As part of my job, I take some of the trainees employed within the organisation I work for to college once a week. My job is to oversee their training, do my own training, and give a helping hand as and when required.

The training course takes place within the walled garden of Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, Merseyside.

A part of my training is “Propagating plants from seeds and cuttings”, so the head gardener at Croxteth has kindly let me use some space within their heated greenhouses to get some plants growing. I will of cause “pay him back” by letting him have some of them for their own vegetable plot.

Yesterday I started off my Squash, Marrows and Sweetcorn in pots - while my Leeks and Onions was put into seed trays. I hope to see the first sprouts in a couple of weeks - and hopefully I’ll have my plot ready for planting out as planned by the end of april.

Previously I started off a wide range of tomatoes and chilli peppers, most of which are growing fine at the moment. Some of them I’ll transfer to my plot - while the rest of them will probably keep growing somewhere in Croxteth - probably in the college’s polytunnels on site.

As for the rest of my seeds - I’ve decided to put them straight into the ground - once I finish preparing it.

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