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The garden beds are still pretty bare but the gree

The garden beds are still pretty bare but the greenhouse is beginning to fill up. From here on out, it's sowing little and often, right through the summer. This month will be the craziest for seed sowing, but afterwards it will trickle into bi-weekly sowings of greens, radishes, and a few other types of veg.
From March I've been using grow lights to get a jump start on seed germination and will continue to use them over the beginning of this month. They really get seeds excited to grow! After that, it won't be necessary, since the greenhouse (unheated) is getting plenty warm to start seeds and nurture seedlings. In case you're wondering, I start nearly all of my seeds off in trays and modules so that I can keep an eye on them in their early days. Slugs and birds LOVE little seedlings and can leave you disappointed.

Check out the tomato seedlings and the first rush of leafy greens on the go -- there's spinach, lettuces, pak choi, cabbage, kale, and more in those modules.

And they’re in! I saved the best tubers from the

And they’re in! I saved the best tubers from the last oca (New Zealand yam) harvest to replant for this year. Though they won’t sprout until it’s a little warmer, it’s a task off my spring to-do list.
Oca are incredibly easy to grow in the right conditions and reward you with a winter crop of brightly colored plump tubers. The taste is pleasant and unusual, a little like lemony-potatoes but cooked it has the texture of roasted winter radish, if you've had that. Anyway, it deserves an entire row in one of the raised beds this year, so you know how I feel about it.
If you'd like more information on growing and harvesting oca, head over to my website, lovelygreens.com. Tap the link on my bio to go there now. 🌱

It really isn’t all that long until summer and t

It really isn’t all that long until summer and the blueberry haul 😍 I have seven bushes in the garden — most rescues from other people. They really seem to love my slightly acidic soil at the allotment but if you have sweeter soil they’ll grow happily in pots. Plant them with compost for acid-loving plants, keep them watered, and you could have handfuls of berries like this in the years to come. To see an introduction all of the different berries I grow, tap the link on my bio. I hope it will inspire some ideas for your own growing space 💚

The sunset has set the greenhouse ablaze. Sleep we

The sunset has set the greenhouse ablaze. Sleep well little seedlings 🌱

Oh look! The plum tree is beginning to blossom. No

Oh look! The plum tree is beginning to blossom. Now I'm thinking plum jam, plum ketchup (it's amazing), and fresh plums off the tree. There's always hope and beauty if you look for it 💚

One of my seed-potatoes is sending everyone a litt

One of my seed-potatoes is sending everyone a little message 💚
As of yesterday, I've planted four rows of first early potatoes, and two rows of main crop. In two weeks' time, I'll begin planting another four rows of second early potatoes, so as to stagger out the potato harvest.

Have a good weekend guys, and stay calm, focused, and well. There will be a new video out in the morning ✌️🥔🌱🙂

Today I planted five rows of potatoes and opened u

Today I planted five rows of potatoes and opened up my two colonies of honeybees for the first time this year. I’m exhausted in a good way 💚 Just picking greens for an a friend who’s self-isolating (door stop delivery) before heading home. Hope you’ve had a great day too!

How many times have you wondered, what you'll be d

How many times have you wondered, what you'll be doing this time next year? This is me last spring -- oblivious to the pestilence and panic to come. Despite these somber days I'm choosing to keep calm, remembering that this too shall pass. Even as the Isle of Man enters 21 days of closed borders and lockdown, I'll be helping as many people I can through the power of gardening. You'll be hearing a regular spot of 'Tanya's Top Tips' on keeping green and focused, very soon on Manx Radio. It will be on a show @cdhiom is cooking up. More videos and ideas are to come on my YouTube channel and website too.

One thing that I am very firm on and completely support is the continued opening of allotments. You'll have seen in my Stories today that 17 of them closed for lockdown in the UK today. Fortunately, the Northampton Council reversed their decision based on the outcry of gardeners (thanks again for the rallying call @allotmentalice ). Now more than ever, we need these plots of nature, fresh-air, and growing things to keep us fit and our mind clear. #allotmentsareexercise and an important place for those suffering from mental health issues, and intense stress (more of us than usual these days). So keep your chins up friends, keep calm, and garden on ✌️💚

Having an allotment is one of the best things EVER

Having an allotment is one of the best things EVER. Having food that grows seconds from your back door is even better. Now more than ever, we need to plant as many edibles as we can at home so in my next video I’m going to take you through how to start filling whatever space you have up 💚 In this photo — purple sprouting broccoli, cottagers kale, and rocket flowers.

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