… and received 6 apple trees. The initiative comes from my youngest kid who is 9. My granddad had a fruit farm so we’re growing memories.
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Probably late March, the traditional day is Good Friday
I cannot get to the garden centre that often and the seed potatoes in the likes of Poundland are reputed not to be of the highest quality
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And we’re off for 2026! First in the propagator are these two chillis;
It was Sugar Rush Peach Stripey that I ordered, but Red Dragon seeds kindly added the Golden Nugget for free.
Rubbed some food-grade silicon grease into the rubber tray before planting the seeds and placed in the propagator, setting the thermostat probe to 29c. This precise temp 24/7 was the big difference last year.
I nearly planted the tomato seeds at the same time for convenience and saving electricity, but I really think it’s just a bit too early.
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Planted Pepper and Aubergine seeds in the propagator yesterday. The 2026 gardening year begins. Almost (!) looking forward to cutting the grass again in a month or so with my new petrol mower.
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seeds, from last year and they were grown from the previous years chillies
Hamamelis make great winter flowers. I’ve had Hamamelis x intermedia Harry for a number of years and it’s my favourite. The flowers are extra large and the fragrance is astonishing. I can smell the orange perfume from it a good 20ft away.
Harry
I have a red variety called Hamamelis x intermedia Diane. There’s not much fragrance and the flowers are smaller, but it looks nice.
Diane
Diane
I saw another red variety called Hamamelis x intermedia Rubin last year, before it came into flower. It’s supposed to be a slightly richer, pure red and the flowers apparently last longer. However, even right next to each other, I can’t see any difference. Maybe it’ll last a little longer. This has very little fragrance too.
Rubin
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I know I’ve posted about camellia yuletide before (probably 2-3 yearsago), but it really is a good winter-flowering plant.
This photo was taken in October just gone;
And here it is now still flowering;
Constant flowers throughout the winter.
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Hazelnut is native in the Netherlands
Therefore it does very well without any attention. I’m considering to plant more of them in the wetter part of the garden.
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