Hi all *waves*
Still alive, just 
Wondered how others are coping with the totally waterlogged allotments?
I have potatoes on which the "chits" are now 4" high, onions and shollots sprouting in their trays and no hope in sight of getting them in as the ground is still totally water looged :cry:
The Garlic is doing wonderfully, but have not been able to dig the other 2/3rds of the allotment since November! I can see me having to plant the veg tomorrow whatever the weather otherwise it will all be ruined, but am just worried the taters will rot!
squiffs
I've had shallots in the garden about 3 weeks and the shoots are now poking through on most all of them. Yesterday evening I planted out a dozen broad beans which were in 4" pots and were starting to get pot bound, apart from shielding out most of the light on the spare bedroom window. The space gained on the window sill has been replaced by smaller seedlings that now need some direct light. I filled in a smallish area at the end of the shallot row with some red onion sets. I also planted up a big tub on the patio with a good number of spring onion seeds. Hmm - we're now told to expect near freezing conditions this weekend.
. I hope all that's now outside copes with it. Broad beans and shallots are quite hardy though, but I would feel a bit better if I'd put the beans out a few days earlier to let them acclimatise more before the freezing conditions. Fleece maybe, except that I haven't got any. Maybe I should get some today.
As regards the allotment, there's nothing in the ground yet as I'm waterlogged, or as near as makes no difference, like a lot of others seem to be. A big dig is planned for saturday and sunday, as long as we don't have more rain. Cold I can cope with and digging soon warms you up but no more rainfall please.
