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  • #1

    It`s soul destroying

    Snow again
    Patience is a virtue
    it`s our first season on the allotment, got a plan, just want to get off the starting block.
    `Like millions of others`
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    Do not worry it is natures way of stopping you wasting seeds by sowing to soon you will laugh about it in the summer every thing catch's up in time...jacob
    What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
    Ralph Waide Emmerson

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    • #3
      Originally posted by jacob marley View Post
      Do not worry it is natures way of stopping you wasting seeds by sowing to soon
      That's so true jacob.

      Seriously antonio, there is no point doing anything at the moment. The ground is too cold and too wet and you'd probably do more damage than good to the soil structure if you tried to dig in these conditions. Just use this time to make sure you've got everything you need for the season ahead.

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      • #4
        At the weekend I noticed that some of my Autumn sown broad beans were coming into flower. Just gone and had a look and some are now dead or turning black. Case of some you win and some you lose.
        Last edited by oldie; 11-02-2010, 11:20 AM.
        History teaches us that history teaches us nothing. - Hegel

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        • #5
          all good advice but it is so aggravating ...yesterday was beautiful ..sunshine which was quite warm on the back so OH and i were able to dig.....overnight...SNOW.....no digging today...
          http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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          • #6
            As others have said; no need to worry, things will catch up once the weather improves.

            If conditions allow you to get on your plot and do dome digging there's no harm in getting a little more preparatory work done. How about digging a bean trench and starting to fill it.

            Yesterday, in the garden at home, I dug the trenches and filled them with compost for my courgettes. Today I will be doing the same, on the lottie, for the pumpkins and butternut. I am lucky in that the soil is not to wet and it is possible to work it without damaging the structure.

            Any time you can spend getting ready for the coming season is time well spent.
            Last edited by snuffer; 11-02-2010, 11:24 AM. Reason: Typo
            It is the doom of man, that they forget.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by oldie View Post
              At the weekend I noticed that some of my Autumn sown broad beans were coming into flower. Just gone and had a look and some are now dead or turning black. Case of some you win and some you lose.
              Totally agree lost all my autumn sown broadies to mice and now can't seem to get any to germinate.
              S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
              a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

              You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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              • #8
                As Jacob says " its nature", just work with it and not against it!
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by binley100 View Post
                  Totally agree lost all my autumn sown broadies to mice and now can't seem to get any to germinate.
                  Try sowing them in root trainers and only putting them in a cold greenhouse once they are half an inch high.

                  You've not got two-shed's betle problem have you?

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                  • #10
                    I sowed them in loo rolls but I must admit they have been in the green house. Should I start them off in the kinitch.
                    S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                    a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                    You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                    • #11
                      Got out on to plot yesterday for the first time in an absolute age. Lost enthusiasm last year for various reasons, and its been frustrating waiting for weather to be right now I've finally found it again Feel much better now I can see I have 'done' something.

                      Yesterday was lovely, turned over a patch about 3x4m and put a couple of raised beds together. Plan was to go down again today, but it snowed and froze over night. There's always next week!
                      Kirsty b xx

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                      • #12
                        I've been sowing loads!
                        In loo rolls, modules etc. The greenhouse doesn't really exist, as the cover has totally disintegrated.

                        Still, sweet peas, broad beans etc are started off. Onions too.
                        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                        • #13
                          sorry guy's I think its my fault
                          don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
                          remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow

                          Another certified member of the Nutters club

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                          • #14
                            had 2 weeks off work in november and it rained every day,
                            had a week off lst month and there was snow the whole time




                            I'm off from today till next thursday so don't hold your breath for a sunny day!
                            don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
                            remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow

                            Another certified member of the Nutters club

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                            • #15
                              Well...w're snowed in for the 3rd time in 8 weeks!!!
                              Apparently it's NOT normal for here!
                              Glad I didn't put my shallots and onion sets in now when I bought them the other day.
                              Too much wind here at the moment in my exposed piece of field to think about fleecing up/cloches
                              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                              Location....Normandy France

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