Sunday 14th Feb

[northepaul]

Going to Seed Swap this afternoon
Just weeded round cabbages, and noticed slug patterns!! Checked roof as I noticed abit of slate on ground yesterday. Erm...having some bream with stir fry for dinner....thats about it really

[zazen999]

Phew -

weeded the first onion bed and put a new cloche up [made from a wilko dust sheet bought yesterday]
planted out a load of chives in modules round the rasps
planted out broadies and some shallots
tidied up the area that had the manure on until last week
made a cane store for the longest canes, over the shed door

back home and having potato slices, scrambled egg with cheese and onion and baked beans.......

[squashytomato]

just got in had a couple of hours on the plot before the girls got bored, managed to clear two beds and cover with plastic

[jacob marley]

Beautiful morning here just a cool wind emptied no 4 compost bin 16 barrow loads tipped on the ground where the sprouts are going this year.
Only 2 bins to go now then they will be ready for the man with the grass mowings to fill up again....jacob

[shirlthegirl43]

Popping back to confirm some tidying done in greenhouse - soil and gravel that they hens have raked about seived, gravel in the bottoms of some 10l flower buckets and 5 Colleen early spuds planted. These will stay in the greenhouse for now. Off back out to do more sweeping and seiving and sow some carrots. Think it is going to rain soon so it will be time to snuggle on the sofa with Madmax (if he wants to dodge the knitting needles)

[elsie-scot]

We spent 3 hours putting in 2 gate posts! Digging out a bush, sawing posts, concrete setting. At least we spent some quality time together on St Valentine's Day

[Sanjo]

My OH did the vacuuming while I pottered in the greenhouse, sowing seeds and mixing some soil and compost. Don't get (or give anymore!!) valentine's cards, but then I'd rather have the vaccing done as a show of love.

[SarzWix]

I'm grovelling...

I keep saying 'don't bother' - as it's #2 son's birthday, I have other stuff on my mind (like birthday cakes, and sleepovers), but I still had a lovely box of Thornton's special toffee... So I've had to offer to iron shirts I hate ironing, and never do it. Perhaps next year I'll buy something instead!

Off to make cakes now.

[julesapple]

I'm stuck in my chair...no gardening for weeks!

Jules

[Sheepish]

If the rain had held off a little longer I would have got some digging in, but other than being here the sum total of my gardening work today has been dumping some compostibles into the bucket outside the kitchen door ready to transfer to the heap.

Had a dose of heavy rain after lunch which has now eased to a steady light fall.

[weekendwellies]

I was thinking of going to Wilkies for toilet rolls and potatoes and some 2" pots if they have them. Ooohh, and disinfectant.
Exciting life eh?

got the potatoes ~ Pentland Javelin - 1st earlies & Desiree - Maincrop
No 2"pots so got 3" ones, and gravel trays which will fit my 1/2 size seed trays. Darn ~ I forgot the disinfectant.

weather looking yuk and i've been told no gardening, we're off to watch avatar in 3d. (not romantic as have OH 2 son's)

My youngest and her boyfriend have gone to see Valentines Day ~ he originally suggested Avatar, but she put him straight (Go girl!)

I'm stuck in my chair...no gardening for weeks!

Jules

Oh no, just when things are firing up for the new season

[weekendwellies]

Yeah, Multiquotes sussed. Thanks to Zans advice. I had completely missed the Post a Reply button and always gone straight to Quick reply box.
Thanks Zan.

[zazen999]

Yeah, Multiquotes sussed. Thanks to Zans advice. I had completely missed the Post a Reply button and always gone straight to Quick reply box.
Thanks Zan.

Anytime chuck.

[Liza]

How odd our Island weather is! I am down the road from you in Benson and no snow - although wet, grey and not great.

Stuck indoors as its snowing - big style. So sowing swede, leeks and a few flowers, still waiting on parsnips to show some form of life

No snow here in Didcot 5 Degrees

More digging at lottie, pulled up all brassicas, sowed spinach, green sausage toms (thankyou chris). Nagging daughter to clean guinnies out every hour, potted up costoluto toms, sowed perpetual spinach ( for us, guinnies and tortoises) cleaned pond out and re-covered little greenhouse.... off to cook the roast in a mo.

[vegnut]

Bl@#dy painting the new ceiling in the kitchen, and putting up new blinds. GOD i hate that. Give me digging any day. Pleeeeeeeezzzzzzeee