Saturday, October 10, 2020

SATURDAY

Back to our old routine today.  Just after seven we headed for the Growers' Market.  I took a photo as I arrived but the light was not very good.  Still not all the usual stalls but we bought some golden delicious apples, some oranges, avocados, rocket, carrots and orange kumara (sweet potato) and some cucumber and courgette plants.

Then we went to the Supermarket.  We go to New World and, at present, they have a promotion giving away "Little Garden" boxes with seeds and little pots and seed raising mix.  I think they are aimed at children but they have a nice variety of seeds.  Ones like cabbage and broccoli I will leave till later but today I have sowed lettuce, basil x 2, borage, pansy, chives, thyme and, in the garden a couple of carrots.  (You do not know what seeds you are getting)

This is what one gets for each variety.  There is the pot and seed raising mix that needs water added,  a small sheet of seeds and a label.


I used their pots  for the pansies which I cut into smaller pieces and  used a six pot container for the lettuce and herbs.  I have put them in a makeshift mini glasshouse which was actually a bowl for salads that I bought many moons ago but which I have used for raising seeds for over ten years now.  All I have to do now is wait.







The seedlings will have to wait for another day to get planted as there is a strong cold wind.

10 comments:

  1. Maybe you should buy a few more as children's Christmas presents. They would have great fun.

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    1. Not available for sale. I know 5yr old great granddaughter has played her garden.

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  2. Your mini glasshouse is very clever. I wonder if Kumar can be grown by seed. I shall ask my rellies to find some for me. I have just planted my winter lettuces

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    1. Haven't heard of kumara seeds
      You always buy shoots and plant them (in a u shape)

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  3. Those little kits would have been so useful when I used to do gardening projects with the children I worked with. I used to get seedlings started by cutting the bottoms off of drinks bottles to make mini-greenhouses.

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    1. They are great and especially good for items you don't want a lot of like herbs. Intended for children though.

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  4. After working at new world for 3 years those little gardens are always extremely popular.

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    1. I find them great for herbs. Previous years they had sunflowers which did well.

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  5. As giveaways go these little pots seem better than most.

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    1. Yes, David, the herbs in particular should be good. Not too sure about little pots of carrots but it is very popular.

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