Regular readers know I recently lost my Gardening Expert. @antikaggs recently asked if I’d good my seeds in, in an attempt to step into the breach – so here’s a detailed update.

There are no new seeds in the ground, although I fully expect potatoes to appear at some point. In the pots shown above there are (L to R) broad beans (4/6 currently sprouting), courgettes (at least one more has sprouted here since then – we’re currently showing 5/6) and chilli. It’s fair to say the chilli have been disappointing so far – 3 weeks and no sign of life whatsoever.

And L to R here we have courgettes (again), yellow & red tomatoes (see below) and dwarf french beans, again with a disappointing success rate of 4/12, but they were left-over seeds from last year.

My happy plan of only planting *enough* seeds seems to have backfired a little: last year I didn’t have enough garden for all the tomatoes and courgettes I had for planting out, and frankly keeping up with the courgettes/marrows proved to be a struggle. I had a marrow the size of Steve’s arm on the side for several months before I even needed to use it, let alone wanted to use all of it.

The tomatoes have gone well so far, and need some thinning out, pother wise I’ll be planting in the front garden again:

These pots were moved to the slightly less sunny kitchen window at the weekend, where they appear to be thriving. So much so, that this has happened:

Life in the chilli pots. Here’s hoping it’s not a weed…