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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3100 on: January 04, 2010, 18:36:07 »
went to take this thing out but it was frozen solid so left it

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3101 on: January 04, 2010, 19:43:16 »
Went to collect some stored spuds from the shed and hung up some suet balls for the birdies.  The ground is frozen solid - does that mean another good fruit crop this year?
good fruit crops follow a successful pollination in the spring, followed by no immediate frosts (these can damage early blossom)
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3102 on: January 04, 2010, 21:02:19 »
Went up to check the "compost" pile we had had delivered and the big greenhouse which was frozen shut and I broke the door handle!!  :-[

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3103 on: January 05, 2010, 08:44:49 »
Went and shovelled a bit of compost....everything else frozen in the ground! Tried not to fall over too much...... ::)
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3104 on: January 05, 2010, 21:36:45 »
Went to collect some stored spuds from the shed and hung up some suet balls for the birdies.  The ground is frozen solid - does that mean another good fruit crop this year?
good fruit crops follow a successful pollination in the spring, followed by no immediate frosts (these can damage early blossom)

I was referring to the vernalization process - breaking dormancy encouraging full bud opening.  I noticed a big difference in all soft fruit production last year and the only difference was the cold and snowy spell that we had in Feb.  Just keep fingers crossed that there aren't any nasty frosts when the bushes/trees are in flower........

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3105 on: January 06, 2010, 22:01:13 »
Went up to check the "compost" pile we had had delivered and the big greenhouse which was frozen shut and I broke the door handle!!  :-[

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I made snowmen in my garden today!
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3106 on: January 09, 2010, 18:43:10 »
found a frozen cabbage in the snow,

fed lottie cats,

Chased Clyde the cat around the plot, he was in a playful mood today and loves the snow ;D / shades x
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3107 on: January 09, 2010, 18:54:39 »
fed and watered the birds!! ;)
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3108 on: January 09, 2010, 19:04:36 »
fed and watered the birds!! ;)
and me, you dare not miss a day or else they sit and glare at you  ;)
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3109 on: January 09, 2010, 19:32:16 »
 me too,my blackbirds look through the kitchen window to ask for raisins,... ;D/ shades x
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3110 on: January 09, 2010, 19:39:36 »
...and the robin on the windowsill peering in seems to be shouting FEED ME!
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3111 on: January 09, 2010, 19:54:19 »
knocked all the snow off the polytunnel after the meeting, fed the chooks, broke the ice off all the water feeders  ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3112 on: January 11, 2010, 21:41:56 »
NOTHING!!! i worked all day and am beginning to get really down without my garden fix. I just wanna grow stuff!!!!  :'(
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3113 on: January 12, 2010, 20:52:35 »
Nothing yet.

I've ordered all the seeds I want, havent ordered the seed potatoes yet.
(still waiting on some of the seed catalogues to arrive :D)

I still need to order the plastic greenhouse, closhes and netting...ive probabily forgotten what else I needed.

Still need to go and collect the compost bin too.
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3114 on: January 13, 2010, 17:27:58 »
Repaired the snowman.    :o    ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3115 on: January 13, 2010, 17:35:52 »
Dug out a load of Bluebell bulbs and some horrible creeping plant with a tough root system.

Then had to bath the very muddy kids ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3116 on: January 13, 2010, 18:14:33 »
managed to cut a stem of sprouts and a winter cabbage then went for a cuppa and a laugh in the shed  ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3117 on: January 13, 2010, 18:27:25 »
cannot do much at the lotty but did manage to move my manure pile over from the right hand bay to the left hand 
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3118 on: January 13, 2010, 19:24:19 »
dug up a couple of parsnips and cut a savoy cabbage, picked a few bay leaves and other herbs for my soup :D

fed lottie cats and had a chin wag / shades x
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3119 on: January 17, 2010, 22:51:29 »
Finally managed to get my first batch of onions sown today in the propagators in the GH , about three weeks later than intended but between the weather and the outdoor socket getting used for outdoor lights over christmas...

120 seeds assorted large onions in individual modules (mix of Kelsaes, Giant Spanish and Russian Size), two/three seeds per module of Tropea, Sturon, Aisla Craig, White Spanish and a Finnish strain of Walking (tree) onion (total 60 modules) and finally (for the moment) 5 seeds per module of Long Red Florence (40 modules).

There'll be another sowing of Sturon, Tropea, Sweet Spanish, Aisla Craig, and LRF before the propagators get turned over to other veg.

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