Spring Bits and Bobs.

[Clive.]

Lovely still morning...starting to blow up a bit now this afternoon. Just been chipping along my South border with a border fork. A little light weeding of a few bits of speedwell. and a break of the 'cap' to get it breathing again
Next was a light weeding and surface breaking of the old pond bed which is now the home of my patch of 'Markery' (English Mercury) Chenopodium bonus-henricus, etc, etc. Actually it was only 5 plants rescued from my mums old markery patch... now 6, as I found a seedling/offshoot. it'll be a while before I get a feed from it but it usually knows how to grow with vigour once established..

...Ought to get a pea row sorted next..

C.

[Westi]

Haven't got down to the plot due to massive confusion of which bus services are running so looking forward to Tuesday when the hols are over. Was going to hoe my front grass off as so trashed with the pallets sitting there but the ground was just too wet despite it being dry here for a while.

On inspection found it was neighbours guttering all clogged up causing it, both back & front....& in turn mine as it's open right across. He's not a pleasant chap & all avoid him so did not challenge, but I was peeved when a nest was washed out! Fortunately my gutter guy comes a bit more often now. But I was thinking can you get a clip in plastic thing to divide our guttering & prevent all his leaves washing down to my end & it's proper name? Thingie won't do it I expect! I'm sure I've seen something that it might be while mooching around hardware stores but probs need a name for my guy to check size etc.

[oldherbaceous]

Morning Westi, if the downpipes are only your end of the guttering, and he doesn’t have downpipes, you can’t put a divider in….Although i’m not sure they do one anyway…they do what they call stop ends but, that would mean cutting the gutter and putting one on his guttering and one on yours, but you can’t even do that if he hasn’t a downpipe! You could always just put a short piece of crumpled up wire mesh in the gutter, half way along to stop the leaves washing down your half of the gutter….

Lovely bright morning here, but still the wind continues to have a bite to it.

[Clive.]

The Early Onward peas are sown..or rather, placed 3 wide in the flat drill.

It turned into a dodge the hail showers exercise...I had readied the ground earlier and worked in some growmore and took the drill out with a wide draw hoe before lunch..then came a sharp shower..
After lunch it had dried enough in the wind to work from kneeling pad to sow the seed onto the damp drill.. Just got it completed, pulled in and firmed when along came another shower.
..but they are in...and onto damp soil.

Weld mesh hoops yet to add, to complete..

C.