

I also have another little sprout! This time it's the green basil-which...

OK so only some very small ones and only purple basil and mustard, but it's still very exciting!

I've also taken a few pictures of the terrace in the midst of it's gardening make over.

This is the end that is all lovely and tidy and clear...

and this is the other end where all the pots and rubbish have been moved to!

Eventually of course it will all be lovely and tidy and clear and full of wonderful...

...yesterday I  sowed a few more seeds....

• chives


• red pear tomatoes


• orange berry tomatoes


• costoluto florentino tomatoes


• tigerella tomatoes


• ildi tomatoes


• san marzano tomatoes


• cucumber


• hot chilli


• thyme


• mustard 

I put the cucumber, thyme and chilli under a propagator and put some cling film on top of the chive pot but the rest are open and all are currently sitting on various window sills around the house. Milo...