Hi from rainy Aberdeen

[coreopsis]

Hello,Plot10
It's not just you who's struggling sometimes
Welcome to the mad house

[mariell]

welcome plot 10 from an aberdeenshire gardener..lol
its a thought to get motivated ...ive all the enthusiasym but none of the actual get out and do it..lol

[annacruachan]

Welcome, Plot 10. Lots of us on the vine who share your location, so we know what you mean! If you have the windowsill space it's a good time to start off your toms, chillies and peppers. Otherwise indulge yourself with seed catalogues, make a garden planner for the year, write down your seed sowing, germination and potting on details. This makes you feel as though you're actually doing something until the weather lets you out again!
Happy growing this year.

[Plot10]

Thanks again.

Looks like the snow has saved me for another weekend and at least I'm still ahead of last year as I broke my wrist before Christmas 2008 and couldn't do any work till mid Feb.

I'm a bit demotivated as last year everything started off well then either bolted, rotted, got blight or didn't ripen before the bad weather set in.

I've already got chillies, peppers and also cauliflower (Gipsy) sown in juice cartons and Peas in toilet roll tubes.

I've been looking at the daylight thread and realised its probably a bit early yet up here for most things, so I'll just need to be patient.

[basketcase]

Hi

I've been "lugging" in for a while but this is my first post.

Had a lottie for about 2 years and still finding it a bit of a struggle so I like to have a look on here to give me motivation.

Looking at the weather for the weekend I'm not sure whether I'm glad or sad that we're in for more snow as I haven't so much as set foot on the lottie since Christmas Eve (to pick sprouts).

Anyone else in the north of Scotland finding it hard to get going this year. :-)

Hi Plot 10!

Just seen you on the Losing Weight thread and motored over here to say hello properly. So "Hello, properly!"

I'm in Aberdeen too and am also an allotment holder. I think last weekend was the only reasonable weather (without snow on the ground/permafrost) that we've had for months - and I was laid up with flu. My pity-party was more of a pity banquet!!

Where's your lottie? Mine's on Garthdee Field and the only good thing is that I covered where I'm going to put the beds with black plastice sheets and old carpet.

[Torreya]

Hello Plot10 - greetings and welcome to the 'vine aka the madhouse! Hope you have a good veg year - if we ever get rid of this snow! If not, we'll all be growing rice when it finally melts!!

[snohare]

Greetings from the Frozen North, Plot 10
I am moving back to Aberdeen in a couple of months, so if you are unlucky I might become Plot 11.(Psst, know anybody wants some well rotted FYM ?)
The rabbits ate my rasp canes and nibbled my fruit trees. My sprouts are mere mounds in the snow, my cabbages are brown slush (although I usually find some edible bits in the middle) and my Ocas will not desist from growing creamy mould. My Jerusalem Artichoke Fuseaus are wimps, and my carrots and parsnips seem to have emigrated. And I am desperate to find somewhere to stick my shallots and seed tatties. The Flying Dutchman of vegetable growing, I face yet another change of gardening venue.
So yes, I suppose you could say I am finding it hard to get going cropwise...but as TwoSheds says, we can always shove our shallots in modules for the moment. (Ta for the reminder, TS !)

[Mac]

Another Aberdeenshire eskimo here! Was even more motivated to get going this weekend, but have just been to the greenhouse to start planting some seeds, and the bucket of compost I put in there to thaw, is still rock hard!! ho hum....seed catalogues here i come...again!

[BUFFS]

welcome plot10,just keep chanting "it wont last forever",the cold will go soon and then its all systems go,you gotta look foreward.......

[Mac]

I actually cheered today when I woke up to rain! Made a great change from snow!