It,s British Summer Time ( Thats Official)

And the sun has been shining! I remembered to put the clocks forward 1 hour went to bed early sunday night and forgot to set the alarm and woke up exactly !hour later then I should have, cuz my body clock remained unchanged!!!
Have been to plot 2 days running the Kelsae and Lydl onions that were planted last week,look good. have put in Red Fuego cabbage,Cauli Nessie and Savoy King with All Year Round Lettuce in between as a catch crop


Also put a row of Mangetout Pea Oregon SugarPod and covered them with chicken wire.not sure about putting them straight in the ground as there are mice around, time will tell
I have noticed the amount of worms in the soil all down to it being well manured this year I think! it feels good that things are begining to happen and I cannot help thinking back to last year when my ankle was in plaster all through a very hot April and every thing had to be put on hold. Makes being able to dig and plant feel very good

Tidy up To Find Things?

But not if you tidy up Photobucket!! It seemed a good idea to tidy up my pics,putting them in separate albums, then HORROR all pics in this blog vanished!!!
2 hours later I have replaced them with a bit of guesswork lol another lesson learned
Today is easter saturday, it is far too cold to plant anything because it is too early We continue to dig the to be potatoe patch hoping it will put off the small slugs that seem to eat every crop of potatoes in our heavy clay soil.
meanwhile the greenhouse is getting fuller then ever. Here are the Parsnips that were chitted a few weeks ago

My front garden taken through the window

And how this young greyhound cabbage makes sure it,s roots are watered

It,s Raining Again

I suppose that it is the rain that makes our land so green and that we should feel lucky that every thing isn,t covered in snow but I want to PLANT THINGSI went to the allotment this morning hoping to get Kelsea onions injust got in the gate and down it came. We did manage to get some more manure from the stables yesterdayand spread it on the potatoe patch I picked some PSB while I was there and dug up the last of the leeks. these are the onions they will need to go in soon


The catnip which I grew in a old bucket last year is coming back up Bob my fat moggy
found it!! he has been a bit spaced out recently, now I know why. It has to be covered with a old hanging basket or bob will roll in it and love it to death

he definitely looks like he is on something, doesn,t he?

The Greenhouse is Filling Up

Have been busy since my last post,we fetched a dozon bags of manure from some stables
and spread over the soon to be potatoe patch. I have dug up the last of the sprouts and kale, just the PSB there now. potatoes are chitting well but think I will wait a couple more weeks or so Good Friday is the traditional time but it is really early this year. The frogs have been busy,took this from the window

they are quiet now but the pond is full of spawn!!!Have tried prechitting parsnips this year and putting them into root-trainers. these are just about to be put into R/T with small tweezers

Sowing at the moment Leek prizetaker and mussleburgh. Tomatoe beefsteak and golden sunrise, Tigerella came up well and have been thinned. Only Cepa onions took from thelast sowing of onions, all were old seed so not surprised. the poppies, V bonariensis,petunia,wild flowers and godetia are all doing well so I am fast running out of space in my 8'by6' greenhouse