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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Well, yesterday I finally got round to planting the lobelia I split a few weeks ago, and the aquilegia that was languishing in an over stuffed pot. I also rescued a grass – I hope – and will nurse it back to full size for the future garden. I spend an inordinate amount of time…
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Wish I’d invested in gravel trays and capillary matting from the get-go, so much easier and less opportunity for flooding. The matting is amazing, a different class altogether than that I got from Steve, although at least that was free! Everything is still growing slowly though, I think because of the cold and the lack…
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Well, today the capillary matting and water trays arrived, hopefully making it a little easier to keep seedlings alive without wrecking the house… I celebrated by sowing the (now very late) Butternut Squash seeds from DigIn, and potted up the trailing tom plugs that also arrived today. So glad I didn’t rely on the DigIn…
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So, day before yesterday I also sowed some fresh salad leaves outside in the last of the troughs and some broccoli, chilies and climbing french beans inside. probably too late for the broccoli, and anyway not sure where to put the plants if they turn in to plants, but hey.