A lot has changed in the veg garden in such a short space of time and it's had such a transformation since I last updated you, including more plants, fruit bushes and a building of sorts...let me tell you more!
The newest update to the garden happened a day or two after my last update and that was planting five raspberry bushes. These were kindly donated by Daniel's dad and have their perfect place against the fence line.
My next project was building a space for my French beans. One of my friends kindly donated a range of beans to me, including broad, french and runner beans. Beans have to be supported when they grow so I knew I had to implement a structure of sorts in my veg patch if I wanted to grow any beans successfully. This led me to turn over a patch of grass/soil the size of one of my raised beds, aka pallet collars, and build a teepee-like structure (sometimes referred to as a 'wigwam') for my beans to grow up. This was quite fun to do actually and I was very pleased with my efforts after we had crazy gale-force winds the following day and my wigwam still stood tall and proud.
Whilst I had the canes out, the next task was to put in a support for my raspberry bushes. I put a cane at either end of the row of bushes and tied two rows of string at either end. Then, to hold each plant up straight, I tied another piece of string around the stem itself and anchored it slightly to the bottom line of string.
Of course, it wouldn't have been a proper gardening-crazy Easter weekend without popping to a Garden Centre! Mum and I spent a couple of hours wandering the rows of plants, pots and knick-knacks garden centres have to offer and came home with a car full of goodies just itching to get growing in my veg patch. I'd bought three different varieties of tomato, Sungold, Shirley and Gardeners Delight, a mint plant and several bags of concrete.
I'd bought the tomato plants with a plan to grow them in my most exciting purchase, a grow house🤩, which was due to be delivered at any time that day.
So a little more about the grow house, I had purchased one online the day of my last update but it very disappointingly did not turn up in time ahead of the Easter weekend so whilst I sat forlorn and feeling deflated after a fun time at the garden centre, mum came through with the news that our local B&Q had a bigger and better one for the same price ready for collection within the hour. In a heartbeat, I cancelled my online order and headed to B&Q. Dad and I returned home excited and eager to erect my little plastic greenhouse and we didn't waste any time in building it. It was about 6pm at this point so I decided cracking on first thing in the morning would be the best idea.
A 'grow house' is a more financially viable option for an amateur gardener like me and when you've got a small space to utilise. It's a plastic frame with shelving covered by a plastic sheet which created the effect of a greenhouse in keeping the heat in and promoting the growth of young seedlings but without the major construction and space required for a glass greenhouse. The bonus to my little grow house is that it's a walk-in one too.
So, without wasting any time, there I was planting my tomatoes in their grow bag, potting some beans, variety Cobra, and moving in my "funky veg" I had started off in the utility room a few weeks ago.
I'm super excited to watch my plants grow and see my veg produce and I hope you're enjoying coming along for the journey.
Don't forget you can see how my garden is getting on over on YouTube where I'm documenting the whole thing in video.
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Much Love,
