Hello, 2010...

I've now seen my first film (Sherlock Holmes) and bought my first CD (Sub Focus) so I guess the year must be officially underway.

Next up: the first bit of gardening, some experimental cookery and possibly even an hour or two reading a book. Not very rock'n'roll. :)

Gardening, year two...

Last year was my first serious attempt at gardening.

It wasn't entirely successful - partly because of the learning curve, partly because of the chaos and lack of access caused by my building work - but I'm hoping to do better this time.

However, I'm not going to have time or space to try everything. So some decisions need to be made - basically, do I revisit the things that worked really well last year, try to improve on some of the failures, or do something completely different...?

Some things are pretty definite, though:

• I'm growing runner beans again, 'cos they were lovely. Ditto for courgettes and/or marrows.
• I'm going to try growing peas and potatoes, which I didn't have room for last year
• The perennials - rhubarb, globe artichokes and jerusalem artichokes - will keep their places, assuming they survive the winter.
• I'm going to try turnips again. They didn't go well this year, but I think the problem was poor maintenance rather than soil.