I suppose it makes a change from rain, and there is something mysterious about the fog. But I half expect Scooby Doo and Shaggy to stumble out of it exclaiming “Zoikes”. Â All going well it will clear to a nice blue sky day, which would be lovely as this week I have mostly been behind the computer catching up on all the things that need … Continue reading Foggy Friday
With the weather being so horrible lately with more rain than we know what to do with, I decided to go back over my previous posts from the same time of year to see what, in an ideal season, I’d be doing right now. Click into 2015: Spring is in full swing In 2015 it was extraordinarily windy and I was cursing it and it’s … Continue reading Spring back in time
With 9 days left of winter, you would easily believe spring is already here. The weather has been settled for over a week, with gentle frosts most mornings, and balmy afternoons that almost have you shed your jumper in favour of a tee-shirt. It is taking all my self-control not to get started and fill my greenhouse full of seedlings. But we are still in … Continue reading Spring has come early
There is still a lot to be done in the garden. I never really seem to be completely on top of it, and so when I venture out into the garden for my daily session of green fingered goodness the decision of where to start can often be overwhelming. The grass I didn’t mow last time because it was too hot, a few days later … Continue reading Sometimes decisions are made for you.
And so we have come to the final day of winter.  When it comes to the spring and summer I prefer to go by the calendar as it brings the desirable seasons to me quicker.  However for Autumn and Winter, if we go with  the equinox / solstice system, then I can kid myself the good times last longer.  I play it free and easy … Continue reading Signs of Spring
I was clearing up around the garden, trimming all the edges and exposing the slug hidey-holes to the light and the birds. I figured it was best to reduce the populations around my garden before the plants go in. Having said that, I didn’t actually kill any – more sort of displaced them and made them homeless refugees, so I think they may come back … Continue reading Flatworm – friend or foe?
We have lambs… And we have daffodils… Did I mention we have lambs? It must be spring soon! Now I have been thinking about my potatoes. I have four varieties, as per usual, although my technique for selecting them has been a little different from usual. Normally I go to the garden centre and get one that can be harvested in time for Christmas, in … Continue reading In all but name…
It rained again all day. The puddles were so deep in the car park of a store I visited, I took my shoes off and rolled up my jeans and sloshed through the water to get back to the car barefoot! But the garden is in the same state. It is really waterlogged. Two days of solid rain have caused that. Funny enough I still … Continue reading Madness in the night.
The last frost free day is generally regarded as this weekend, which coincidentally has a public holiday tacked onto the end. So the weather is coming around to a warmer way of thinking and it was a mild 15°C (59F) overnight and so I felt confident enough to leave my tomatoes outside all night in a sheltered place for the final stage of their hardening … Continue reading We are nearly there….
…well maybe I’ll throw in a couple more rainbow beets as not all the colours have come out, but aside from that everything in the greenhouse is all there is going to be this season. Oh except for the beans and the corn which will be sown directly once the risk of frost has past – and I’ve weeded their beds.   Oh and the successional … Continue reading Well that’s it – the last seeds have been sown.
