I'm having a day off today (not), well sort of day off, no heavy ground work, my body is aching after planting tatties this week. Going to look at getting the pot started veg, toms etc going today.
Cleaned out the coldframe and moved some trays of plants in from the greenhouse. Moved trays of plants from conservatory into the greenhouse. (There's been a lot of tooing and froing this morning) Potted up some more seedlings and washed and put away a lot of seed trays and the heated propogators as all my seeds have germinated now. Planted a couple of lavender and divided a rather large carex that was making a bid for world domination.
While it was still dry and warm, we brushed all the paving round the house and then applied Algon to get rid off all the algae. Sides and back of the house are mostly in the shade so the paving goes really green over the winter. Shame, as it is lovely pale Indian sandstone with fossils in it. That took a good few hours.
Allotment this morning Afternoon cleaned garden furniture , decided to stay in Garden tomorrow as it is forecast to be a really nice day , might even have a sort of Barbecue , we use a George Foreman grill
Put the spuds in. Cara in the raised bed, Pink Fir Apple in three plastic crates lined with cardboard to hold the soil in. I've planted spuds on Good Friday ever since reading in "Lark Rise to Candleford" that it was a country tradition. I suppose in those days, farm labourers were expected to work from dawn to dusk, and Good Friday would be the only day they had to themselves. Probably not ideal, as the date could vary by several weeks, but Hobson's choice. My spuds always seem to do OK whenever Easter is.
My first sowing of carrots is germinating, so I've sown another lot: purple ones that a Forum swapper sent me.
Posted details elsewhere, so just a brief, filled the propagator with this years veg seeds. (I'll be excited every morning for the next week or so waiting for the first to show).
Up and out early again I love this warm spring mornings.
Turned a compost bin and finished loading yesterday's delivery of tree mulch into another bin.
Today's main event was building a new pergola over our stone circle in the winter/spring garden. Rather pleased with myself looks great and has really changed the feel of this area.
Tea in the garden and coffee now listening to the birds singing it's beautiful hear, we are very lucky we feel so removed from all what's going in the world
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I'm having a day off today (not), well sort of day off, no heavy ground work, my body is aching after planting tatties this week. Going to look at getting the pot started veg, toms etc going today.
I sowed the first Chard and more red onions and the first Charlottes.
Afternoon cleaned garden furniture , decided to stay in Garden tomorrow as it is forecast to be a really nice day , might even have a sort of Barbecue , we use a George Foreman grill
My first sowing of carrots is germinating, so I've sown another lot: purple ones that a Forum swapper sent me.
Turned a compost bin and finished loading yesterday's delivery of tree mulch into another bin.
Today's main event was building a new pergola over our stone circle in the winter/spring garden. Rather pleased with myself looks great and has really changed the feel of this area.
Tea in the garden and coffee now listening to the birds singing it's beautiful hear, we are very lucky we feel so removed from all what's going in the world