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Ohhh..Joy! ;D...I managed to have couple of hours in lottie ;D
Dug up some carrots, parsnips (whoppers ;D), jerusalem artichokes, salsify, leeks, scorzonera...all washed up and clean from soil..ready for the pot ;D
Had a chat with other allotmenteers...'fished' out some dead frogs from pond :'(
And plenty of just pottering about...mind and body is eager for work out but soil is sooo wet and heavy..but I'm not in rush 8)

I wish I had anything other than leek to pull up (inexperience!).

built a pergola with scaffolding to be home to loofah, rolet and tromba de albenga squash. 

almost nothing left to avoid the digging :-[

Feels great doesn't it to be back on the plot with spring looming

 Picked sprouts and  carrots,still got peas in freezer O/H made lovely pork loin dinner son must have smelled it cooking they all turned up Did bring cake from Gregs bakery. Plant Aster and Dehlia seeds hope Asters work this year. New net deliverd today ready to cover brassicas  (scaffold netting read somewhere that its good)  Broad beans are looking good was in greece last year so did not have a meal neighbours enjoyed them (lol) no they look after everything so they deserved them  And rain cats and dogs for the past 5 days but lawn looking very good  Rugbypost

Gave the bees an oxalic acid treatment. They're alive, so far!

Set some mouse traps - the litle b#ggers have got at my broad beans >:(

Ohhh....thanks for that Robert!..I must do oxalic to my bees too..almost forgot :o

It doesn't do to forget! I've just been waiting for a mild day. I need to give mine some candy, and if it's still as mild when I get that far I might give them a quick inspection. I've never found that winter inspections did any harm, despite the received wisdom on the matter, and they teach you a lot about how bees winter.

spread some well-rotted (3 yr old) manure on asparagus bed and some of the rhubarb, will spread some on the other rhubarb bed and the comfrey bed if it ain't raining tomorrow.

It doesn't do to forget!Oh it is easy to do ::) I've been suffering with cold/flue for few weeks now and anything involving outdoors is been furthest from my mind + my brain not been up to it anyway, nor body.
But it is over now and I can start doing ourdoory things moore. ;D
Speaking of which I have done a little today....pottering about in GH and raking chicken muck on my this years squash bed...ohh my squashes are going to love it..I can almost hear them growing ;D

solefully looked at the snow and ice that is still lying and wishing it away!

Not been up to the plot but tats have arrived and seriously thinking about getting the lecky prop out of the garage to get the onion seed in  ;)

Ninny

Grabbed some planks to make raised beds with.

      Still can't get on the lotty but next weeks weather here in the east mids is a dry sunny week right in to the weekend so lets hope we can start to do one or two jobs, :)

Quotesolefully looked at the snow and ice that is still lying and wishing it away!

Having the opposite experience, as the disappearing snow and ice exposed lots of stuff that needed clearing away - therefore have been tidying up, to my shame.

On the other hand, now things aren't frozen up, have been able to get out some Jerusalem artichokes that were in containers.  :)

Nowt. Have another chest infection but there is plenty of time. I am not going to be rushed this year ( she says)

Hope you feel better soon Shirley. I don't get chest infections but colds go straight to my chest. I've been coughing since October. Far to many bugs about, thought the really cold weather would kill the blighters.

Turned over small patch of land...it was wet and heavy but it had to be done...now it is done I can sow some wheat next...something for my new flourmill  to 'chew' on for next winter....one can only hope ::)

dug the brassica bed and to my surprise it was like crumble and not at all waterlogged as I expected.  Not as many perennials second time around which gives me a bit of encouragement when I tackle new spots for the first time.

Just got it finished as the heavens opened.

Wheat?  Cool!

At last got to do some digging after what feels like months of frost or rain (soggy ground). I really enjoyed it - also digging up some celeriac, leeks, parsnips and a cabbage that survived the snow and frost.

Spring will soon be here

ground waterlogged, more like a paddy field.  :'(  :'(  potato day next saturday so something to look forward to  ;D ;D