Seedy stuff.

The latest update.

But before I say what I've done, here's an exciting new venture in the garden - coloured lollipop sticks.
Yes, you heard right.

You can buy 1000 lollipop sticks from Amazon for about a tenner.  These come in cool colours.  They work brilliantly as plant labels (though the deep purple will probably be easier to write on once it's sun-bleached a little).  Now, it might be less garish to go for the non-coloured ones, but I figure that, if the flowers don't work, at least you've still got some colour in the garden...


Been sowing:
Saturday (5/5/12)
Two trays of sunflowers.

Also planted the cherry tree out in the orchard.  Need to stake it really...

This is the hole it went in.  For some reason, I chose to plant it next to the stump of the apple tree that got knocked over a few months back.  This was a good idea, until I found a root that was about 4 inches thick.  Thus the pickaxe.  I also got a splitting maul, but it's not in this shot.

Today (7/5/12)
Sowing.
A tray of beetroot Detroit (birthday gift)
A line of beetroot Boltardy direct sown next to the purple sprouting broccoli sowing.
A pot of mint.  The last lot failed en masse.  It's supposed to be indestructible, but I can't seem to get any going...

Potting on:
One tray of sunflowers into the 3" pots.  Total of about 25 out of a 40 module tray.

They had absolutely amazing root systems:

Planting out:
Tomatoes in Big Boy's bed.
Pansies in the pots on the front steps.
Marigolds by the purple sprouting broccolli and between the gooseberry bushes.