The Secret Greenhouse: February 2012

With no hope of an allotment plot, discovering the Secret Greenhouse began my journey to grow my own veg in London Town.
3 raised beds, some tyres, plastic containers, a (secret) greenhouse and a shed, with the freedom to make what we want from this opportunity.

Found through the Land Share website, this community spot presented itself as a great chance for me and my girlfriend Sally to have a go at growing our own veg.

This blog will follow me, a gardening novice, through the seasons and beyond!

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Open Day - Sunday March 11th

Thursday 16 February 2012

Sprouting on up

After a bit of research we bought three varieties of seed potatoes.

Two have the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit while the Rocket are ‘extra earlies’ so hopefully we wont have to wait as long till they are on a plate in a lovely salad!

Rocket (earlies)

British Queen (2nd earlies)

Picasso (main crop)

They’ll be ready for planting around mid-March till then,
the tubers will sit and chit on our windowsill for a bit.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Seeds have been sown

On a Saturday that brought snow to London, we were pleased to have something productive to do indoors.

Ian, Sally and I planted thyme, onion, leek and tomato seeds in trays, which are now on my bedside
draws by a window.

Reading up on growing potatoes in tyres it sounds practical for our small space.
Soon to pick a selection of tubers to start chitting (and pick up more impressive potato terms along the way, sure to impress anyone in the pub).

Exciting times are upon us, the seeds have been sown!