Nothing goes 100% perfect all of the time. Its only my first year and yes I still have a few issues going on. Some of the seedlings have died due to the plants falling over and loosing their base in the soil. Still got plenty growing so when thining out I will try to use all my little seedlings to make sure we get a good lot of crops. I am also going to use my pound store 4 for a pound seeds to try out a few different growing times and techniques this year but that s for another day and another post.

So enough of the chit chat, remember to water them all really well but not over the top! plus the pots are not featured in these images as there is no growth yet but week two images might just have a few little gems to show!

1 Week and this is what we have got to show for it.

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Well this was about 5 – 6 days ago now but I thought I would share with you what day three looks like for the propagators and the pots are just not showing any thing but they will be slower due to not having nice and warm soil and the things in the soil will grow slower any how.

Day three growth

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Well I am going to try and make my posts on this years crop really easy to follow so that newbies to gardening can pick up just as easy as I did!

The first thing to remember is that if you water, feed and look after the soil, plants and seedlings you will get plenty of crops! Last year was my first year and I had way too much. During the summer and warm days you must water every day! if in the ground it does not matter if the ground is soaked. The plants, weeds and everything in the surrounding areas will suck it up before the next mornings sun was fully risen.

BTW the week that I started planting I also weeded and prepare the ground outside for this years crop. Will place compost and feed in the ground a couple of week before sowing seeds and seedlings outside.

My top tips:

1. Weed all the time, make sure the plants are not fight for water, nutrition and most importantly sun. If you leave them they will win and its alot hard to get rid of them when they are big with huge roots.
2. Make sure you water every day during the summer and every other day on the mild days where you can get away with doing it a little less.
3. Always use plant food. Not too much but every three weeks will keep the plants growing and happy. Its not expensive and if you go to the 99p store you can get it for a £1 a bottle. A small plot will only need one of two for the summer so you will not spend alot of money on that! but remember that if you grow toms that they love tomato food so buy some of that too in the 99p store.
4. Always harvest the fruit and veg as soon as you can, beans, tomatoes and cucumbers all grow lots of products and the more you pick the more the bush / plant can grow.
5. Look out for pests and insects, they are usually slow to move on in but when they do they can really mess up your crop so make sure you have treatment at home or can get it quick to stop the little buggers taking over.
6. Plant the crops inside in heated propagators or non-heated for slower results but make sure you plant them with plenty of time to get them established for the summer and stagger them going outside to get crops week after week and not in one go.
7. Enjoy it, its really easy and not every thing will work but if you follow my tips and step on time and in good time you will have a love crop and will get them “Green fingers” I cant shift!

So what did I do in week one (20th of Feb 2010)

1. Got my heated and non-heated propagators and 3/4inch pots ready in my spare room. I then filled them all up with compost (must be John Innes).
2. Read each packet of seeds to make sure you give them the right spacing and depth.
3. Plant them a little deeper and firm the soil! Gemma did not do some rows to deep and did not firm the soil making some seedlings die as they did not have enough root in the soil before they grew out the top soil.
4. Firm firm and top up soil where needed.
5. Water them very lightly and place in warm, bright and safe areas away from pets and children!
6. Keep them warm and at a constant temperature!
7. Tidy up the mess thats if you are like me.
8. Oh and label the seedlings!

Lets see what I did

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I know this is going to mess up my ordering and ruin my next post but the weekend saw me preparing for this years crops. So rather than go on about that in this post I will just tell you that just after two days I have rocket shoots appearing in my heated propagators. Amazing really just how fast they have grown all ready.

Well tonight or tomorrow I will write my beginner’s guide to gardening! trust me, it will be great for beginner’s as this is my second year so I am the blind leading the blind with my advice

Not really, I got it right last year and had an amazing crop. So I hope with the experiences of last years season and this years improvements I can help more people get it right in their first year.

No one really has looked at my blog yet so might be talking to myself but hey, I have not actually posted much interesting stuff any how!

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Yesterday saw the garden turn from sh!t hole to looking good in three hours. The cats in our road all poo on the lawn and with months of no one going out there to get rid of the poo they went made and left piles everywhere! all gone now but paprika might be needed!

I have been meaning to get my garden sorted for months. This year I want to have all my seeds nicely established for the summer season. Last year I was 6 weeks late and that affected my crop so badly. I had loads of stuff but I think the full potential of alot of my crop was not met. Thinks like the peppers never kicked off, the onions I have just chucked away as they had not formed and the tomatoes just did not get big.

So my plans for crop 2010:

1. Shorter rows, I will put the rows in a vertical fashion compared to last years long lines.
2. Two or three rows planted of each fruit / veg in one or two spots.
3. New plot where old tomatoes where.
4. Dedicated little pots for herbs with a automated watering set-up.
5. Early propagation.
6. Early preparation of the ground, this includes feeding and the de-weeding of these areas.
7. New and better propagation tunnels outside and more use of greenhouse.

So that is my steps to success this year? well lets hope so. I will be keeping a diary of the weekly progress with pictures and possibly a video diary to go with it but that is only a might be!

When I have my plan of the garden mapped out I will scan it and upload it.

Stay tuned….

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