With the new shelving in the Potting Shed filling up with vegetable seedlings and chitting potatoes, and a planned trip to the Recycling Centre next week, I’d been thinking about sorting out the Tiny Greenhouse. As Sunday morning was warm and sunny, we made a start.
The first job was to remove the bubble wrap I had carefully pinned to the inside last September in the hope I could grow salad crops over winter. Even with the additional insulation, the seedlings/salad leaves I started off were either eaten by slugs or went dormant until around mid-February – so while I have my thinking cap on for next winter – I’m already planning for summer and autumn.
I’m pleased I will no longer have to fight my way into the greenhouse through these layers of bubble-wrap.
After a good brush down, it’s almost back to normal. This year, I will grow some of my tomatoes in here, just to see if I can actually get them to ripen rather than pick them green and ripen them indoors.
And with the front border in mind, I have sown some flower seeds.
Scabious Ping Pong Verbena bonariensis (l) and Nasturtium Ladybird Rose (r)
After removing several peonies from the front border last year (as well as reducing the iris clumps) I replanted the gaps with the allium bulbs, but as they finish flowering I want something to replace them – to encourage and support beneficial insects and also for some additional colour – so I thought a mix of taller annuals is the way to go. Most should be planted directly into the ground, but these few can be sown under glass now – so 12 scabious, 8 verbena bonariensis and 8 nasturtiums should give me a good start.
Good choice of annuals! I love scabious and so do the pollinators.
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Good to know – now I just need to persuade them to grow 😀
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You’re always busy, Eileen!
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I try my best 😀
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