Getting Started

Wednesday 6 January 2010

Our first entry for the Hackney Veg patch blog (will anyone other than Stephen read this.....? ok ok, Hi Mam). I'm Nicholas Ridley-Wilson, some like to call me NRW, my boyfriend is Stephen Derbyshire - we like gardneing, we love our home in Stoke Newington and this is the story of our veg patch.

We are now over the Christmas excess and have been busy preparing our new and very fabulous raised bed which is filled with the very best cow poo the south of England had to offer us on a cold and wet Sunday morning. Being one of the coldest winters of record we have had to take precautions to ensure that the bed doesn't fail us in the coming months, therefore it is now toasty and warm with a big plastic sheet over it. Of course this isn't sufficient in the long run so Stephen has been doing extensive research into various erect plastic apparatus (cloches) that will protect our wee seedlings when the sowing season commences - I can't wait. Can you?

While drinking various Christmas alcoholic concoctions over the past week or so our gardening hasn't come to an absolute halt, we have been very busy looking though seed catalogues and websites, including incluiding our favourite Thompson and Morgan and Suttons, ordering a plethora (love that word) of culinary and green delights that will see us though the next year. Naturally this list of seeds were cross referenced from various sources to ensure we have the best variety (thank you to Gardeners Question Time expert Bob Flowerdew - we love you man). Our seed box is half full and once the others arrive we will be on our way to the "Goode Life". We have even bought some blueberry plants which are currently being held hostage at the post office and I will get the tomorrow, I promise.

Well, if you managed to get to the end of this very uneventful first entry congrats - expect more exciting news when the weather gets hotter and the days get longer.