This Easter in five pictures...

The Edible Yard - finally something non-edible

Have finally 'planted' something non edible.... A Dylie climbing frame!

The Edible Yard - bedroom windowsills

This is how my bedroom windowsill's currently look! Corn, herbs, French beans, courgettes, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and sunflowers all nicely growing on in the sunshine.

Have also planted up a tiny, sun-less foot long bed outside the front of the house this week, with chard, nasturtiums and rocket - god knows if anything will manage to grow there!

More stuff going on downstairs and in the garden, but it's too sunny to write, so I'm off out!

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The Edible Yard - taking over the house!

I've already hit the 'real estate' limit of my lounge windowsill, so the seedlings are on the move and taking over the first bedroom windowsill (top photo). On the right my toms and aubergines have emerged, but the sweet peppers are still hiding away. They should pop through in the next few days and I can lose the cling film. The basil (top right) is coming on nicely, though the Greek oregano seems a bit temperamental. I've got one pot germinated, the other-not a sausage! Very odd...

Downstairs, a dozen module-sewn sweetcorn (sparrow F1) and eleven pots if single giant sunflowers for the 'Dylan Davis Sunflower Growing Competition'! If anyone wants to join in, just shout!

Some herb plants to buy this week, then next week it's courgettes, spaghetti squash and french beans. Problem is, I'm already running out of small pots! Bugger...

The Edible Yard - Mother's Day, first sewings and nettles

Happy Mother's Day! It seems apt to sew my first indoor seedlings, creating life etc etc blah blah...

Dylan got me an absolutely lovely card and mug. It amazes me how IT literate my 15 month old is! I'm insisting my morning brew is only made in my new mug from now on though!

It's been a productive twenty four hours. Last night I sewed my tomatoes (Ailsa Craig and Moneymaker), sweet pepper (California Wonder), aubergines (a pretty little white and purple striped container type called Calliope), basil and Greek oregano. The latter two will be companion planted with my fruiting veg, along with chard and marigolds, which I'll sew directly to their final home.

We spent this morning foraging for literally a bucket load of nettles. A bagful is being turned into a 'Mother's Day Pie' by Alex. The rest will be rotted down to make nettle tea to feed my tomatoes, pepper and aubergines.

One slight problem, I've already run out of windowsill room and I've got a LOT left to sew over few weeks. Time to adopt the bedroom windowsills to the Edible Yard cause!