Lettuce get what we want!

As the nights starts to draw in, and winter approaches, I always think the time for sowing seeds is over until the New Year. However, I always like to have fresh salad throughout the year. In order to fill the winter 'gap' I am going to have a go at sowing some salad crops now. On the menu are lettuce 'Arctic King' and 'Valdor', salad onion 'Parade' and 'Ishikura', a winter salad mix (which is mainly hardy brassicas) and some corn salad. All have been sown in the glasshouse for a bit of protection. Hopefully I can be having fresh salad over the festive season!!

It begins…

After years of being a frustrated gardener, growing things in pots, as I moved from place to place in rented houses, we finally bought a house last April (2013). After doing most of my gardening in books and any small spaces I could find, it was nice to finally spread my wings! The garden with the house is a ¼ acre plot, which was mainly grass lawn when we moved in, with the odd tree here and there, a greenhouse, a shed and a pond.

Since then I have made some veg beds, built a poly-tunnel, planted fruit trees to make an orchard, started to make a woodland garden, dug some flower borders and bought some chickens.

Now after a full growing season I thought I would start this blog in order to document and share my successes, failures and musings in the garden.