Here’s a photo of this evening’s sunset from the plot (as the Queen passed away today)
These went in a bit too late. These are plum tomatoes grown from shop bought tomatoes through last winter and the seeds saved. Hopefully most will ripen by the end of September!!
All cherry tomato varieties from my neighbours plot. She’s not been seen for a good few months so I’m collecting up the tomatoes that lay on the ground and saving as many seeds as possible.
We only usually buy the small plum tomatoes from the shops, most others have little taste. All the seeds are kept and are being sown as the weather warms up.
Every Xmas most supermarkets sell potatoes at a special price, these were 14p for a kilo. We ate half of them and the rest went into yoghurt pots with some old dried compost until today, now they are in the soil.
If you don’t have much greenhouse space you can chit seeds in a take away box, just dampen kitchen paper then put the lid on. These long bean and courgette seeds should germinate between 3-5 days.
A good way to check if the seeds are viable. These are seeds left on damp kitchen paper left in take away boxes. Five days later they have germinated. I’ll sow these into compost within the next few days.
Something I’m doing this year is adding used teabags to compost. These ones will be used in pots of tulips I’ve just planted. Will it help? Who knows!!
Allotmentals Plot 103 