Its that time of year again. My first act each morning is to check on the seedlings in the windowsill propagator. I sowed my first chillies on 11th February, and they have long-since been pricked out and placed in my experimental light-reflecting box nearby. Since then peppers have been sown and have germinated, the first…
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Yesterday was much milder than it has been, and I headed outside to attempt some actual gardening. Sadly the pond is still frozen, so no way to skim off the leaves that I should have removed a couple of weeks ago. The ground was still rock hard too, so no opportunity to rescue the Gladioli…
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There were a million and one things I should have been doing today, all boring grown-up things like the accounts, or sorting through stuff, or laundry. Instead, I siezed the excuse of the new dahlia tubers arriving to potter in the warmth of a real Spring day. No coat required, just plenty of tea, and,…
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