Well, the clocks went back yesterday and at last I can get some time in the garden after work. The weather is more like June at the moment. 22C in Scotland yesterday, and not that far off down here south of the border. Wall-to-wall sun, but still the slightest bit of frost at night. Roll on Easter! A quick update on what I got done this weekend...
Got the first Super Marmande tomato seedling into a home-made 'grow pot' fashioned out of a cheap kitchen bowl and plastic pot with the bottom cut off. The bowl has the bottom cut out too, and small holes drilled around the base. The aim is to focus water on the roots. Let's see if it has been worth the hassle...
Removed the greenhouse staging and lashed it safely to the side of the house. Potted on the brocolli, sprouts, cauliflowers, celery and cosmos. The cheap Aldi strawberries haven't done too well. Have lost two of them already. Hopefully the warm sunny position will keep the remaining fellas alive.
Sowed a fair few other things too: Runner beans, Borlotti beans, Dwarf beans. Will keep these inside for a month or so. Lettuce, cucumber, second crop of Super Marmande tomatoes. As for flowers: more Limnanthes, Marigolds, sunflowers, Love-in-a-mist, Phlox, Foxgloves.
Cleared the 'vertical garden' space and filled up some planters ready for the beans to go in. B&Q were flogging off 60 litre bags of Arthur Bowers' for £2.50 each, so had four of them. 4 pence per litre for compost isn't to be missed!
Put some netting up for the peas, and netting over the rest of the bed to stop the cats using it as a toilet.
Have been doing a few other things too, but haven't had time to take piccies. So much to do, so little time to do it!
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