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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Morning all. 
    We had some rain overnight . It's been a long time.
    Devon.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Morning everyone,  very disrupted night last night. Had to resort to some ibuprofen,  I don't think it's the vaccine, but the gardening, the things we do to ourselves 😆
    My volunteering hasn't  restarted yet @chicky. I told them I would rather have come when the students were off, would have been a lot quieter,  but apparently it was all locked up again,  though staff have been in this time. I wonder what state the gardens will be this time. 
    AB Still learning

  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Morning all, @tuikowhai34 we desperately need rain here too, Sunday looks a good day for it! We have two cherry trees, the blossom is just fading and leaves are growing fast, we usually have good crops but we will see what happens after this cold snap. Our peach tree has already had it's blossom and in full leaf now so we will see what happens to that.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Good morning.  Cool and grey but dry here and no frost.  The wind has swung to the south which will make it pleasant outside at last.    Won't last tho, back to the north on Sunday and rain expected tho the forecast with very heavy rain has changed to dribbles.

    Messing indoors for me this morning then Cave this pm.   I think all the latest seeds I've sown must be called Godot!

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    All the types of seed sown 31/3 have green of some sort showing ... toms are doing well as are the squashes and courgettes ... the chillies are up now and the basil is just beginning to peek through.  All is well on my windowsill world 🤞

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Most of my seeds have come through,  except the mixed salad leaves.  Lettuce seeds just don't seem to keep as they used to,  or is it just me?
    AB Still learning

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I've always found it best to use fairly fresh lettuce-type seeds.  I've bought fresh radicchio seeds for this year even though I have some left from last year ... however I'll try using some last year's mixed Little Gem and other cos types and see what happens. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Morning all, wish we had rain here. It is looking distinctly cloudy with some black clouds coming over, perhaps it's Hosta's rain on its way up. Had brilliant sunshine earlier when we did had our usual walk and it's warmer.
    Your volunteering day sounds good Chicky, I'm not sure what to do today, just pottering I think if it stays dry. OH has a knee massage booked at the physio's later so it will be interesting to find out if that helps.
    Enjoy your day everyone.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Just heard on Sky news that the Duke of Edinburgh has died.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Golly, @Yviestevie, that is sad but not entirely unexpected. Shame he didn't make it to his 100th. Poor, poor Queen, she'll be lost without him. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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