In my garden in March..........

Penelope_Penguin

nodwah wrote: »

Hex2 my MIL was trying to explain a method of growing apples to me and I didn't know what she was on about when she was calling them EXPELAIRS!

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Nodwah - necatarines, I'm both imressed and jealous :T Have you had fruit from your tree? Are they easy to grow and care for. Go on - photos, pleeeeease

Thanks, Madhouse - love your ingenuity :A

We've caught a few minutes outside, but it's now sleeting and blowing a real hoolie :eek: :eek: I've been planting flower seeds in pots in the polytunnel. I've started with snapdragon, sunflower, cosmos, stock and lupin. I want to get nursery beds of leek, sprout , beetroot, lettuce and broccoli, once the weather improves.

DH has been measuring for our fencing, so we should get that ordered today.

Oooh, I've found some mustard and cress seeds. Think we might make some cress heads from egg shells. :j

Penny. x

nodwah

suppose I'd better find out how to put photo's on - no too embarrasing!

The nectarine, I think he bought it in woolies actually, it only went in last summer, so we'll see what happens. I have an ongoing battle with him about planting distances etc, as I read all the books and watch all the programmes but he doesn't bother and just sticks everything in all cheek by jowl, drives me mad. We really need separate gardens.

It's alternating sunny and snowing and I don't feel like going out. He's taken their kids to his mother's so that I can get on with my swotty work, but I don't feel like doing that either.

madhouseof4

Disaster!!! The home made thingy for the strawberries didn't make it through the night, it is blowing a real gale here and we have already had several hale showers here this morning, so I trotted myself off to wickes to get some proper thick polythene and am redoing the protective tunnel for the strawberries. and may well do the cold frame for the peas too.

nodwah

Real fun being out there in the teeth of a gale eh? Just think of the hot summer evenings eating your own strawberries on your sun lounger with a glass of something

madhouseof4

Well, I kind of cheated! I brought the frame inside to cover it, lol! However, when I went outside to put it back up, it was blizarding! We are having some really freaky weather here today. It is gorgeous sunshine again now.

MimiF

Morning!!!

It's freezing here but no snow, just some rain. Good wind though. The seedlings are coming through very fast, whoever mentioned the Morning glory and the speed it grows at was right!! I swear sometimes it seems to grow as I watch it.

Should have bought my Mothers Day present of a greenhouse on Saturday but found a beautiful yellow Chloe style handbag instead. So will have to get the greenhouse today.

We had a boozy Mothers Day brainwave yesterday during lunch - we live in a victorian terrace and outside the dining room window is a stretch of land which runs alongside the kitchen, we've often wondered what to do with it and then realised it's perfect for a lean to greenhouse!! So this morning - between work I will look at some websites for the best deal on those.

As for the dormant plants no signs of life just yet...:o

MimiF

hex2

Looks lovely out of the window, but actually freezing outside. Plenty of things sprouting on the windowledges but no chance of getting anything done outside today. Have to do some cleaning instead .....

PP - your absence has been noted on fly lady.....

hex2

Thanks for the tip on the £4 blueberries in Wilkos, got one yesterday. Just need to think of somewhere to plant it.

Big change of plans this week, bought the boys a TP climbing frame, monkey run and slide on Tuesday. They love it but it is rather large so I now need to re-plan where things are going. Complicated due to the slope.

SunnyD_3

My onions and garlic have produced lovely green sprouts now - I'm so proud

hex2

SunnyD wrote: »

My onions and garlic have produced lovely green sprouts now - I'm so proud

I know what you mean - I was so pleased when the onions peeped through. Something has been digging my garlic up though, not sure if it is our dogs, cats children or the *ing squirrel (who has already taken most of the buds off my apple trees).