Tomatoes, basil, parsley, thyme, onions and seeds

26 October was the day for planting out the tomato and basil seedlings. This meant giving the tunnel houses one last weed and a jolly good watering before planting.  Not only did I have my own seedlings to plant, but also the 10 that Anne Pears gave me.  We could be swimming in tomatoes next year!

Tomatoes and basil ready for planting (and some butternut seedlings).  Anne’s seedlings are at the back.

Left = 5 x Dagma
Back = 3 x Tigerella
Right = 6 x Island Bay

Left and right = 5 x Anne + 5 x basil clumps
Back = freshly sown basil seeds

I also planted out 2 parsley plants and 2 thyme plants that I bought.  Jill (dog) keeps lying on the existing ones and the children love to eat the parsley; so I’m trying some out in the garden where they will be safe from dogs and children!

Thyme

Parsley

While we were away in the school holidays, I covered the newly planted brassica etc seedlings with microklima cloth.  On 26 Oct I removed it in order to plant the onion seedlings and found that rogue potatoes had grown very vigorously, also that the corn and cucumber seedlings had died during a really cold snap while we were gone.

Unwanted potato plants….

I planted out 9 rows of onion seedlings with 10 plants in each row.  They are a nice size and are very tasty so far!

Onions ready to plant out

Onion seedlings in the garden
Today, 29 Oct, I sowed some more seeds.  They are all in punnets in the glass house.
Carrot – Berlicum, a patch
Carrot – Mini sweet, a patch
Radish – Cherrybelle, a patch
Cucumber – Lemon x 2
Cucumber – Green apple x 2
Cyclanthera (cucumber-like) x 2
Beans – Mother-in-law x 12

Beans – Soy x 6
Beans – Scarlett runner x 6
Beans – Pean x 6
Beans – Bob x 6
Beans – Dalmatian x 6