Green Fingers

In preparation for the end of civilisation I've decided to start growing some vegetables. This isn't so much a reaction to "Green Issues" but more to do with taste and satisfaction, though honing my vegetable growing skills will come in handy when supermarkets are a distant memory.

When I was a lad we lived in a big house in the country with a massive vegetable garden. My Dad spent all his weekends mowing the vast lawns and tending to the vegetables. He grew everything from Potatoes, Carrots, Peas, Beans, Salad stuff, Raspberries, Strawberries, Gooseberries etc. You haven't really tasted fruit and veg until you've picked your own straight from the garden. Raw peas, shelled from the pod, yum yum.

So I've started with some easy to grow herbs which I can start off inside as it's still too risky with frosts and the like to be sowing seed in NE Scotland. Some Coriander, Basil and Rocket just to get going. These were planted last Friday week and the Rocket had sprouted by that Monday afternoon, nice.

Once the threat of frost has passed I'll plant some Lettuce, Carrots and Spring Onions in pots and place them on the patio. I'll take regular photos and place them on Flickr to show progress.

Category:

• Garden
• Vegetables
• Food