Today's planting

Sharon Astyk http://sharonastyk.com/ says that you should plant something every day, harvest something every day and preserve something every day. As my kitchen isn't built yet preserving will have to wait but the planting needs to happen now.

I finally managed to get a barrow load of compost through a couple of hundred metres of slush so the planting has begun.

I'm focussing on two main types of thing that need to go in now. One are the seeds that need a period of cold and the others are members of the tomato family that need a long season.My bender stays quite warm as long as the fire keeps going and from now on the fire won't be allowed to go out until the weather warms up.

Here's what I planted today. Information about the plants comes from the Plants for a Future website. I use them a lot for information.

As I don't have a refrigerator I'll have to put seeds that need stratifying outside in pots and hope for the best.

Stratifying seeds:
Elaeagnus Angustifolia http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Elaeagnus+angustifolia 
MD12 (Moderately Dormant needs 12 weeks at 2-5 C)

Arbutus Unedo, Strawberry tree http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Arbutus+unedo
(Pre Chill min 3 max 10 weeks We'll bring these indoors at the end of February)


Celtis Australis, Nettle tree http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Celtis+australis
MD12


Zizyphus Jujuba, Chinese date http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Ziziphus+jujuba
MD12


Acer Saccharum, Sugar Maple http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Acer+saccharum 
MD12


Seeds planted in the warm

Araucaria araucana, Monkey puzzle http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Araucaria+araucana



Quercus Ilex, Holme Oak http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Quercus+ilex 

Pinus Pinea Italian Stone Pine http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Pinus+pinea



Carica Papaya (No plants for a future reference this plant cannot live outdoors here in the UK  but I thought I'd have a go at keeping a couple in pots indoors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya )


Aubergine Rosa Bianca http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Solanum+melongena

Chillis Bhavnagari long, Black Hungarian,  G-4 Cobra, Yellow Scotch Bonnet http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Capsicum+frutescens 


Peppers Chinese Giant, Italian pepperoncini, Sweet Chocolate http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Capsicum+annuum 

Tomatillo Da Milpa, Physalis Ixocarpa http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Physalis+ixocarpa



Tomatoes Black from Tulsa, Black Krim, Black Pinapple, Bloody butcher, Carbon, Cherokee Purple http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Lycopersicon+esculentum


So there we are, the first seeds are in, not that it's made much of a dent in the seeds I bought this year let alone the other several hundred varieties from previous years that really could do with going in this year. Well, what is possible will be done.