Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Now, is the best time to Sow your Brassica Seeds.

Now is the best time to start sowing your brassica seeds. Cabbage, Broccoli and Cauliflower will get off to a good start and sweeten up as winter arrives.

Happy Valley Seeds Website

Description from Happy Valley Seeds.
CABBAGE Copenhagen Market - 100 HEIRLOOM Seeds This early Cabbage variety holds up longer without splitting than any other variety! Great size, great flavor, and great for the home garden! Matures in 65-100 days. This heirloom variety of cabbage was developed in Denmark; they began selling it in 1909. This variety has good keeping ability, excellent uniformity, and rich flavour. This variety is outstanding for coleslaw. It's a popular market variety that has the added benefit of shipping very well. Protect your cabbage row from the caterpillar of the cabbage moth by draping lightweight row cover over the plants. Sowing time is Autumn to early Spring. Avoid hot times of the year. Prefer sunny position, sow 5mm deep, emerge 7-14 days, best germination at less than 22 °C soil temperature. Harvest approx. 65-100 days after sowing. Propagation notes will be supplied with seed packet. Lambley Nursery Website It seems Broccoli Arcadia (F1) is unavailable but they still have a good selection of Broccoli to choose from.

Sunday, February 14, 2021


 I've just posted my latest YouTube video. Come and check it out.

I'm planting pea seeds that I saved from last years crop. It's late Summer and I want to find out if now is too early to plant peas or not.
Peas are a cool-season crop so I'm wondering if now is too early for them.