How many days gardening?

[Currysniffa]

I've not done anything on my lottie's since November when mulched with farmyard manure apart from pick sprouts and check for damage after the high winds, I'm missing it as I'm on one plot or the other plot a lot of the time over spring, summer and autumn.

I'm really looking forward to the spring as I've took the other half plot on behind plot No 1 so made it a full plot and I got a freebie 6x8 greenhouse to play in up there as well now, just need to fix it down and put the glass back in... Roll on spring \0/

[arpoet]

Thanks steve... its a long stpry as to why i gave it up... but i have enough room at home to feed me and boss for several months once i get cracking. I will do a video in a few months to show how my back garden was and how (i hope) its coming on.
Roger

[Ananke]

Haven't been down at all over the holiday. Can't wait to get stuck in now though, so much to do. Trees to move, paths to slab, roof to fix..... it's a long list of jobs needing done before spring.

[binley100]

I went up Christmas Eve to gather leeks and savoy cabbage . Then today went up turned the compost heap (well flipped it into the next bin along) did some tidying of yellowy leaves off the psb (which has started sprouting woohoo) and then had to come home as my toes were about to drop off (even with thermal socks on ) ......

[donnakebab]

Hoping to go tomorrow after 3 week absence. Checking on my parsley bed to see if it will sprout next year to produce seed. Have been encouraging fellow allotment holders to crop so as to encourage new growth. Far too much for me to use and it's the first time i've grown it. Delia Smiths Parsley sauce recipe is by far the best. Use it to make veggie lasagne sometimes.

[piskieinboots]

I watered some plants in the greenhouse today - and that's been about it for a couple weeks!

[Snadger]

You lot are too well organised for me! I go to lotties evey day and do a little bit of graft on most of them ...............and they still look like a tip.

I here tell they've finished painting the Forth bridge but there's still always loads to do on my plots!

I've had some rolls of large bubblewrap for ages that i need to insulate at least part of my greenhouse with.
Need to get my leeks and onions sown soon as well!

Who said weeds don't grow in winter? They do, and big style. Some of the part time plot holders dug over there plots in autumn thinking they would return in the spring to a nice seed bed for sowing........dream on my friends. What were winter brown deserts are now winter green deserts of weeds, some of which are actually flowering!

[Alison]

Not so much I'm organised Snadger it's just that the Christmas period is very family and friend orientated for us and so I'm never going to find time to spend up there so there's no point me expected that I will. A week or two off at this time of a year doesn't matter anywhere near as much as it would in say April.

[binley100]

This time last year everything was under a goodly layer of snow for a few weeks so nothing could be done ......

[singleseeder]

Who said weeds don't grow in winter? They do, and big style. Some of the part time plot holders dug over there plots in autumn thinking they would return in the spring to a nice seed bed for sowing........dream on my friends. What were winter brown deserts are now winter green deserts of weeds, some of which are actually flowering!

Too right, I did a bit of weeding today. The soil was a bit frozen though.

[Currysniffa]

I took a walk round both my plots yesterday and your right about the weeds Snadger, little seedling popping up all over the place , when No 1 son go's back to school I'll attack them with the hoe..




Chris

[Mikey]

Well I spent a day in the rain there on New Years Eve, and I'll be spending the day there on Saturday the 7th. I like this time of year, its one of the few times that I don't need to do any weeding, and what I do can still be seen a week later.

I've some major restructuring plans over the forthcoming 2 months, this year so far I've remained fit and healthy, I know its only the 4th but thats good innit!!