More seed sowing

Over the last couple of days the peas that were sown indoors have started to come up, as well as the rocket seeds. It doesn't matter how long you have been gardening, the sight of a new seedling pushing through the soil is always exciting!

Some of last minute packets of seed that arrived a few days ago have also been sown today, a little bit later than I would have liked but that is just the way of things... In lengths of guttering out in the coldframe I've sown some green sprouting calabrese and some beetroot. Last year I started off beetroot in this way then carefully planted out each seedling in a raised bed and they did really quite well.

Over the next few months we will be doing a fair amount of work on the garden, laying a little terrace using new railway sleepers and making long planters from the same material which will be filled with shade loving plants to fill the shady side return in our garden. James has been busy putting up fern screening to screen the fencing in our garden which is an effort to soften the boundaries so that they don't take away any attention from the plants.

Although this is all a little disconnected with growing veg, it is really important to us to have the garden feeling more inviting so it is something I want to share here on the blog. As and when things are finished, I'll post a few photos.