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Allotmenting:: And so it begins ::

Posted by vicki brown on

and so it begins ::

The seeds arrived a couple of weeks ago now, but with the arrival of some of the live plants this week, I really started to get going on this years growing season. Oh my, it is awfully exciting, so much hope and expectation in each tiny little seed.

and so it begins ::

I purchased the majority of my seeds from these guysthis year, and they certainly look fabulous (obviously I can't vouch for the seeds themselves...

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Trusses and violas!

Posted by vicki brown on

I have some of my first trusses appearing on my tomato plants!


tomato trusses

So exciting!


tomato trusses

I also bought myself a few violas today.


violas

I am completely in love with the black molly sanderson's.



Johnny feels growing flowers is wasted time and space (which is of course nonsense) so I am restricting myself to only edible flowers!



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tomatoes...

Posted by vicki brown on

Tomatoes

...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...

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