Biggin-neers Gardening at 1,000 feet Above Sea Level is a Challenge Indeed

As you have probably gathered now that I am a keen gardener and I have never worked in a high altitude garden before, and I've heard so many comments from my neighbours that we are 3 to 4 weeks behind everyone else way down below. Here's a rose I pruned last year, isn't it just stunning?

 So, after cultivating my beloved sweet corn indoors since March 2016, I was frothing over with excitement about taking my little honies out into the big wide world and I am always checking up on them and hoping they would survive the altitude.

Basically, I have given them all a head start indoors where they were snug and warm.



Here's me little beauty!

Hey, don't fear as I shall be your guinea pig for the sweet corns and I promise I shall give them my wholehearted attention and never ending love. Here are a few tips on growing flowers or vegetables at high altitudes:-

• We get really really strong winds up here, so why not try a wind breaker to protect your plants. Plus, bamboo sticks or branches to hold them together.
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• Sow your seeds indoors like I did to keep them nice and warm, sprinkling of phostrogen to get those strong hardy stalks or branches going. 
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• Personally, I would not even risk the frost so I've kept them indoors as long as I could and released them to the wild, in July or August.
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• Try a variety of vegetables and see how they fare in the climate, so I've got sweet corn and sweet peppers this year. We've got an old cherry tree that has finally fruited this year but the birds have got to it before we could, but that's okay.
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• If all else fails, invest in a greenhouse or polytunnel.