Oh what a busy week this has been, but in a good way.

With Spring comes foraging – ok, I foraged in the allotment and got enough nettles for the first batch of nettle soup this year. It’s packed with all the vitamins and minerals we need after a very long winter. It was paired with a lovely sourdough focaccia bread.

The seed sowing continues and this week I was concentrating on getting all the squashes started – it has been far too cold to start any earlier. As space and compost are at a premium at the moment, I decided to use a little trick I found so I will only be sowing seeds which germinate.

For each variety, I took a square of kitchen paper, squirted it with water and lay the seeds on top. Then I folded the paper over to make a nice little parcel and placed in a plastic bag. These were sealed and labelled. Now I’ll be able to see which ones sprout and which ones don’t so no compost wasted!

I’m hopeful I’ll get plenty to choose from and it was very quick to do.

Happy gardening!