Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
Time to start sowing. I'm off to the Garden Centre to get some seed compost and then it's time to restyle our living room into a heated greenhouse! The arrangement works quite well, but it means we are surrounded by plants for almost 3 months until we can move everything to Pojo.
I've ordered seeds from Marshalls again but only the varieties that I struggle to find here. They deliver seeds-only orders to EU countries but annoyingly their website can only deal with UK postcodes so I had to phone in the order. I got my French beans, broad beans, butternut squash and a few other things from there. I also bought seeds from seedaholics which has some heritage varieties and a few unique varieties such as Squash F1 Autumn Crown which is a fast maturing hybrid between Crown Prince and a butternut squash: looks like a pumpkin but tastes like butternut. And then I got some Lord Nelson seeds from the local hardware store, Nelson is a Nordic company. I have been scouring Lidl for the "Saladin" cucumber seeds that I bought two years ago - so far no luck, but they were a German variety from Sperli and just perfect for our conditions so I might just order them online.
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