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Having said that, I spent an HOUR today digging out a fucking BRICK that some thicko had dumped in the bottom of the flower bed, only to discover even more...ARGH (gave up when Bob next door came out to attend to his own veg and told me about the inept bloke who owned the house a few years back who did a load of really dodgy building work and we decided it was down to him and there was probably
bundles of shite down there and that I'd be better of ignoring it
).
Would possibly have been ever so slightly relieved to have been blown to pieces, instead.
Very annoying cos I'd decided to stick some extra veg there and it means it's
very shallow, but other than adding a load of compost, it's impossible to do much about it now with the bulbs still in, so I'm just going to give it a go anyway.
Anyway.....did the job I'd been avoiding for ages (or rather, doing very small bits of at a very slow pace) and weeded the whole lot (it had got out of hand slightly while I was doing the rest
) and have put in beetroot seeds and sprout and sweet pea seedlings.
Going to stick a romanesco cauli into the other spare gap too.
Looks like sprouts and caulis are both quite shallow rooters, so fingers crossed, but I'll bung some more in the veg patch too if I have room and see what works.
Might build the border up next year if it's a big failure.
My tomato seedlings are a complete embarrassment (BOOOOOOOO!)...clearly not got the hang of them yet.....but I bought two seedlings from the pound shop hehe, so will try those and squash, sweetcorn, melons and courgette seeds all seem to be doing well.
Aubergine seedlings seem to be flagging somewhat. All in individual pots now and still indoors, but just look a bit limp - any ideas? Over-watering, maybe?
Going to pot the cauli seedlings up tomorrow, too.
Everything else - dwarf beans and peas, parsnips, rasps, redcurrants, strawbs, lettuce, blueberries, pear and peach trees doing fine so far.....<fingers crossed>
So just the front to weed now (On MAN, it's bad!) and a bit on the veg patch, too - not too out of hand, just a hassle cos I'll have to remove and then put back the netting I've put over (more to stop the fucking cats shitting there than to stop the slugs, tbf).
Hurrah! The peppers I'd given up on have miraculously sprouted in their mulitudes overnight! I think every single seed I sowed in the tray has germinated - maybe I overdid it slightly....
I planted my sweet pepper seeds way too late and the two that have 'come up' are PATHETIC!
Think I'm going to have to give up on them, but you've slightly convinced me now that it might be worth repotting* and seeing what happens!
*If I remember!