The volunteer tomato seedling that sprang up in the depths of winter is starting to stretch it legs.

So there are a few jobs I needed to tend to.

Over the last 52 days, it has grown from 5.5cm to 23cm but I expect the growth will get a wriggle on from here on in.

Giving my Citrus a good start in Spring

Here are a few things I like to do to give my Citrus a good start in Spring and ensure a bumper crop later on in the season.
This Includes Maintenance, General Care, Fertilising and mulching and a few other ideas thrown in for good measure.

How to grow your own food. Radish

If you're new to the whole veggie growing thing then might I suggest you start with radish!

1st you'll need some good garden soil or a largish (30cm) pot and some good quality potting mix.

Plant your seeds as directed on the packet and keep watered. Please don't buy seedlings, radish grows so quick you won't gain anything and waste your money.

Once your seedlings begin to emerge from the soil, about 4 days, begin to apply a good liquid fertilizer, I use and recommend Powerfeed by Seasol and when they are just a bit smaller than a golf ball pick them out of the ground and enjoy.

Radish, if grown stress-free ie. regular watering and application of fertilizer, won't get very hot to taste but will maintain a good warm peppery taste.

So, what the bloody hell are you waiting for? Get stuck in.

Seasol "Super Soil Wetter and Conditioner."

It's not very often I'll go out of my way to actively promote a product but when I find one that works then I don't mind giving them a shout out.

The product I'm talking about is Seasol "Super Soil Wetter and Conditioner."

I find that during and after the high temperatures of Summer my soil is baked and forms an impervious to water crust. It doesn't matter if I mulch or try break up the crust by cultivating the soil surface, I can't get water to soak in. But after one or two applications of #Seasol "Super Soil Wetter and Conditioner" and all bets are off.

The soil just drinks up any water I apply to the garden and the veggies love it.

Exhibit A. Corn that I recently planted was growing well after three inches of rain but a run of over thirty degree days saw a tough to wet crust form. Fifty millimeters of Seasol in a nine litre watering can applied over the soil surface and we're back in business and the corn is loving the heat.

 So, if, like me, you are having trouble getting your soil to take up the water you're putting on your garden then I'd recommend giving some #Seasol "Super Soil Wetter and Conditioner" a go.

Cheers

Stewart.