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In these winds your having a laugh.   :'(

battoning down these plastic greenhouses minus thier covers!

Finished my Cold Frames ;D  1st time I've had some. Plants hardying off as we speak :D

Watered the plants in the poly.. Going to play leaky pipe games in there tomorrow ;)

SNuck up the plot in a clear spell and got the main onions in , still got shallot seedlings comig through propagators as well as assorted pickling onions...thankfully in the other clear patch earlier this week I got my maincrop broadies in...6-8" tall plants in five rows....the Express early crops have been in a couple of weeks, have increased in size a fiar bit and aren't showing any signs of weedkiller issues so I thought I'd take a risk.... it'll be nearly a month before the shelling beans go out so hopefully that'll be enough time for problems to show before I manure the whole plot.... if it's got a problem then it'll just go under the sweetcorn....

Had a mad half hour  :D between showers to cut back some ivy, and when it was raining went to the garden centre and bought some new wellies and a red watering can :)

Yesterday = a pedal to the plot for a 90 minutes rush around:

Planted another 16 shallots so they look as if they have been there for weeks
Planted a row of gladioli
Hoe, hoe hoed as the weed seeds are coming along beautiful... like a tiny emerald isle  ::)

Then sank more paving stones into the lawn at the new bungalow.... just another 20 to go and that'll be another job completed.

It's horribly wet and cold and has been all week.  As there is no sunshine around, I am carrying seedlings into the greenhouse.  They can adjust to the conditions without struggling with the much harsher light levels.  Also (again horrible weather and dense clouds) mean no night frosts for the forseeable future.  Seems the ideal time for transferring seedlings  ;D

Sat indoors during a shower looking through my French doors at the spuggies, blackbirds and robin alighting on the tools and wheelbarrow that I had to hastily abandon :-\

Had to have a quick look at the allotment on my way home from shops, and potatoes coming up, weeds coming up.  Bean frame has not been blown down, thank you OH.  Sweet peas and peas all being eaten, so removed a load of snails.  Think my plot is 10 poles as it was more than 30 paces long and 10 wide and if 10 poles is 10 x 30 yards, think mine may be a bit bigger, or my paces are too small.  One pace a yard, anyone agree.

Depends how long your legs are, Borlotti. I have to stretch just a bit to get to 1 yd. More accurate for me,  my size 8 wellies are exactly 12" long, so if I "pigeon walk" I can get it almost spot on.

Went out,opened blowaway,came in,went out,closed blowaway and came in again.
Exciting huh.

Dry day but blustery, Had our meeting then there was quite a cold wind so I spent some time in the big greenhouse transplanting things for the plant sale, then in our polytunnel transplanting things for us  ;D
Ray transplanted another wigwam of tall peas  ;D

Ran out to the shed to put washing in dryer - ran back in and shut door and put the kettle on!   ;D

Nothing home 8am and straight to bed up at 12.30 with a fry up and off to get hair cut back home and back in bed from 4.30 to 6.30 and now getting my self in gear for work :(

Steady rain all day and hard rain all night hoping i get a break in the rain for a short time so i can get some gardening done.

So windy and cold here, never mind the rain.  Turned the heating up,put on extra cardi and read a book infront of the fire.  OH on holiday for the next week so hope theres a break in the weather so we can get something done.  Lotties very cold, windy and wet.
This hose pipe bans a joke here.  I'm going to make Rhubarb and ginger wine next week  ;D ;D

Lovely day here! Too nice too do anything too serious. Well, the warmth of the greenhouse and all that, sat planning my next moves and not doing any of them. Cleaned some panes. Mostly just soaked up the sunshine that seems to be on strict ration just now. A few pints of cider, a couple of pipes full of Clan and a book about veggie growing to revise. Bliss. Oh and I watered a pot of mint too :)

Quote from: taurus on April 28, 2012, 20:23:53
I'm going to make Rhubarb and ginger wine next week  ;D ;D

Sounds nice. is it one you've made before?

Pottered round a bit and froze so gave up.

Got my Beetroots planted - shored up my earlies although the ground was that wet I think it looks more like a mud hut siding!  opened the polytunnel to let some air in, watered all my tomatoes picked some radish that I have just eaten in a lovely sandwich.  Other than that - FROZE!!!

;D