Hello. I had a nice afternoon at my local hostelry on Saturday. I met a good friend and we ranged over many topics, as pals do. To cut a long afternoon short so to speak, he very kindly asked me if I would maybe like to hold my strawbale workshops in a beautiful forest setting in Lincolnshire. I, of course said I would love to. So if all goes to plan the said workshops will run for possibly one day a month. And although at this stage I cannot say too much, the setting is truly beautiful. I do love meeting people and learning something about them, as well as hopefully sending them home thinking “Okay that sounds interesting I’m going to give it a grow”. I do not profess to know it all. I’m still learning as well. Please keep reading my blogs and hopefully you will enrol for a day in the forest. I asked my Facebook group members if they could suggest improvements or additions that they would like to see on this website. Anything that they feel is missing. The response has been good. Many people want more information on when to sow seeds. Also they want to know more about companion planting. As I have said in previous blogs, we are greatly increasing our seed range from October. With each variety of seed will be not only detailed information on what other vegetables to plant with your choice, but also what herbs and flowers would be beneficial. And of course a link to those. While on the subject of what to sow, I have been asked to stock as a matter of urgency two vegetables. Pak Choi and Spinach. So we now have both. The Pak Choi variety is called Joi Choi F1. A first class variety with white stems. Sow until the end of August. It is a great source of vitamins A,C, K and B12. The Spinach variety we have chosen is Clarinet F1. Suitable for sowing from March to September. And from October to December under glass. It has smooth dark green leaves with an excellent taste. To sow baby leaf sow sparingly along a trench. It is winter hardy with the leaves becoming sweeter in the cold.

Pak Choi and Spinach.

To order these products please please click on here. My two gardening groups continue to grow with some really useful contributions. Why not come and join us? Join my group strawbaleveguk here where we specialise in strawbale gardening. For all other types of gardening why not join Friendly and Informative Gardening Banter here. Both groups are friendly. We run competitions for bundles of seeds etc. Plus you get all the latest news on gardening. I hope you are now reaping the benefits of all your hard work in the garden. Some tasty tomatoes, and oh those runner beans, my absolute favourite.

Happy and healthy growing.

Strawbale Simon.