The 30 Day plan explained!

[Small pumpkin]

I've done a list of contenders for tomorrow's E bed. Just cause I like searching for things ( stops me searching for thing to fill a house that's not built yet ). And E was a challenge .

Fruit elderberry
Flower evening primrose
Herb Eau de cologne mint ( I can send you some of that too )
Veg endive
Bean white emergo
Squash courgette eclipse
Root carrot Eskimo
Brassica cabbage elisa

[veggiechicken]

Very helpful, SP. Thanks.
E is the Rhubarbery" and some blackcurrants and a perennial kale.

The only Es are:-
Veg - Elephant Garlic
Flower - Escholtzia

Last year's Echiums and Echinacea have disappeared!

[veggiechicken]

Bed 5E

Bed 5E - the Rhubarbery




Today was another wash-out. Tried a bit of weeding but it was too wet for anything.
Never mind, there's always tomorrow (when I have to catch up with yesterday as well).

[veggiechicken]

Bed 6F





An Apple and a Plum tree.
Feverfew, Forgetmenot and Foxglove

Tried Fennel, Flax and Fenugreek without much success - a few flax flowers only.
Its mostly Day lilies, Montbretia (yuk), Dog daisies, perennial geraniums and some daffs.
Need more Fs please SP.
Needs

[Small pumpkin]

when you start your own veg variety breeding program. Can you start their names with F , there's not many out there. Well I can find them
Can't even find a mint beginning with F

My F suggestions are
Fruit flowering cherry ( I know, cheating) , fig tree
Flowers French marigold, forsythia
Herb fenugreek
Veg fennel bulb
Bean French bean , filet bean ( never heard of them before)
Squash festival squash
Root carrot Nantes frubund, carrot flyaway
Brassica Brussels sprouts Bedford Fillbasket

[Scarlet]

VC a there is nothing wrong with Monbretia! It can look gorgeous.

[veggiechicken]

I could grow some Fuchsias there and I have a tomato this year called "Father Frost". Whether he'd survive outdoors is another matter. Must try again with Fennel, especially the Bronze one. Sounds like a job for today!!
Thanks SP.

[veggiechicken]

VC a there is nothing wrong with Monbretia! It can look gorgeous.

Only in small doses -not a garden full of the thing.
Its taught me a lesson though - when you pull up something, don't throw it over the fence into the unloved land beyond, because, one day, you may own that bit of land and they'll be there, waiting for you.
In Sunday School, we were always told not to sin, as one day our sins would find you out. Montbretia is my sin.

[Small pumpkin]

Just had to google Montbretia. That stuff grows everywhere up here. Now I now it name, thanks .

[Small pumpkin]

Wasn't happy with my F list. So I've done another little search.
Runner bean firestorm
Beetroot funky disco (mix)
Sweet pepper friggitello
Sweet pepper Fatima
Swiss chard fordhook giant
Leek farinto
Little gem & romaine forellenschluss
Mustard fizzy joe
Mustard fizzy lizzy
Radish French breakfast
Rocket firework
Plum tomato flamingo

[veggiechicken]

Just had to google Montbretia. That stuff grows everywhere up here. Now I now it name, thanks .

Wasn't me Can't throw that far!!

[veggiechicken]

Bed 6F has been weeded to within an inch of its life. Its amazing how much more you see when you sit down on a log and look closely at the bed and the plants growing in it. I even spotted a potato plant that must have grown from the potato bags that were emptied onto the soil there 2 years ago - and Day lilies, raspberries, worcesterberry (spikey), honesty, lemon balm and less Montbretia than when I started.
I've planted Field Beans and sown Bronze and Green Fennel - all old seeds though so I'm not expecting much.
Was a lovely way to spend a couple of hours in the sunshine.

[veggiechicken]

Bed 7G

Bed 7G tomorrow Hope its another fine day.
Its a bit hard to make out a "bed" in the photo but believe me, I know where it is.



This was the Tomatillo bed one year. Now its home to a ?10 year old apple tree, and a 2 year old Beure Hardy pear and Reine Claude plum /aka Green Gage. The pear is flowering for the first time so I'm hoping to try at least one.
Some perennial Geraniums too.
I sowed Godetia and Gaillardia last year with minimal success.
Not sure what else is lurking in it!!

[Small pumpkin]

Any of these in your seed stash VC

Fruit gooseberry
Flowers gaillardia & grandiflora
Herb garlic chives, garden mint
Veg globe artichoke, garlic
Bean dwarf French bean golden tepee
Squash Galeux D'Eysines
Root golden beetroot, swede gowrie
Brassica cabbage greyhound

[veggiechicken]

I'm not ignoring your suggestions, SP, I'm sorting my seed stash alphabetically.
Last night it was the Roots - radish, carrot, parsnip, swede, turnip and beetroot.
Simple method, piece of paper, alphabet down the side, a column for each root and a X in the column for each letter I found.
Then I pulled out 2 packets for each letter (where possible). The usual missing letters - I,J,O,Q,X,Z.
Their places will be filled with mystery seeds - Illegible, Junk, Old, Questionable, X rated and Zzzzzzzz.

Tonight its brassicas - mainly kale with some cabbages to fill the gaps.