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First a warning - please note the question mark - late frosts are still a possibility and some people will have very cold and/or water-logged ground, which obviously means "handle with care "
Anyway I garden on a warmish south facing hillside, which is based on limestone, so drains every freely - I can have water coming up out of the ground when I tread on it one day and be perfectly fine for turning over with a fork the next. So here I've had a v warn Spring and now quite a bit of rain, the soil is in an ideal state for transplanting seedlings - also more rain is forecast, which means less watering is needed.
I've got most of my tomatoes planted in the poly-tunnel by yesterday + a few cucs etc. I'd already made a start on planting out some garden peas and broad beans, today I started on some climbing Borlotti beans, potatoes from pots and more broad beans - further peas and some cabbage plants to follow.
I've also started planting out dahlias ( I grew a load of these form seed last year ) + some borage plants.
Now some of you will have noticed that if I get frost here I'm going to lose some of these plants, and obviously I realise this. However the ones I have planted out were getting overcrowded in their containers and I have kept some spares back which I can plant out later - in other words its an ideal time for me to get the work done now, as the soil and weather conditions are just right here.
I have not planted out any courgettes though, as I only have four plants and I don't want to risk any of them - I have moved the larger ones in to bigger pots and they are now in the poly-tunnel. Probably get planted out next week as long as the weather forecast then looks frost free.
Happy gardening :-)
Anyway I garden on a warmish south facing hillside, which is based on limestone, so drains every freely - I can have water coming up out of the ground when I tread on it one day and be perfectly fine for turning over with a fork the next. So here I've had a v warn Spring and now quite a bit of rain, the soil is in an ideal state for transplanting seedlings - also more rain is forecast, which means less watering is needed.
I've got most of my tomatoes planted in the poly-tunnel by yesterday + a few cucs etc. I'd already made a start on planting out some garden peas and broad beans, today I started on some climbing Borlotti beans, potatoes from pots and more broad beans - further peas and some cabbage plants to follow.
I've also started planting out dahlias ( I grew a load of these form seed last year ) + some borage plants.
Now some of you will have noticed that if I get frost here I'm going to lose some of these plants, and obviously I realise this. However the ones I have planted out were getting overcrowded in their containers and I have kept some spares back which I can plant out later - in other words its an ideal time for me to get the work done now, as the soil and weather conditions are just right here.
I have not planted out any courgettes though, as I only have four plants and I don't want to risk any of them - I have moved the larger ones in to bigger pots and they are now in the poly-tunnel. Probably get planted out next week as long as the weather forecast then looks frost free.
Happy gardening :-)
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