We Grow Our OwnWhat we grow, what we cook, what we eat …

I’ve cleared out my seed box, cleaned it out and put everything back sorted into which month they need to be sown in. It feels good to be this organised at the beginning of the seed sowing season.

It’s pretty difficult to put seeds into the months they are sown in because most seeds have a period of a few months where they ‘can’ be sown. If you sow them at the beginning of that period then you’ll get an early crop, if you sow them at the end then you’ll get a late crop. What I decided to do is to put the seeds in the month that they can be sown in first. Then if I want to sow them successionally I will move them to the month after once I have sown them.

Today I’m busy planning what I’m going to put in my new plot, and I’ve decided to indulge in a little companion planting. I thought it wouldn’t do any harm to give it a try!

I found this link to be useful. The BBC website has a good guide to companion planting.

Hopefully it will all work, and we won’t have to use too many nasties to get rid of the bugs that will munch our plants, and it will also encourage some friendly bugs to visit instead!

We’ll hopefully be able to pick up the keys to get into our plot this weekend. If we can, I’ll take my camera and post some pictures, so you can see the ‘before’ shots!

My wife and I have just taken on an allotment in Nottingham, so I’ve decided to set up this blog to record our trials and tribulations, and also hopefully our successes!