Seed sowing 2011

It's freezing cold and dark most of the day so I'm keeping well away from my greenhouses til spring. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Not even thought about seeds as the thaw has only just started but the ground underneath is frozen beyond even getting a spade into it.

If we are lucky it will thaw up here before March.

Just popped a few Kelsae onions in. Don't expect great results, but I've never had any success from onion seed and my warped way of thinking says that if I grow one that should be big, I may get some medium sized ones.

I would have sown my onions..............but forgot to buy compost 
It does help 

I just ordered this coming years supply of compost clover, 40 75L bags.........

Flamin heck!!! 40x75l bags!! what have you got...... a farm??? 

no not yet. I have 1000 of seeds sown and more to sow and I do have a big garden

Have sowed a number of Leek seeds in a 4" deep trough planter in B&Q peat free compost; covered in a bin liner in a spare room until germination.

My plan is to bring them into a cold frame in a sheltered part of my home garden to bring on slowly.

I suppose my main concern apart from cold and available light is whether the compost will run out of nutrients first. I will transplant if that starts to happen.

The experiment is to see if sowing leeks very early will get by that problem of them taking ages to put on weight before planting out, or will the March sowings just catch up.