Mulched the rose and clematis and a few shrubs, threw some poppy seed around that I’d saved last summer, put my seedlings in the blowaway greenhouse, sowed s row of frost hardy lettuce under fleece, pricked out stuff and stared at the pond, the butomis are beginning to sprout. FINALLY have a crocus in flower and the primrose is happy! 😀
Love the primroses Flinster, one of my favourite flowers - we (as children) used to pick them whilst walking on the cliffs - not all of them - just enough for a jam jar full for mum and our neighbour.
I have started seed sowing (for conservatory/greenhouse), in black module trays. Too hot for their little insulating lid at the moment but will cover them when the sun goes down. OH has been digging the old weedy patch ready to sow more lawn seed in the near future.
I found an old sack in the shed, so emptied 4 or 4 plastic bags of leaves into it so the air can get to them then found out that the mice had nibbled a big hole in the side I hadn't noticed! Have just left it propped against the leaf bin proper. Noticed my main front border doesn't have as many crocuses in it as the rest of the beds so took some pots of them out of the greenhouse and planted them - instant gardening. Removed a gone over winter pansy from a front door pot and substituted a native primrose in flower. Goes well with my new Coronilla valentina shrub I bought from Bob Brown of Cotswold Plants. His catalogue is scrumptious and I'm very tempted.
It's so tempting isn't it Lizzie? He has a red hellebore on the website called "Anna's Red" (not quite Anni, but near enough !) I have resisted temptation so far..... l see they are at a plant fair at Forde Abbey, Chard on 3rd March, don't know how far away that is from you
Got to allotment today after yesterdays washout. Did some more pruning & wheeling compost, but avoiding the council green waste stuff as it has grown a nasty looking while fungus all over it. I don't seem to be able to post a picture for some reason
Did get to allotment today, dug over removed more rubble and stones then went over it with the rotavator and raked it to a reasonable fine tilth still a bit wet and sticky,
Also spent time sorting out in the poly tunnel will go again tomorrow need to dig over more ground and set up some cloche ready to sow carrots, I'm also going to try some parsnips in old toilet roll inserts in the tunnel read on another site you get better germination that way.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
H Hog , have used toilet rolls but not for Parsnips which I plant where they are to grow Toilet rolls disengrate nicely This year I’m going to try rolled newspaper instead of toilet rolls
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Also spent time sorting out in the poly tunnel will go again tomorrow need to dig over more ground and set up some cloche ready to sow carrots, I'm also going to try some parsnips in old toilet roll inserts in the tunnel read on another site you get better germination that way.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Toilet rolls disengrate nicely
This year I’m going to try rolled newspaper instead of toilet rolls