As it finally looks like temperatures may be climbing I’ve got some serious catching up to do in the garden. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be getting some vegetables into one of my raised beds, a few weeks later than I had hoped but there’s still plenty of time for them to get going & its still too early to plant the beans & courgettes that I’m saving for my other raised bed, I’ll just give that another quick weed then get my favourite Maris Piper potatoes started off in my Potato grow bag.
I can also finally get some sweet peas in. They make very pretty cut flowers that also offer a wonderful fragrance. I’ll buy some ready started (from our nursery of course!) & get a cane wigwam set up for them to grow up whilst I harden them off for a few days. This means leaving them outside in the day but bringing them inside at night to get them used to the lower outside temperatures. Although they’re pretty tough I’ll just keep an eye out for any late frosts once planted out & fleece them if necessary. The most important thing with sweet peas if you want a long & productive flowering season is to keep picking the flowers once they start to appear. If you allow them to set seed the plant will have done its job & won’t produce many more flowers. A little tomato feed every now & again will also give them a boost.
