Raked in some fertiliser, mulched with 12 barrow loads of compost and sheeted over with polythene so the potato bed is ready to go.

Disappointed yesterday. First day for a bit when I thought I could do something on a veg bed so I decided to lime the brassica beds. Went to the garage for the bag of lime I thought I had in stock but it was a memory failure, no lime. Decided to look online to see if I could order anything and was h...

Feel like I've actually done something productive this morning for a change. Cleared chrysants from greenhouse, wiped down, put staging back in and moved in my 24 forcing strawberries.

Well new year no change. Much better day yesterday actually got something done outside for a change (trying to resurrect pergola almost destroyed by the gales) but early evening back came the rain, 30mm between 5pm and midnight.

Have a good day, may your candle continue to burn brightly.

Well soggy December has blown away let's hope we can get a bit of normal weather. Looking at the year with the recent memory of the awful December just reminds me how dreadful July was!

Happy New Year to regulars and guests, may you resolve to be brave enough to post.

Don't forget it needs screw holes and heavy stuff can be a bugger to drill so search for drilled angle iron but make sure you get the heavier versions of it.

But have the sprouts been on since September?

"People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots ... in fact I think they have to be ... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct ...

Have a good day from me too.

Son requested this as a starter.
Then it's duck with lots of stuff from the garden. Not sure if we've settled on a pud yet, won't be heavy Christmas Pudding.

I think they do best direct sown. Fork the ground over quite deeply and sow in a drill. Can dry sow or use seed that has just sprouted on strips of kitchen paper. I don't know where you are but I sow rather later than is often suggested. I warm the patch up with cloches and then sow first or second ...

And did you sow in situ or transplant?

We've had a few more resident starlings this year, think I saw a couple doing backstroke this afternoon, another inch today from Global Drowning.