The vegetable seeds for the 2022 growing season have arrived

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The seed order for the year has arrived from Thompson & Morgan. As is often the case I have probably over order and will now spend a few hours mulling over plans of what to sow where. I have also been gifted a ‘sack of seeds’ at Christmas containing all sorts of wonderful things that I am now also trying to work out which to grow this year and where, hopefully, I can squeeze them in– in short, I need an extra half acre or so to the garden to fit it all in!  

The vegetable seed order for the coming growing season consists of Runner Bean Benchmaster a real success story in 2021 for me so on the list again, Tomato Buffalo Steak, new to me and I am hoping for some nice juicy toms from this variety, Tomato Gigantomo another I have grown before, as the name suggests this plant can grow huge tomatoes of 2lb - 3lb each and Tomato Limoncito that fruits lovely yellow mini plum tomatoes and was another big success for me in 2021 so back on the list. I also ordered Carrot Eskimo, a new variety to me that according to T&M is one of the most cold tolerant varieties available, Courgette Midnight which is quite a compact Courgette I am told, Leek Mercurian, another new one for me which the marketing blurb tells me won’t become rounded or bulb-like at the base, Parsnip Gladiator which is another reordered having grown so well for me in 2021, Spring Onion White Lisbon and Pea Bingo which is a dwarf early maincrop variety growing no higher than about two-and-a-half feet I am told; I am going to try these in containers, I think.  


I also ordered a couple of Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire', Dogwood plants, in 9cm pots. All being well they should be a nice addition to the border with the Lavendar and Miscanthus Indian Summer grasses already in place. The shrub produces ivory white flowers in summer apparently, followed by clusters of blue-black berries and in the autumn the foliage turns golden yellow which is of course finally followed by the bare yellow-orange-red stems that the plant is famous for.  


As any gardener will know it's an exciting time with thoughts of all the bountiful harvests to come. Next job on the list is a trip to the Garden Centre as I have completely run of of fibre pots which I like to use to so many of the seeds, such as the Runner Beans and Tomatoes in to germinate and grow on indoors, before they take their final positions in the vegetable patch or greenhouse. I will of course be looking for the biodegradable pots made from wood pulp rather than those made from peat. 


Cheers 🍺

 

Location: London Borough of Havering, UK

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