I see that you are planning to grow Russian tarragon .... this is often considered to be much inferior to French tarragon. I haven't grown either ... so have no direct experience ... but you might want to check this out if you haven't already bought the seeds.
I did grow padron peppers last year .... they were fabulous
Bee x
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Broad beans were sown directly into the garden on the 5th November, and have germinated are looking good after a few frosts, for years November the 5th was my sowing date but then with the wet autumn's they never came to much, but I was determined to give the 5th another go this year, to ensure they beat the blackfly.
Russian tarragon is completely hardy in the U.K. and pretty tasteless.
French tarragon is delicious but frost tender and needs to go into somewhere frostfree for the winter. It is also sterile and cannot be grown from seed ... only from cuttings.
Courgettes should be sown at the same time as your outdoor tomatoes ... usually mid April here in Norfolk .. they are just as susceptible to cold spells and can’t be planted out until June .... so unless you have a large amount of greenhouse space don’t sow tomatoes or courgettes/squashed too early.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks at @Dovefromabove. I grew courgettes from seed last year successfully, but as you say, didn't sow early but waited until the last day of April. I don't have a greenhouse but I do have two cold frames in the sunniest part of my garden, which worked well. I grow them indoors and harden off before they go in the cold frame though, and I guess it depends on whether we have as glorious a Spring as we did last year!
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need"
Posts
I see that you are planning to grow Russian tarragon .... this is often considered to be much inferior to French tarragon.
I haven't grown either ... so have no direct experience ... but you might want to check this out if you haven't already bought the seeds.
I did grow padron peppers last year .... they were fabulous
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I'm so excited to grow these; any tips for growing them beyond putting them in a sunny spot and keeping them well watered and fed?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.