More seeds

Over the weekend I started pots of Suncherry Premium at £3.69 for 6 seeds,a rip off if it hadn't of been for the the £5 voucher from T@M,Red Brunswick and Crimson Forest onions,Jumbo Sweet F1 Hybrid peppers and a heirloom mix of tomatoes from the Grow Your Own Seed circle which contain  Maskotka, Vova Yellow, Black Plum, Beijing Yellow, Koralik,Pendula Orange and Maja.
The heated propagator is doing its job and so far the following seeds are up and are currently on the windowsill.
Madame Jardel's Black
Kenilworth St George
Betimes Macbeth
Monkey's Ass
Slovenian Black
Sungella
Sungold
Bishops Children dahlias
Picolino cucumbers
Zinnia Purple Prince,Envy Double and Queen Red Lime.
I think they have a little bit more time until potting on.

Another batch of seeds

Another batch of seeds started.
Sungella and Sungold tomatoes,Picolino cucumbers,Purple Prince,Envy Double and Queen Red Lime zinnia,Salvia Blaze of Fire,Victoria rhubarb,Partner F1 gherkin,Zebrune shallot and Musselburgh and Blue De Solaise leeks.

Long time no post

It's been a while since my last post due to the fact that the weather has been awful and my illness leaves me very tired.

However April has seen the start of seed planting.

The heated propagator has been switched on and currently has the following tomatoes in it.

Madame Jardel's Black Koralik Kenilworth St.George Betimes Macbeth Monkey's Ass Slovenian Black In an unheated propagator I have started off the following. Bishop's Children Dahlia Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy and Rustic Dwarf Aubergine Black Enorma First In Field and Maskotka tomatoes Sweet Genovese and Red Basil

Seed Circle 12

My 2nd seed circle package arrived this week and contained the following goodies

Variety

Blackpod Runner Bean

Giant Yellow Tomatillo

Bay Tree (Laurus nobilis)

Helsing Junction Blues Tomato

Betimes Macbeth Tomato

Blush Tomato

Skagit Magic TPS

Baun Onion

Radlands Greenleaf Dwarf FB

Dobbie's Purple Beetroot

Aranyalma Tomato

Mr Brooks Blue DFB

Old Homestead CFB

Queen of Hearts Tomato

Eat Me Early Mange Tout

Blauwschokker Peas

Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean

Cosse Violette

Mrs Fortune's Climbling Bean

Major Cook's Bean

Red Pear Tomato

Terhune

Pretty in Purple Chilli

Yankee Bell Pepper

Henderson Lima Bean

Madame Jardel's Black Tomato

Cherokee White Eagle Corn

Fordhook 242 Lima Bean

Black Jet Soya Bean

Miniature White Cucumber

Pepperdew Chilli

Great White Tomato

Butterbean Soya Bean

Tohya Soya Bean

Wieringer Boon DFB

Reade Krobbe DFB

Swedish Yellow Pea

Kaulion's White Broadbean

Luang Prabang Mangetout

Ragged Jack Kale

Eeuwig Moes

Mystery Tomato

White Zebra Tomato

Turkish Pepper

Black Icicle Tomato

Florence Fennel

Scorzonera

Flavert DFB

Numex Twilight Chillis

Tropaleum Peregrinum

Kool's Langstro Rozijn Erwt Pea

Oldambster Wierboom Broad Bean

Elisabeth Pea mangetout

Spring Blush Tall Snap pea

Alma Csipos Pepper

Opal Creek Tall Snap Pea

North Carolina Speckled Cutshort long Greasy Bean

Lattughino Biondo Ricciolino di Trieste Lettuce

Georgian #2 Dwarf French Bean

Pea Parsley

Greek Cress

Dwarf Grey Sugar Mangetout Pea

Ground Cherry Cossack Pineapple

63 different varieties.Some people's generosity astounds me.For various non gardening reasons I have not made a start on anything yet this year but the hands are getting itchy and the heated propagator is a mere switch away.

First wander in the garden this year.

Even though I can't get down to the allotment at the moment I can still manage a few minutes in the garden.It's nice to see bulbs breaking throgh the soil and a bit of colour regardless of where it comes from.

I planted some snowdrops in the green last year and noticed this little fellow

 in flower.Some of his friends have come up elsewhere.

My Hellebores that I planted 2 years ago are now in bud and soon will be in flower.They always manage to cheer me up.

 A Pink primrose that was just left is in flower.

 Likewise its yellow counterpart

 A hacked to bits Winter Jasmine has started to flower and covers an unsightly bird bath,

Tamara daffodils of which at least one has a bud which is nice and early.
There are various other areas where bulbs are breaking through and a number of my pots are showing signs of life so I am hoping for more colour soon.

First post of the new year

This isn't a gardening post but a story of what I have been doing over the last couple of weeks.
I recently have been feeling very lethargic and this came to a head on Christmas Eve when I had to go to the doctor who sent me to hospital for blood tests and an x ray.The outcome(anaemic) was to be admitted in the evening and given 3 units of blood to correct a haemoglobin deficiency.On Christmas day I had another unit as I did on Boxing Day.I thought I was getting better and going to be let out but unfortunately I caught an infection which meant no discharge and antibiotics.I then had an Endoscopy which showed 2 lumps which are cancerous.I then had a problem with my glands which ballooned up,an ultrasound found a blocked gland which means more tablets and will take months to clear.I also had a CAT scan which found more problems.
I have also been hooked up to a machine to thin my blood which is contary to me being anaemic.
Every time I thought I was getting out something else went wrong;
I was finally let out yesterday night so managed a sleep in my own bed and today went to the Royal Marsden for my gradings/staging etc.
The outcome is that the cancer has spread so is inoperable and I start chemotherapy next week.
Bring it on there is no way that I will allow you horrid pieces of crap to mess up my life as I fully intend to be on my allotment this year and for many years to come.
Now I am home I can start some seeds off/

Grow Your Own Seed Circle 10.

My seeds from this circle arrived today.40 different packages in all shapes and sizes,all for the price of a Large Letter stamp.
The varieties are listed below


Blue OSU
Rio Grande.
Idli
Orange Russian
Yellow Cocktail
Black Cherry
Pantano
Early Tanana
Latah
Black Russian
Cheethams Potato Leaved
Black @ Brown Boar
Red Pear
Poire Jaune
Kenilworth St George
Chocolate Cherokee
Pink Brandywine
Heinz
Delicious
Ponderosa Pink
Valencia
Banana Legs
Golden Grape
Yellow Currant
Heirloom
Darby Striped
German Lunchbox
Kirschklompen
Matina (potato leafed)
Sweet Pea Currant
Hundreds and Thousands
Sunbaby
The Amateur
Hahnstown Yellow
Kibits Ukraine
Yellow Pear
Galina's Yellow
Wladecks
White Beauty
Golden Jubilee

Now I need to research them