Growing, growing...

hopefully not gone!

Our four butternut squash seedlings have grown to about 10 cm and really need to be potted into separate pots now ... hopefully a trip out tomorrow will provide me with enough soil to do that job. We have also gained a courgette plan from a work colleague to add to the veggie fun!

The lettuce and beetroot are coming along nicely, still very small seedlings but they look like they should survive (with some good watering - first the big downpours and now its really hot!). The only problem with them is that, at the moment, I'm not sure what is lettuce and what is beetroot.

I'm not convinced on the carrots at the moment. There are some seedlings there, but for all I know they could be weeds. There isn't a lot to look at, and, same as the beetroot and lettuce, they're going to need some good watering.

Little butternut seedlings

Well, still no sign of the carrots, lettuce or beetroot unfortunately (and there has been a LOT of rain), but progress on the squash front!

Two really strong looking seedlings have poked their heads above the surface, which puts the first green shoot to shame (maybe we planted one the wrong way round - to be honest, I did read the instructions AFTER Lillia had planted them all!)

Rain issues

Showers of rain at the moment, so hopefully all good for the seeds. BUT my worry is now ... heavy rain forecast tonight! My tubs don't have holes in the bottom. Will they get waterlogged and all die?!?! I'm considering dragging them into the house in order to protect them, or is that a bit daft?

Growing

OK so this isn't anything to do with the original blog, but this is now turning into my "VegBlog".

Lily and I got our free "Dig In" seeds from the BBC today and so did some celebratory planting:
Carrots in a green trug
Lettuce and Beetroot in a red trug (I ran out of trugs)
Butternut Squash in a biscuit tin, seeing as it needs to grow indoors for a while.

Our patio is now a rainbow of trugs, seeing as we have pansies in a pink one and now penstemmons in an orange one.

So far, the green and red trugs are looking quite sad as they look like they are just full of soil. Lily does keep asking "Have they grown yet?"; patience not being a virtue of 3 year olds.

We have also made labels, though, so it doesn't look like we're crazy soil lovers.

I shall keep posting whenever there are developments! Here's to a potential lovely veg crop!