The seed sowing chaos of the caravan spare room has been taken in hand and professionalised!
We now have durable shelving with UVA grow-light strips attached to the underside of each shelf. I’m feeling very happy.
The days of my rickety cardboard box tray balancing act are over. I think that husband realised that he was in danger of having the next seed tray balanced on him if I ran out of space… 😊
We now have pak choi, Sutherland kale, leeks, onions, borage, calendula, rocket, mustard leaves, coriander, parsley, mint, lettuce, salad burnet, nasturtiums, garlic and shallots underway. All glowing eerily blue under their UVA lights.
Today I will be sowing borlotti beans in pots in the probably vain hope that I can get them to maturity on the croft despite the wind. This one is a bit of a stretch, but it’s worth a try..
The directly sown plants, such as carrots, parsnips and yacon roots will all be in May. Same for the potatoes.
The garlic, shallots, babbington leeks and onions have already been planted out into the beds, and we covered them in enviromesh yesterday for a bit of protection.
I can already see that my three initial raised beds won’t be enough, even with separate big pots for the herbs, so we will be building a long no-dig bed directly onto the croft for the rhubarb and berries. We will put in more raised beds next year after we’ve finished the house.
Next up it will be windbreak hedging…
This will be an interesting year – let’s see what grows.
Ravencroft Skye 