Spring Planting regime

A few friends came round the other day. We decided to get together and try to organise the joint planting of the vegetable seeds in a slightly centralised fashion. We jointly bought the seeds from a variety of catalogues. I have ordered a load of seed trays. The poly tunnel has just been erected. The infrastructure for a watering system is being planned. We are nearly ready to go...

Having looked through the seed catalogues it seems clear that we should be able to harvest cabbages all year round. We should be able to get carrots ready to eat for 10 months of the year. We should be able to grow salad crops to keep us going from New year to Christmas.

Last year we did not do it quite right. I was campaigning for the local council elections during March, April and May. The old wooden framed greenhouse gave up the ghost at Easter. (I have chopped this up and made parts of it into an excellent coldframe.) Very little got planted last year, and what did all ripened in August when we were on holiday.

This year I am determined to do better.
I have a new vegetable patch, a new poly tunnel, a new watering system and a new attitude.

It should be a better year all round!!