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went to take this thing out but it was frozen solid so left it

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Quote from: SMP1704 on January 04, 2010, 18:27:25
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)

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!!  :-[

Went and shovelled a bit of compost....everything else frozen in the ground! Tried not to fall over too much...... ::)

Quote from: tonybloke on January 04, 2010, 19:43:16

Quote from: SMP1704 on January 04, 2010, 18:27:25
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........

Quote from: saddad 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!!  :-[

Whoops!

I made snowmen in my garden today!

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

fed and watered the birds!! ;)

Quote from: tonybloke on January 09, 2010, 18:54:39
fed and watered the birds!! ;)

and me, you dare not miss a day or else they sit and glare at you  ;)
marg

 me too,my blackbirds look through the kitchen window to ask for raisins,... ;D/ shades x

...and the robin on the windowsill peering in seems to be shouting FEED ME!

knocked all the snow off the polytunnel after the meeting, fed the chooks, broke the ice off all the water feeders  ;D

NOTHING!!! i worked all day and am beginning to get really down without my garden fix. I just wanna grow stuff!!!!  :'(

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.

Repaired the snowman.    :o    ;D ;D ;D

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

managed to cut a stem of sprouts and a winter cabbage then went for a cuppa and a laugh in the shed  ;D

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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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

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.

chrisc