Vegmonkey and the Mrs.

The carrots are one of the slowest things to grow in our garden. I’ve been filling in the gaps of the ones that didn’t germinate with new seed, and all gaps are slowly being covered. I’m working on removing the onions soon, so i can get some new carrots in before the end of July. We’ve put purple carrots in this year, due to the benefits of purple veg on health, but also as a bit of an experiment! The first baby ones wil be harvested and taken to a BBQ we are going to on Sunday.

The Perpetual Spinach went in to fill the space, but also to provide us with a supply of leaves that won’t bolt (unlike standard spinach) like the chard and rocket have. It will hopefully keep growing if we keep harvesting, long into the colder months, and maybe even into January. We planted it closer than we should have incase plants failed, which they have…more than we expected actually.

For a while now i’ve been meaning to do 2 things on here, the first is to write a post about the ‘Garden Blog Directory’ and the second to answer Curtis at Growing Thumbs Gardens ( http://www.growingthumbs.com/ )who tagged Vegmonkey and the Mrs. to find out a few facts about us.

So, first, check out http://blog-directory.gardeningtipsnideas.com/index.php. This is a directory of other gardening blogs, mostly in America and Australia, but also around the world too. It’s a useful resource for someone starting out growing as it shows what can be done with a big space, a small space, a lot of spare time, a little spare time etc.

Now for the facts, i think 3 is a nice number,

1. I am a primary school teacher and the Mrs. works in the travel industry

2. We are both under 30. Bet that’s a shock!

3. We really are new to this - we’ve only been growing Veg from April 2007, and are learning quickly. Are always open to new ideas but in such a small space, i think we prefer to grow a lot the veg we like. Nothing fancy,  just onions, carrots, leaves etc. All the stuff that stops us buying overpriced, chemical covered, old, tastleless shop veg.

Just wish more people could be bothered to do it…

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While i’m here, might as well mention the tease that is our sweetcorn. I came, it grew, it produced one very, very tiny cob - with the most amazing sweet taste - and, well, that’s it. Much, much earlier planting next year!