KITCHEN GARDEN

2025 AND WERE IN OUR GROWING ERA!!
WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR OWN KITCHEN GARDEN TO GROW OUR OWN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE TASTY RECIPES FROM OUR HOMEGROWN FOOD.

I’VE ALWAYS LOVED GROWING THINGS AND I’VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT GROWING FLOWERS FOR MANY YEARS BUT I HAVE NEVER TRIED GROWING MY OWN PRODUCE. I DECIDED THAT THIS YEAR IS MY YEAR!!
WE HAVE A PATCH BIG ENOUGH TO GET STARTED SO WE’VE NAMED OUR KITCHEN GARDEN PERCY’S PATCH.

WE’VE BEEN SOWING LOTS OF SEEDS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND IT’S BEEN FUN! PERCY HAS LOVED GETTING STUCK IN AND THIS IS JUST AS EXCITING FOR HIM AS IT IS FOR ME! PARENTS ALL DO PARENTING DIFFERENTLY BUT I THINK GETTING HIM OUTSIDE EXPLORING THE GARDEN AND LEARNING ABOUT THINGS IS JUST THE BEST. HE IS ONLY 2 AND A HALF AND HE KNOWS WHAT PEONIES AND LAVENDERS ARE! HIS FAVOURITE BIT OF THE GARDENING IS DOING THE WATERING…HE WOULD HAVE THAT WATERING CAN OUT ALL DAY IF HE COULD.

WHAT WE ARE GROWING

TOMATOES
CELERY
CUCUMBER
BEETROOT
CARROTS
POTATOES
GARLIC
ONIONS
PEAS
MINT
BASIL
CHIVES
ROSEMARY
CORIANDER
LETTUCE
ROCKET
SPRING ONION
RHUBARB
BROCOLI
PUMPKINS
STRAWBERRIES
APPLES

IT’S VERY EXCITING AND LOTS TO LEARN AS WE GO ALONG.
I’M PROBABLY MOST EXCITED TO GROW PUMPKINS AS I DO LOVE A PUMPKIN IN OCTOBER, BUT I’M ALSO CROSSING MY FINGERS TO GROW HUGE ONIONS SO WATCH THIS SPACE AND KEEP FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

MARCH

LOTS OF SEEDS HAVE BEEN SOWN AND EVERY DAY HAS BEEN POTTERING UP AND DOWN THE GARDEN, FILLING UP POTS AND LOTS OF MOVING THINGS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

I’VE BEEN BANNED FROM GOING TO THE SHOPS AS EVERYTIME I GO, I COME BACK WITH MORE SEEDS!! MY HUSBAND KEEPS SAYING WHERE ARE ALL THESE GOING TO GO!! AND I SAY “IT’S ALL UNDER CONTROL”.
ALL THE SEEDS GERMINATED PRETTY QUICK AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURE WERE VERY NICE FOR MARCH – GOT MYSELF THIS CUTE THERMOMETER FOR THE GARDEN

PERCY HAS BEEN LOVING IT IN THE GARDEN AND HE LOVES RUNNING DOWN TO GET HIS PLANTS OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. HE LIKES WATCHING HIS TOMATO PLANT GROW BUT THINKS HE WONDERING WHERE THE TOMATOES ARE!

APRIL

1ST APRIL
WE HAVE PLANTED OUT THE MAMMOTH ONIONS AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF POTATO CHITTING WE HAVE PLANTED THE POTATOES – NOT SURE DOING IT ON APRIL FOOLS DAY WAS A GOOD IDEA THOUGH!
PERCY HAS GREAT FUN GIVING THEM ALL A GOOD WATERING.

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GORGEOUS AND WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN IN THE GARDEN EVERY DAY FOR 2 WEEKS.
THINGS HAVE BEEN GROWING REALLY WELL AND I’M CHUFFED TO BITS

MORE SEEDS HAVE BEEN SEWN AS OUR PLAN FOR SUCCESSION GROWING SO THAT WE HAVE MORE AND MORE THINGS TO ENJOY OVER TIME

PEPPERS ARE IN THE PEPPER HOUSE!
I HAD ANXIETY A FEW NIGHTS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED DOWN A BIT FURTHER THAN ANTICIPATED BUT THEY HAVE POWERED THROUGH, DOING WELL AND LOVING THE SUNSHINE IN THE DAY!

PERCY’S PEAS GREW SO QUICK – PROBLIEST THE EASIEST THING TO GET GROWING!
PLANTED THEM OUT THIS WEEK AND MADE A CLIMBING FRAME OUT OF A LADDER AND MESH SO CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEM GROW UP IT!

PLANTED THE GARLIC 4 WEEKS AGO AND IT’S COMING ON MARVELOUSLY. GOT A BIT WORRIED WHEN IT STARTED TO TURN A BIT YELLOW SO I FED IT WITH SOME NATURAL FERTILISER AND IT’S PERKED UP. I’M TRYING TO USE A MORE NATURAL APPROACH SO I FED IT LEFT OVER COFFEE AS FERTILISER RATHER THAN SHOP BOUGHT CHEMICALS!

THINGS ARE READY TO PICK ALREADY WHICH IS VERY EXCITING! THE ROCKET WAS SO EASY TO GROW AND I HAVE SOME READY TO PICK AS WELL AS LETTUCE READY TOO!

MAY

POTATOES!!
I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH EARTHING UP THE SPUDS THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING THAT QUICK! THEY MUST HAVE BEEN LOVING ALL THE HOT WEATHER. I CAN NO LONGER EARTH THEM UP ANYMORE AS I DID AS MUCH AS I CAN SO HOPE THEY WILL BE OK

CARROTS ARE COMING ALONG NICELY AND LOOKING REALLY FLUFFY AND FULL WHICH HOPEFULLY IS A GOOD SIGN

BEETROOT UPDATE…THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE PRETTIEST THINGS TO GROW WITH IT LUSHIOUS PINKY/RED LEAVES. THE BEETS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS TO GROW AND THEY HAVE JUST THRIVED

LETTUCE AND ROCKET HAS BEEN READY TO PICK SO WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING PICKING OUR OWN AND IT TASTES SO FRESH! I DON’T THINK I WILL EVER GO BACK TO SHOP BOUGHT SALAD EVER AGAIN. IT’S SO EASY TO GROW AND SO GREEN!

JUNE

BEETROOT UPDATE…THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE PRETTIEST THINGS TO GROW WITH IT LUSHIOUS PINKY/RED LEAVES. THE BEETS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS TO GROW AND THEY HAVE JUST THRIVED

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