CAMPYLOBACTER: Anyone else had it?

[blackgold]

I have tken some pics of my big greenhouse and my wire chickens which i have planted up with ivy. This weekend i am doing some serious sorting. My small greenhouse needs a window clean cos the glass is green....... I have put the pics on my collietalk spaces blog. Link below. Love Sue xxx

[Happy chickens!]

Ok, have gone a little mad this morning! The sun was out and the greenhouse was so warm and cosy, so I sowed.....beetroot, parsnips, cauliflower, more tomatoes and chillis (free seeds from Gardeners World ) carrots, brussels sprouts, salad leaves, purple sprouting broccoli, marigolds, verbena, lavatera and some extra broad beans - those that were outside got taken by all the cold weather.

 

May regret all this if the weather goes cold again, but do have some heating in the greenhouse.

[redbug]

Read somewhere the weather is supposed to get colder next week......

[Cinnamon]

It is, the start of March will be much chillier, with some snow up North

[Phoebe]

bored with it now. Want sun.

[Valkyrie]

Sowed my Aquadulce Claudia broad beans - only to find my missing packet shortly afterwards. I also sowed some Crimson Flowered broad beans. Then Chilli pepper - Cayenne. Toms - Cherry Ripe. Lots more toms have sprouted but nothing else so far.

[Tiggy]

I planted some toms in my propergator 2 weeks ago but the compost is all covered in white fur and there are no seeedlings, looks like starting all over again

[Valkyrie]

Sounds like a bit too much water there, I'm afraid. Perhaps with a change and sowing again if you just let the air get to them every now and again because the condensation does build up a fair bit.

[Cinnamon]

I got my first radishes in today, plus a row of peas (another to follow in 2 weeks), some leeks & some flat leaf parsley in my porch.

 

Its so nice just to make a start

[Valkyrie]

Just lots of potting up so far - in between the digging. Only one pepper showing but the toms have gone bonkers - that's because of the passata machine - I shall be taking over mums garden too to find space in mine. Globe artichokes are sprouting well. The only things that are not doing anything at all are the onions, except for the Heritage seed variety - and even they look bleh! Oh, and the All Year Round cauli's, but they are old seed - I have others sprouting so not all doom and gloom. Rhubarb is showing in the garden so I will have to protect it before it gets grubbed up or eaten. OH has found an article from the Organic Gardening magazine that he printed off yonks ago about planting in containers, so I shall be reading through that this evening for inspiration.

[Christian]

I spent yesterday sowing sweetpeas, nigella, swiss chard, spinach and nasturtiums. Lovely sunny day and glorious to be out on the patio sowing.

[henny penny]

Hi

Today i went to the seed swap and picked up a number of veg and flower seeds and some willow to grow my beans up.

 

I sowed some pepper and tomato and chilli seeds and they are now in the propagator.

have to check what else I should be sowing.

[blackgold]

bin busy with puppies and Crufts but have next week off so I am praying for nice weather....

[Mrs Frugal]

We've sown the first of our tomato seeds, cabbage and sweet peppers in the propagator. The calendar has little notes all over it telling me when to sow everything .

[blackgold]

I havent got any little notes I am just going to copy you lot. LOL Love sue xxx

[chickencam]

peas in pots for planting out in a few weeks, we find if we plant them direct they always get eaten.

[Cinnamon]

I have made myself an Excel spreadsheet, with room for when they were sown, harvested & extra notes,so I can remeber what was a success & what was not.

 

I have had a lot of time on my hands............................

[Valkyrie]

I do a Kitchen Garden Diary on the computer every year and comments at the end on what I did well and things that didn't do so good. Every year I try something a bit different so it's one big lifelong experiment.

[blackgold]

I never have the time or energy these days. What I tend to do is plant loads of things willy nilly and then grow to hate pricking out so much in the end I have plants coming out of my ears lol

[Cinnamon]

Sweet peas & Bell Peppers are now in

Gorgeous day for sowing here - makes you want to go out & GROW things

[CatsCube]

Today I have assembled my new propagator unit and decided to sow my first few seeds.

So I now have-

Harlequin and Black cherry tomatoes

Mini munch cucumbers

Red Cabbage

Brussel Sprouts

Cauliflour

Leeks

Spring Onions

[blackgold]

All right, all right. I am going to do some sowing and pricking out tonight...lol Sue. ps my courgettes are up.

[Matthew]

All right, all right. I am going to do some sowing and pricking out tonight...lol Sue. ps my courgettes are up.

 

 

Wow that's early... dont start mine until late April!!!

[blackgold]

I grow courgettes in very large pots, so i start them in batches some early and some later to go in the ground. I had one in the greenhouse bed last year and it grew all the way up the path , it fruited into december. I planted perpetual spinach, sweetpeas, beans and sunflowers last night. In the toilet roll inners in a cat litter tray...... these seeds are ones that got lost in the back of a drawer so we will see.. Love Sue xxx

[Valkyrie]

Basil, pak choi, and some that are very slow to germinate or failed again - peppers Soror Sarek and Golden Californian Wonder - the red version that was sown after those is going great guns. More All Year Round cauli, but it was old seed so I have emptied the packet. If they all germinate I will pop the unwanted seedlings in the girls tea or breakfast. Also another go at Celeriac - new packet, but no show. Does anyone know if they are slow to germinate as a rule?