Well, here it is: the permanent home I hope for the blog on my roof garden. This year marks two 'firsts'. This is the first time I've written a blog on my garden other than notes in my gardening notebook (which goes back to 1991 - another garden, another marriage, another story...)
The second 'first' is that this year is the first time I'm attempting seriously to grow a good selection of fruit and vegetables in containers on the roof. I have in the past had some limited success with a dwarf peach (no longer with us I'm afraid) and a plum tree.
This year, after many years of flower gardening, I'm joining the veg brigade with carrots, runner beans, French beans, tomatoes, chard, courgette, cucumbers, onions and more. To be honest, although I've won prizes for my previous garden and seen both gardens featured in magazines, this is completely virgin territory for me and I'm a little nervous. Added to that I'm supposed to be finishing a book on the history of women and gardening at the end of June, it's going to be a balancing act trying to fit everything in timewise.
So welcome, to the blog, stay with me as over the next few postings, I'll bring you up to date with what I'm growing from seed and how they're doing. In the meantime, if you're interested in seeing what else I have in the garden, visit my website at www.emerald-house.co.uk.
Labels: containers, roof garden, seeds, vegetables, website