Well, someone's got to start a new (optimistic) thread.
Spring equinox today.
Another sunny (ish) day here, tomatoes and some peppers doing well in the propagator, lettuce seedlings ready for pricking out, spring cabbage cropping a treat, winter salads all survived, kale ready soon............. For once I see a sunny spring and summer ahead
Real spring bits and bobs
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Snowed all morning so far, admittedly if it was rain you'd say it was drizzling. Lots coming on, good job I've got extra covered space this year. Muck delivered but not getting on well with using it. Perhaps when Spring comes it will stick with it and give us a fantastic fruit crop.
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A right old miserbale morning here, rain, sleet and snow. And to make it seem worse, i have been cutting a very tall and also very wide Laurel hedge. Sao have been leaning all over it to try and reach the middle, meaning, a very wet OH.
But being a Wednesday morning, there was a freshly baked Banana cake. So not all was lost.
But being a Wednesday morning, there was a freshly baked Banana cake. So not all was lost.
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Dear OH, shame there wasn't a wet t-shirt competition going on in the village hall, you might of won
Cloudy and cold here but dry.
I'm off to the allotment this afternoon to finish painting the shed, bluebell blue
Cloudy and cold here but dry.
I'm off to the allotment this afternoon to finish painting the shed, bluebell blue
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Dear Donedigging, i think it would have been better to use the word, would, instead of, might.
The bluebell blue sounds quite gay.
The bluebell blue sounds quite gay.
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Definitely spring here.
The sun poked through once, and it's a hefty 4.5 deg today. Hope it's not too hot down the allotment tomorrow
The sun poked through once, and it's a hefty 4.5 deg today. Hope it's not too hot down the allotment tomorrow
Cheers PJ.
I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
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Afternoon PJ, it might just pay to take the sun-block.
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A good idea OH. I wouldn't want to get sunburnt this early in the season
Cheers PJ.
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I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
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My apologies OH about using the word "might" I should of said "undoubtedly"
I must also say the shed colour wasn't blue bell blue, but for-get-me-knot blue the eye sight isn't as good as it used to be
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Now i like the word undoubtedley, Donedigging.
And For-get-me-not, is equally as nice as Bluebell, a lovely little shed indeed, i bet it holds all sorts of secrets.
And For-get-me-not, is equally as nice as Bluebell, a lovely little shed indeed, i bet it holds all sorts of secrets.
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First proper Gardening Club of the season at school today. Got loads sown with the first 5 little helpers, in the polytunnel, and now the propagators are on the windowsills in the school library
Chilli pepper caribbean mix;
Chilli pepper cayenne;
Tomato Moneymaker;
Tomato Gardeners Delight;
Leek Oarsman;
Leek Musselbrugh;
Cauliflower Snowball;
Kale Scarlet;
Cabbage Golden Acre; and
Onion North Holland Bloodred Redmate.
Second group will be sowing more seeds on Friday and I also have parsnip, carrot and beetroot to sow outside but I'll have to do that as the ground is so mucky - think parents may not be impressed if the students get their uniforms covered in ucky muck
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Chilli pepper caribbean mix;
Chilli pepper cayenne;
Tomato Moneymaker;
Tomato Gardeners Delight;
Leek Oarsman;
Leek Musselbrugh;
Cauliflower Snowball;
Kale Scarlet;
Cabbage Golden Acre; and
Onion North Holland Bloodred Redmate.
Second group will be sowing more seeds on Friday and I also have parsnip, carrot and beetroot to sow outside but I'll have to do that as the ground is so mucky - think parents may not be impressed if the students get their uniforms covered in ucky muck
VPM
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Dear VPM, i love the school gardening club updates, it always feels as it is something positive for the kids, so well done.
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donedigging wrote:
My apologies OH about using the word "might" I should of said "undoubtedly"
I must also say the shed colour wasn't blue bell blue, but for-get-me-knot blue the eye sight isn't as good as it used to be
What a delightful colour DD
One of my plots is 2C and has a shed just like that as well. Just boring old brown though
Cheers PJ.
I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
I'm just off down the greenhouse. I won't be long...........
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Parsons Jack wrote
Thank you PJ, I think it makes my shed look a little like a beach hut, but
Instead of waves lapping gently against the patio slabs I've got creeping buttercups
What a delightful colour DD
Thank you PJ, I think it makes my shed look a little like a beach hut, but
Instead of waves lapping gently against the patio slabs I've got creeping buttercups
donedigging
Looks just like our shed, donedigging, but ours, like Parsons Jack's, is just plain boring brown. It was really cheap about 20 years ago, but other than some roofing felt repairs and a new coat of wood preservative, it has served us well.
Just 3C maximum today and occasional drizzly snow, but the forecast is for a dry day tomorrow with, possibly, a bit of sunshine. So I will at last cut our long rose hedge and the dogwood and buddlieas.
Just 3C maximum today and occasional drizzly snow, but the forecast is for a dry day tomorrow with, possibly, a bit of sunshine. So I will at last cut our long rose hedge and the dogwood and buddlieas.