This is something I do every year. I usually start peas and
beans off in my window as I have wide windowseat and it is south facing. This
year however, my dragon fruit cacti and aloe pups are taking over – so I have
much less room for peas and beans!
I have managed to clear a bit of space and have started some
things off. When these are big enough to be planted out, I will then start the
next batch of seeds. So far I have
sweetcorn, I sowed 15 seeds and have 12 at the moment. I also have 6 tagetes
(French Marigolds), and these are just starting to get their true leaves. I also
have 2 artichokes (I have never grown these, but the bees, hoverflies,
butterflies and moths LOVE the flowers), and I also have some celery seedlings
poking through. I’ve never done celery either, so these two are very much an
experiment.
One of my work sites has a visitor kitchen area and there
are piles of single-use disposable coffee cups available. I hate them. They’re
SO bad for the environment, not helped by our ‘use once and throw away’ culture
we seem to have. I have collected a few of these to use as plant pots, and I have
put a sunflower seed in each one. These are on my windowseat but I plan to
collect more cups and make a ‘grow your own’ display at this work site, to
encourage people to reuse them, or choose an alternative.
I prefer to grow things in my window rather than the
greenhouse as I can keep a closer eye on them. They are also less likely to be
moused, slugged, or spidered! Although I have before now had slugs sliming
their way across the windowseat as they were in the soil when I potted
something up.
Next on the list are more sweetcorn, more sunflowers, peas,
beans and then pumpkins.
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