The wet weekend was far more suited to sowing seeds indoors than pluckily plodding on outside.
Easter weekend in Bath was beset by bad weather. We had some dull, dreary and drizzly days to contend with, which certainly slowed momentum on the plot. The wet weekend was far more suited to sowing seeds indoors than pluckily plodding on outside.
There's something really inspiring about setting yourself up with seed trays, pots, compost and a big box of seeds indoors, as the rain lashes against the window pane.
I like to sow seed of a few plants indoors. Tender crops, such as courgettes and butternut squashes are best sown under cover to give them a good start. A few weeks in the greenhouse and they'll grow into big, healthy plants that should withstand the attentions of slugs once they've been planted out.
Before I had my greenhouse, I had a production line of veg seedlings set up on the window sill. The one in the living room was perfect – it's south-facing, so is bright and well lit. The trick with growing plants on a window sill is to turn them regularly so they don't grow towards the light in one direction.
As the plants mature, I harden them off in a sheltered cold frame, leaving it open during the day and closing it at night. After a week or so, I leave the frame open at night, exposing them to the low temperatures they'll experience when in the ground outside. But that's a few weeks away yet – before then things are going to get very crowded in the greenhouse!
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