#483 A place to sow seeds

This week on the veg grower podcast Richard is itching to sow some seeds. With the cost of living crisis he is ditching his heated propagators and grow lights, and using more traditional methods.



This week on the plots



This week Richard has tackled the following tasks on the allotment and veg plot



Set up a seed sowing stationSown a few seeds chilli's, aubergines tomatoes cauliflower included.Harvested what he thought was tumeric but turned out to be Ginger



And much more on the podcast.



A place to sow seeds



With the cost of living crisis causing a problem Richard has decided to ditch the heated propagators and grow lights in order to save energy. Instead he ahs set up a area to sow seeds inside his greenhouse of which he intends to sow many seeds.



This area uses a metal bench as the basis with bins contain seed compost and perlite as well as storage for pots and trays and not forgetting labels. Its a great area to work in.



Recipe of the week



With the ginger harvested Richard needed to find a way to use it so it doesn't get wasted. After much searching Richard found this ginger beer recipe and made it himself.



Ginger beer is fiery but as its alcohol free it suits Richards household.



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