Weeks 4 and 5 - a fortnight of changes and drama

This past fortnight has had elements of joy, hope, loss and discovery.

look carefully and you shall find a violet.

Week three - observations

General observations
The mini-greenhouse is finally showing signs of sprouting - but only the marigolds. This is the week that we hope to see the first signs of the nastursiums and sweet peas in the mini-greenhouse.

Fungus set in on the chilli sticks - may need to start again - the spray seems to have killed it on the stick but still. Wondering whether to ditch these.

Week two

Diary : 

Day 1 (Fri)- Coriander shoots appear at last

Sowing - the first week

Week 1 - commencing 29 March 2013
External sowing

Where: Born free (south-facing)
What: Wildflower seeds
Conditions: Flung the  seeds on to the patch of ground after taking samples of the soil for testing (more on that later when results come out but more creepy crawlies inside so must remember to build bug hotels).
Decide to forget about these and either be pleasantly surprised or disappointed.

Watering: Spray mist sneakily daily

Result thus far: Not a sausage

Where: Mini-greenhouse (east-facing)
What:

• Nasturtiums
• Sweet peas
• Marigolds

Conditions: sheltered but getting sun in top two shelves to only sowed seeds on these in compost containing John Innes (some fertile person?). Sown  in seed trays and empty juice pots.

Watering:daily - may consider adding the frost fleece but weather has been quite warm till yesterday.

Results thus far

Gardening - kickoff (startup and running cost)

Had acquired some seeds for chillis in Wahaca. They sat in the drawers for probably a couple of years.

Cost: 0 (unless you count the cost of the meal)
Running total: 0
 
Having been inspired by a talk at Kew Gardens by James Wong about  his Homegrown revolution, the book and a couple of packets of Sutton Seeds  (Chinese lanterns and dahlias) were bought. As an aside, Sutton Seeds started out in Reading so I figure they are coming home.

Cost: 25 (you can get it cheaper)
Rough running total:25