Sowing Your Seeds

At Choughworld we like to encourage our readers to become more 'green fingered' and grow their own vegetables. Not only does producing your own food help reduce the families food bill, but it also helps reduce a families 'carbon footprint.'




As the more experienced gardeners will know, it is now time to start sowing your seeds.

The first step should be to identify what vegetables you actually like. This may sound silly, but it would surprise you how many people grow vegetables they do not like, only later in the year questioning their actions.

Once you have identified the vegetables you like, the next step is to identify what vegetables you want to grow. Again this may sound a silly step, but some crops take time to mature; Leeks for example will take until at least October to mature properly; Cabbages can take a lot of 'looking after' which would be no good if you do not have the time and Sweetcorn takes up a lot of space, which is no good if you do not have access to a garden.

Once you have decided what you eat and what you want to grow, the next step is to go to a local shop which sells seed. Our expert grower Mr P.Pann, whilst not doing this himself, advises using local shops wherever possible to keep them in business. He claims 'you can often find real bargains is your local shops and your business is essential to keeping them open for your children to enjoy when they have children.'

In Sale for example, some pet shops also sell seeds which is a real blessing if you have kids or a partner nagging you, as they become suitably distracted whilst you have time to peruse the selection of seeds available, just make sure you do not come home with a pet and no seeds -a rookie mistake.

Once you have selected the seeds you wish to grow, remembering first to pay for them, take them home and leave them for 24 hours to acclimatise to your household environment. Once they have become accustomed to the 'normal' background noise, they will then become attuned to your soothing voice as you encourage them to germinate and grow.

All that you need to do now is follow the instructions on the packets, wait for them to mature and then enjoy eating them...what could be easier.

Our expert grower Mr P.Pann has grown crops for many years and has some exciting new specimens to showcase what can be achieved with a little patience. He explains:

 'This plant took some patience as I had to cross breed a rose bush and a rabbit. Whilst I suffered a number of failures in the first few years, getting some really wierd results, eventually I managed to produce the following rose bush which produces the most beautiful rabbit shaped flowers.'

 

'This plant again took time to create, it is a low growing bush used for ground cover to beat those infernal weeds. This specimen has the added advantage in that it has a tube extending from its bum to its mouth, which if you connect to a water supply also makes a beautiful water feature.'

'This final specimen I have been working on for most of my adult years, and is quite unique in the world of cross-hibridisation of rabbits and plants in that it actually produces rabbit poop-like pellets out of its bum to refertilize the soil, making it the worlds only self-fuelling plant.'















Do you have any gardenning tips you would care to share or possibly, but unlikely, any weirder plant specimens?