The Potting Shed

[Tâf]

Ours are up but haven't opened yet.

[fred]

Spuds have to be dug up early here.  Eelworm.  No point planting anything other than first earlies.  When dad had the allotment ( Council barstewards sold off his and others for housing. The substitute was on very poor ground with a 200m walk to get there.  No chance of delivery of a lorry  load of manure.  Practice was to have a load delivered, let it sit for a year and then use it. )

Far more

[Tâf]

My supplier of seaweed for fertiliser has passed away. He didn't mind a stinking truck if he made a profit. R.I.P. old man. 

[Tâf]

Our first daffodil is now fully open, many more should be open tomorrow.

YAY SPRING! 

[Nana of 9]

Daffodils open here too..... not in our garden, as we planted them too late, but in the gardens up this road.

We seem to have a little microclimate of warmth here. Gardens in our road (in the river valley and sheltered by the steep valley sides and the M2 bridge) have plants like palms, tropicals, canna and they overwinter outdoors!

[fred]

daftodills opend here just in time to be beheaded by the gales

[Tâf]

I nipped into the greenhouse during a break in the showers and found the strawberries, thyme, oregano, catmint and chilies all back in growth.

A bagfull of onion sets were sprouting too, so I planted them.

[Mike]

I've got quiet a few snowdrops and the daffs are in bud, planted some perennial summer bulbs today so hopefully it will be more colourful this summer

[dogsmum]

Snowdrops & crocus are all I have, only a couple of daff's have tiny buds yet

[fred]

Tete a tete were out but the gales decapitated them

[Tâf]

Leaf buds opening on the goji, quince and another shrub I will have to find the name of one day.

[Tâf]

Pruned the kiwi off the shed, and also pruned the raspberries, then shredded the lot... 3 binbags full!

3lbs of kiwis from on top of the shed roof donated to a kiwi fan as I'm sick of them now (and there are still more to pick!)

[Tâf]

Pruned the Bay and other bits and bobs. Noticed the apple and cherry have both popped their buds. The fish are getting active too.

Only one of the chilli plants appears to have overwintered and come back to life, but that's one more than I usually get.

[El]

Tomato seeds sprouted 

[Tâf]

I haven't even sown mine yet. 

Had a dig around the house yesterday to find where the missus had "tidied" the heated propagator away. Even she had forgot where she put it.