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I seriously have no idea what I'm doing as I'm so new to this growing veg lark, but this afternoon I went out and bought a roll of fleece (I did a little cartwheel cos it was half price) I dusted off my sewing machine and made 4 covers for my pea wigwam doo-dahs. I've tucked the runner beans in for the night in a strange 'wrap fleece around it all kinda fashion' and I'm hoping beyond hope that Jack frost doesn't do harm. I shall not be defeated !!!
Strawbs are tough little beggars, they'll be alright. I've given up bothering to try and fleece everything now so they'll just have to deal with it. The last three years I've had a touch of frostbite on the tatties but they survive.
I planted my tomatoes out at the weekend! so parafin heater on in the glasshouse and 2 candles lit in the polycarb one Fingers crossed for everyone............
the potatoes went mental over the weekend thanks to the sun and I rather optimistically planted out the black eye susan...ooops...newbies, take heart, someitmes we are too optimistic for our own good, but when it isn't frosty, we're visionaries
Was a cold one here - was only supposed to be -2C o/night but felt much much colder when I went out to grab some wood fairly late. Was a huge frost and foggy when I woke up but now bright and sunny. Horses are hanging around in the evenings in case I'm going to start feeding them soon. But they are fat as, so not yet! And with such hot days not sure when to start rugging. One of the horses gets really bad sweat rashes if she has her rug on during the day and two of them take the rug for a swim in the dam which is not really safe. Will play it by ear for a bit longer.
Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!
One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French
Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club
BBC says 4deg here , metcheck says 0deg and accuweather says 35deg
That'll be 35f Bins.......I believe 32f=0c
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frosty grass and cars on the run to work this morning, need to check the sugarsnap peas outside and toms and beans in the greenhouse when I get home, its looking warmer for next week though (please be right accuweather). its mid may! did I imagine it or did someone say snow in Scotland
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