Today in pictures

Today is Friday and the end of the week.   The work in the garden has cranked up a notch and now instead of just potting about fiddling with this and tinkering with that, it has become heaving lifting, ardous weeding and a significant amount of digging and forking over the soil.  This has me arriving at the end of the week completely exhausted.  So instead … Continue reading Today in pictures

Well that didn’t quite go to plan – I blame it on the worms

Today was an amazing day, the sky was blue, the sun was shining and once it warmed up, it was the perfect gardening day.   Once I took care of everything indoors, I headed outdoors with a plan.  I was going to plant all my potatoes and finally get them in the ground so I can stop worrying about them.   The Christmas ones were the biggest … Continue reading Well that didn’t quite go to plan – I blame it on the worms

I’m growing spuds…. in winter!

I was at the garden centre the other day and noticed the craziest thing.  There were loads and loads of seed potatoes on sale.  Now I’m pretty sure this isn’t the season for potatoes, but I had my judgement questioned.  I mean come late summer when I want to put in a sneaky crop to harvest before the frost, there is hardly any to be … Continue reading I’m growing spuds…. in winter!