Bold plans

The snow is away, the weather feels warmer, do I chance it? The gardening bug is back, the shiver down the spine, the excitment of.........what to grow? what to plant where?

Okay, so the snow will likely come back and even the polytunnel couldn't ripen tomatoes last summer, but I am always filled with naive optimism at the slightest bit of sunshine. The plan so far is to fill the garden with as much food as possible, given that food prices are going higher and higher. Maybe an acre or two of bio-fuels, I could cover the roofs, maybe vertical growing? think of the wall space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no, no, no, a swig of homemade ginger beer and ....calm down.

Tomatoes in the greenhouse, basil again in the polytunnel (soak the leaves in olive oil, makes the oil gorgeous), beans in tubs in the secret garden, put all the roses together in the (only) sunny patch.

Also more herbs and medicinal plants for my soap making. I had a thornapple pop up all on its own in the polytunnel last year, I might throw some more seeds around the garden, not for herbal soapmaking purposes, would that poison you or just send you tripping?

Lets all wish for a perfect growing season, long and fruitful and worthy of all the hard work we put in!