Frost here, but now glorious sunshine.

Thanks Shallot man, coming up to a busy time of the gardening year and I ended up in hospital, on the mend, but have to have keyhole surgery to remove my gallbladder in the next month or so.

Ah it worked, I have three of these raised beds, used them last year for the first time, the greenhouse is brand new, been around 20 years since I had one, really looking forward to using that this summer. The plan is for 5 different types of tomato and 4 different chillies and peppers, bulb fennel ...

A different picture as I removed the original by mistake

Thanks Westie, you should also note that I said I'm still learning, not an expert, nor a stick in the mud, but things like modern hydroponics are a bit over my head, but traditional organic is where I come from.

Thanks for the welcome, up till now I've planted some Onion and Leek seeds in the heated propagator this year, they look like they'll need moving on this week.

Just popped in to say hello, my wife bought me the magazine during a recent spell in hospital, liked the mag, had a look at the forum and it looks like no one bites, so I decided to join you. Originally from South Leicestershire, then South Derbyshire, then Staffordshire before emigrating north of t...