Garden News | 13th February 2016
GET AHEAD FOR SPRING
We've started sowing at last. Our first batch of the year is sweet peas. We like to chip the hard outer coating, opposite the eye, with a knife, then soak them in water to help them to rehydrate and germinate. We don’t soak them in paraffin as some on the allotment do to make them unpalatable to mice, as we don’t have this problem. This is the first of many trays that will gradually fill up all the windowsills in the house. As soon as they germinate, we’ll move them to the unheated greenhouse so they form good roots and don’t go all long and leggy on me. We can smell their sweet scent already!
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Garden News 13th February 2016.