[m1ckz]

who will be the first to put a row of potatoes in i wonder    an post lol 

[DIGGER]

Not me,I stick to tradition,St Patrick's day.

I have a silly Irish hat and sing the wild rover and the fields of athenry as they go in.

[m1ckz]

17th march then     jeezzzz  can i wait that long   lol  its getting warmer

[mumofstig]

17th march then     jeezzzz  can i wait that long   lol  its getting warmer

But, the long range is for cold to return before 'proper' Spring arrives - so be careful!

[New shoot]

Resist m1ckz, resist 

The soil is still pretty cold and wet, plus there is plenty of scope for cold snaps yet.   I've caved in slightly and planted a few first earlies in buckets in the greenhouse.  The rest are safe in the shed and stay there a while 

Snap MoS 

[m1ckz]

me too new shoot   now ill wait lol  tc

[ARPoet]

I have earlies doing nicely in pots in the greenhouse.

[Mum2mj]

17th march then     jeezzzz  can i wait that long   lol  its getting warmer

But, the long range is for cold to return before 'proper' Spring arrives - so be careful!

Nooooo  I am so over the cold weather now

[DIGGER]

It's like a game of poker you on one side of the table and Jack Frost on the other.
Each waiting for the other to blink.

Ha ha good that

[snow white]

Not me,I stick to tradition,St Patrick's day.

I have a silly Irish hat and sing the wild rover and the fields of athenry as they go in.

Sounds like fun.  Might sing to my potatoes too.  Does it make them grow better?

[Tenhens]

March 4th last year had snow , left work early to get home .   Recorded in diary.  We also got some new hens the following day!!

Mumofstig is right about the forecast , mentioned colder for the weekend.

[Robster]

It won't be me.  Potatoes in bags (lady Christl) will keep me happy.  I was really chuffed last year as the potatoes planted in the Lotty only really came through when all the hard frost had stopped.  Nice when on the rare occasion things go your own way.

[harry]

Good Friday is the traditional day for planting seed potatoes

[mumofstig]

Good Friday isn't a fixed date, so I don't think it's very helpful.

As they used to work all hours, the Easter day off was probably the first chance the old timers had to get them in.

[harry]

That's right labourers only got one day off and that was Easter so that was when they were planted. Some old timers on our allotments still stick to this tradition.