Compost maker

I’m gardening on a very tight budget this year, so it’s great when freebies arrive for me to try.

This bottle of Maxicrop Compost Maker arrived a couple of days ago. It must have come from one of the competitions or giveaways that I enter – it has come directly from the manufacturer, though, and I can’t remember which one. I just need to dilute a capful in a litre of water and add it to the compost heap every time I add a new layer of compost material.

Radishes

Yesterday I received two free packets of radish seeds from Thompson & Morgan, via an RHS trial.

I’ve got the bright red globe radish Cherry Belle and the cylindrical Mirabeau.

I don’t usually grow radishes, but 2008 is obviously going to be Year of the Radish in the kitchen garden, because I’ve already sowed some Rainbow mixed as research for a writing project I’m working on. They’re currently enjoying life in the Grow Dome.

The maximum temperature in the Grow Dome yesterday was 25°C.
The overnight minimum was 0°C.