[TheSpartacat]

I did a trip to Poundland... got onion sets -Stutgart and Red Baron... a small pack of Charlotte potato seed (because I could tell people felt sorry for me on these forums when i said i hadn't ever tasted em!! lol... now i have TOO many potatoes!)
Also got shallot seeds- 'golden gourmet' and some packs of fleece, great value!
And fish blood n bone and tomato food.... and other bits n bobs... poundland is a little addictive- way too many bargains!

[Paul Plots]

Plus my garlic is showing

So is mine at last... I thought it might have been earlier than yours as I'm that bit further south  :blink: but I guess it may depend on when the garlic went in. 

[Jamie Butterworth]

Plus my garlic is showing

So is mine at last... I thought it might have been earlier than yours as I'm that bit further south  :blink: but I guess it may depend on when the garlic went in. 

Id have thought that too,im just trying to rack my brain to when i planted it, but dont have a clue

[Thrift]

Lovely mild, warm day yesterday so I managed to rake up leaves and debris and remove the remainder of the stricken tunnel.

Even had coffee in the sun ! A first for this year.

[mumofstig]

Plus my garlic is showing

So is mine at last... I thought it might have been earlier than yours as I'm that bit further south  :blink: but I guess it may depend on when the garlic went in.  

It's the variety that makes the difference IMO.
I planted some from Really Garlicky and some purple ones (forgotten name already ) and the purple ones were up really quickly, much before the others

[Paul Plots]

Plus my garlic is showing

So is mine at last... I thought it might have been earlier than yours as I'm that bit further south  :blink: but I guess it may depend on when the garlic went in.  

It's the variety that makes the difference IMO.
I planted some from Really Garlicky and some purple ones (forgotten name already ) and the purple ones were up really quickly, much before the others

That would make sense. Why didn't I think of that! 

[metalkitten]

Finally got outside at the weekend (though did get caught in the hail), it's been so long!

Dug out the remainder of carrots and cabbages that had got lost in the snow and dug over all the raised beds ready for planting.  My garlic is also now showing through.

Going to start a few little things in the conservatory for planting out in a few weeks.  Yesterday I started flowers rather than edibles, but then noticed, after watering, that my plant label pen wasn't waterproof and now I have a load of seed trays and no idea which seed is in which. Sigh.

 

[SPUDMIESTER]

Picked last sprouts (10  lb) and cleared bed of plants, discarded kale, spring cauli,s and purple sprouting broccoli that suffered beyond repair in winter frosts. Ordered 20 x13ft scaff boards to build another 6 raised beds. Supped about 8 cups of tea 

Afternoon Skiprat - Where have you ordered your scaff boards from in Hull and how much were they each?

[billathome65]

Tidied up a bit in the Veg patch and transferred a Yucca that was growing in a big planter into a spare bit of ground in the front garden so Now I have a rather large empty Pot Any Ideas of a shallow rooting fruit tree / bush that will thrive in it? and also doesn't mind something like herb accompanying it.

Cheers Bill

[whistler]

We had a good weekend, OH rotavated the big bed (10' x 45) which was manured  last October, ready for putting the potatoes in next month.

I've dug up the last of the parsnips, sprouts and swedes and spent most of yesterday  blanching and freezing.

I'll try and get up there tomorrow, must get the broad beans and onion sets in.

Whoopee, spring is on the way!

[VirginVegGrower]

Put in another two hours but ground very wet. Planted a double row of Sutton Dwarf broad bean seedlings and cloched them. Dug a bit more of the plot, bed 2. Gave a neighbour a sage plant I had grown from seed plus homemade Seville Marmalade - he have me two Jerusalem Artichoke tubers, which I replanted.

[SkipRat]

Picked last sprouts (10  lb) and cleared bed of plants, discarded kale, spring cauli,s and purple sprouting broccoli that suffered beyond repair in winter frosts. Ordered 20 x13ft scaff boards to build another 6 raised beds. Supped about 8 cups of tea 

Afternoon Skiprat - Where have you ordered your scaff boards from in Hull and how much were they each?

Hello Spudmiester, I ordered them from Caspian Scaffolding, and they cost £5 each plus £10 Delivery. They delivered them last sat and they were decent boards.

[SkipRat]

Built three of six raised beds 13 ft x 4 ft.

[Craig69]

When i had chance the other day i cleared the shed out (AGAIN) as more had to go in.

Finished off clearig the plot & dug over for the Tatties next month.

Took a load of chicken manure up & started to spread it over the cleared areas ready to dig in next time i go up.

Packing at the moment to move, so trying to make time available with trying to work as well is very difficult 

[DD.]

Took 6 bags of horse pooh up there. Sawed up one of the branches of the previously mutilated ex-plum tree.

Then rain stopped play.