Things are growing well.

Earlier in the year I decided to have a go at growing some seeds and today, my first marigold flower has appeared! They have to stay inside for another 4 weeks until the danger of a final frost has totally passed but they seem to be thriving living near a radiator.

I'm growing marigolds as they are supposed to be a good companion plant to live near edible plants because they allegedly deter pests. Last year I grew some broccoli which got eaten alive by caterpillars. It was a relentless battle where I tried to do as much as I could by removing the caterpillar eggs from under the leaves but in the end the butterflies won. I'm hoping marigolds will help swing the odds in my favour this year.

I've also been growing herbs because I enjoy using them when I cook. The pots you can see on the windowsill contain Sage, Basil, Coriander and Dill. However, due to a little bit of a mix up with the seeds there are also two pots containing unidentified plants.

I believe these two pots germinated from a pound shop variety seed pack so I know they are herbs, I'm just not entirely sure what kind of herbs they are. I have tried google image searching but haven't been able to find an exact match. Maybe someone out there can identify them for me. If not, will just have to wait until they are bigger and then see how they taste :D

Mystery herb plant #1

Mystery herb plant #2

I planted some seeds outside too which have just started sprouting. Hopefully these tiny shoots will turn into red spring onions. They were planted February and after two months staring at nothing I was starting to think they wern't going to grow at all.

The large terracotta pot I grew potatoes in last year, this year has carrot seeds growing in it. They were planted about a month ago and have only made an appearance very recently.

Seed Potatoes are growing in a green sack this year and they are also starting to poke through.