What to do indoors when its dark - Garden related!!

[Bigmallly]

I tend to spend these cold dark evenings making seed tape but am up to date so will have to think of some more that I don't need...........Oh, and trying to mother a Tomato plant over winter for armpits.

[KevinM67]

During the winter months, I get up to the plot for sometime each weekend - it doesn't matter if it's snowing, p1ssing it down, or any other kind of horrendous weather.

It keeps me sane, even if I don't actually do anything - I just need to be outside (I'm stuck in an office during the week).

I'll come home freezing, soaking and covered in mud - then there is nothing better than spending a couple of hours in a hot bath, with a drink and my tablet - either on this site, or a football one I frequent.

[Bigmallly]

I'll come home freezing, soaking and covered in mud

I don't need to do any gardening to end up like that Kev, I just go fishing.................

[skeggijon]

I'll come home freezing, soaking and covered in mud - then there is nothing better than spending a couple of hours in a hot bath, with a drink and my tablet - either on this site, or a football one I frequent.

I normally need a couple of tablets when I get back from the lotty too!

[dilettante]

I'll be putting on my head - light and using my floodlights to keep working the plot

My hero.

Actually, I think the light in my shed left by the former tenant is a headlight, and I know I've got a couple of camping lanterns knocking about. No excuse not to go really, and I'll probably have the whole site to myself. I just took on the plot, so lots of work to do before spring.

[noviceveggrower]

I will probably be down the plot digging or pottering about. Don't want to be stuck in all the time even though I'll have plenty of other jobs to be done I think I'll crack if I'm stuck in all the time.
My seeds need another sorting and listing
Oh and re drawing up my plan for the allotment, can't forget that one.
Will be starting chilli plants December time so that will help keep me a little bit sane.

[JanieB]

Oh, and while I was sorting the office out I came across some old floppy disk storage boxes (the ones you can lock). I have another use for them sorting and storing seed packets.

[sparrow100]

I can spend hours (days!) playing with my plot layout and trying to ind space for everything I want to grow. And going through and listing my seed collection. I'll have seed parcels coming in for a seed circle that will need checking and sorting. Then there are looking at seed sites for things I want but don't need, reading books, babying tomatoes and chillies, oca to harvest.

Plus I've saved some construction work on the plot for winter, which will keep me warm AND busy.

[Tripmeup]

I make some relishes, do some tidying and planning..And walk out and admire my garlic and onions as they show their faces

[Bal]

I will read a few of the zillion gardening books I seem to have acquired this year. Order even more seeds. Read through the tomatoes thread and pick which toms I want to try and grow, and plan my 4 bed rotation (in the hope that my 4th bed will be ready by march. Otherwise no potatoes this year. ) plan my fruit cage, build my permanent compost site. That should keep me going for a few months

[vixylix]

I tend to spend these cold dark evenings making seed tape but am up to date so will have to think of some more that I don't need............

BM - I get how to do this when you are ready to sow seeds, but how do you do this in advance?

Do they not go funny by the time they're ready to be planted? Or all stick together? Have I entirely missed the point somewhere??

[Nicos]

I think after New Year when things have quietened down a bit for me, I'm going to spend time pulling up Youtube videos on how to do gardening things- like pruning,cuttings, splitting etc.
there are so many to watch- something must surely go in!!!

[Bigmallly]

Hi Vixy, previously, I have let them thoroughly dry out before folding & storing them in zip lok bags. I have had no problems keeping them this way. This year however, because I am making seed sheets, I'm trying something different & keeping them in a folder:

[Bigmallly]

I think after New Year when things have quietened down a bit for me, I'm going to spend time pulling up Youtube videos on how to do gardening things- like pruning,cuttings, splitting etc.
there are so many to watch- something must surely go in!!!

Great idea Nic, I could do with learning a thing or three................

[vixylix]

Thanks BM - super organised!! I am impressed, and I am going to give it a go myself when I have some spare time!