So far there are herbs (rosemary, sage, parsley, chives, lemon balm, mint, garlic*), onion*, spring onion*, strawberry, broad beans, mangetout*, normal tomatoes*, cherry tomatoes*, plum tomatoes, chilli*, leak*, carrots*, lettuce*, kale*, spinach beat*, radish*, beetroot*, and cabbage*, plus poppies*, dafs* (late bloomers – they had a difficult start to the year – they got knocked over by a plumber – the tulips and crocuses in the same pot haven’t bothered), marigolds* and sweet peas to keep the bugs down (marigolds specifically) and attract the bees. All the ones marked with * were grown from seed by me (or sets/cloves/bulbs in the case of onion, garlic and dafs)! Not bad for a garden that consists of around 4 troughs and 6 or so pots (as we are moving sooner or later I had to keep it neat – ripping up the lawn wasn’t an option apparently).
I’m kicking myself though because I just realised that I’ve lived 2 minute walk away from an allotment my entire life, and it has spaces. I emailed them recently and they have spaces for unfussy people (translated means they need a fair bit of work to be usable and are probably small) and it’s cheaper than I thought, but if I’m moving out this summer (or at least partially – my plan is to take over the student house I lived in, plus some lodgers if I can put up for them) taking on a plot is silly. Pah.
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