Thanks for that OH.
Perhaps today's present will be collecting my wife from hospital. Had her keyhole hysterectomy on Tuesday but wasn't very well yesterday when she was supposed to come home, hopefully better news this morning. Still got the 70 mile round trips for radiotherapy to come.

This is a photo I took in February 2020. There is a soil warming cable underneath and the one you can see round the sides both controlled from the one rodstat. The front boards lift out for access mostly removed in the photo, they are painted white on the inside like the rest of the structure. It is...

Yes OH I use a couple of growing bulbs and I really like them. They are compact fluorescents - 2 x 125W that I use 5-9 morning and evening at the moment. I've briefly looked at LEDs because I thought I could reduce my power consumption but it didn't prove economical to swap them. There is another di...

You have my sympathy having just been down that road. Still sorting out as garage spelt my name wrong on the road tax payment.

I thought hyacinth too but was a bit confused by the multiple shoots. Put it back in or in a pot and wait and see!

Have a good day, you deserve it. Perhaps the birthday good fairy will have delivered a new shed when you get back to the plot.

Wonder what the pictures will look like when they meet.

I wouldn't have thought you needed it for tomatoes. I think I've seen it on TV (probably Chris Beardshaw on Beechgrove) that using leafmould is almost the same effect and a lot cheaper. I make all my potting composts using leafmould in place of peat.

Might be a foreign posting by the time he finishes it!

No spawn yet but water "boils" with frogs when you walk past the pond (but no sign of a yeti).

Clive shouldn’t have mentioned Skoda, brought back the horror month I’ve just had. The day my wife had a doctors’ appointment I went to the car and found the clutch pedal of my beloved Skoda flat on the floor. Thought it something simple so got it taken to an outfit that do clutches and brakes and t...

Have a good day and enjoy the match, I wonder which Wales will turn up.

Soggy here too. Snow yesterday and ½" rain overnight to wash it away. It is strange we often see Bullfinches briefly at this time of year then never later.

Bit of a treat on the bird table the last few days with a handsome Bullfinch.

Definitely not lime, potatoes hate lime and it creates scab. My old book says cut at planting time and plant them cut side down onto the compost or manure that is lining the trench. The simplest solution for another year is to find somewhere that sells seed potatoes loose so you don't end up with ov...