The sweet peas are finally here and oh my goodness! I have missed their scent so much. This first succession of peas were sown into deep cell trays in September, overwintered in the polytunnel and planted out into the tunnel beds in January. It’s normally advised to pinch sweet peas by cutting off the top part of the stem to encourage strong side shoots to form but I don’t pinch autumn sown peas. The cool winter temperatures encourage the plant to branch naturally and if you

We are deep into the rhythm of seed sowing, pricking out and potting on, and the polytunnel benches are fit to burst with young seedlings. These will form the bulk of our crop for the season ahead and seeing them in such abundance, you can’t help but feel hopeful. Wedding season really gets going in early May and it looks like the ranunculus will pop right on time, those fussy crops are a constant source of stress! I feel so lucky to be supplying some incredible Edinburgh bas

But March is finally here and things are starting to grow! Spring flowers are moving at a slightly slower pace compared to last year, most likely due to the very wet and grey start we had to the year. I harvested my first ranunculus and anemone on April 11th last year, we’ll see how this spring compares.