Grow Your Own Magazine

Lovely warm sunshine for the first time in ages today. Sowed sweet peas "Cuthbertson mixed" and "Bijou" after soaking them first; left in greenhouse all day, then back in conservatory windowsill.

Potatoes are chitting in eggboxes in conservatory - Maris Peer (2nd early) and Vales Emerald (1st early).

Sowed leek musselburgh and put in greenhouse.

Cycled to North Ripley and then on to Braggers Lane and back; on the way back there was...

ChocClare

Brill! Richard took both kids out this morning, got uninterrupted time in the garden, amazing how much one can do in a short space of time...

Continued the work Istarted over the new year re-organising the veg beds. Dug all of the 4'x8' bed and got the short end sleeper in place before Richard got home.

After lunch Richard helped get the long slepper moved - one bed down, two to go!

Got the sleepers cut for the ends of the other beds and the 'extra' side...

TPeers

Well here goes, never been much good with diaries and so on - not sure if a computerised version will be any different!

Might keep a note of various things here - not just the garden but how my weight loss is going - maybe having it public will help keep me on track!

TPeers

Daughter went to Wilko on a shopping spree. Brought back onion sets (several varieties) and seed potatoes, also several varieties. Have put some of the onion sets in cell trays to give them a start as the lottie is still sodden. Will save the rest for later. So far in cells are Red Karmen, Turbo, Centurion and Sturon.
Seed potatoes, we have one first early - Arran Pilot, 3 x 2nd earlies (Charlotte, Maris Peer and Kestrel) and 1 x Maincrop (Rooster) red variety. This year I would like...

rustylady

Starting at the back.

One plum tree. One shed, behind that; bramble.
Under that - daffodills, snowdrops, cyclamen.
Then, lawn.
Raised bed at front - 2x Clematis (type 2 I think). One lavender, daffodills, small rose, geraniums, pansies, rosemary, thyme, chives, lavender. space where those rampant flowers were (seeds saved in envelope in shed).
In pots on patio: One Lilac tree, 1 hebe (I think), one variagated evergreen, daffodills, pansies, 1 pieris, 1...

Marthaclematis