Well the sun came out so I just spent an hour in the greenhouse, the French Strawberries needed tidying up, so dead stuff removed and top dressing applied, looks almost organized in there now. Once I can put out the pots that over winter in there, I can do some proper preparation.

Tigerburnie, quick question: what do you do with an onion about 5lb in weight? Unless you are cooking a big stew for a party or a big family or making, say, chutney, how can you use such a big onion? When I used to grow our onions from seed (mainly Rijnsburger Balstora because they kept well), I al...

That's the Onions potted on and out of the propagator and the Leeks are now in, not quite proper gardening, but a start.

Thought I'd post a picture and then give some details as to what I did and why. Hovering Kingfisher https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7856/46104439455_cc63571177_c.jpg Hovering Kingfisher by tigerburnie , on Flickr This was the effect I was after, the head and body in sharp focus and the wings blurred ...

More than happy to both give and receive comments, remember one thing with creating image, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, if you are happy, that is the most important thing, whether painting or photographing.

Out with the camera today, found this Buzzard sunning It self.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7918/470 ... e3a7_c.jpg

Freezing up here at the moment, I could see the hills at the back of Montrose still snow capped.

Well the hospital just rang and I am due to try again a week tomorrow, just hope it's not cancelled again, my daughter is the only person who can take me in and bring me back, a major inconvenience for her really and a 100 mile round trip.

Best way to find out would be to try with half of them, that way if it fails you can try again later somewhere else, though tiny bulblets may not flower until they are bigger, might take a year or so.

Done nothing outside up here, but I have potted on my Mammoth red onions grown from seed, will start my pot leek seed planting in the heated propagator later in the week.

I was supposed to be a day patient so no bed required, the first operation of the day hit problems so I was pushed off the list so they said.

My operation was cancelled, arrived at 7 in the morning then stuck in a taxi and sent home 3 in the afternoon, back to waiting again.

Happy Birthday

Still out with the new lens before I am on enforced rest after my op(she who is to be obeyed really does mean keeping me quiet for a bit)taken at Montrose basin close to our house
The female Kingfisher

and an Egret dropped in for some supper too

The Mountain or Blue Hare is the one that turns white in winter and is our only native Hare(or rabbit for that matter), the one above is the lowland Brown Hare, much bigger with longer ears and no white coat.
There is one of my pictures of a Mountain Hare on page 3 of this thread.