Braving it...

I know a cold snap's coming, but after some advice from the lovely people at the GYO forums. (Fab people, if you are looking for support, random advice and a breadth of knowledge that you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else then I recommend you register over there grapevine ) we decided to make the most of a relatively nice day and put some plants in the ground! :)

We've planted loganberry against the back wall, put in 12 strawberry plants and dug up the conifer that was taking up the space I want my apple or cherry tree to be in. We've also put a new leaf bin together, tidied up the greenhouse, repotted some herbs that were overwintering and growing too big for their little pots, also some seeds have been sown into propagators.

The propagators are home-made using recycled takeaway tubs, I've made some smaller ones from Lucozade bottles.


Propagators in progress.

Compost being turned

Abi being helpful :)

Loganberry in place

The lesser spotted bint planting out coriander into a bigger pot. 18 weeks pregnant and trying to stay out of the cold wind.

Strawberry plants going in

Strawb plants all in, in front of the loganberry bush. Once the bush starts to grow we'll put some trellis along the back wall.

That lesser spotted bint again sowing onion seed into a seed tray propagator

Abi being a supervisor

Rhubarb from our split crown starting to make it's way through

The empty space once occupied by a conifer

Propagators in use, we have aubergine, tomato, and some lany peppers seed starting off.
We also have some jalapenos, habanero and generic chilli seeds in propagators in the kitchen.

Leaf bin being made and used :)

Red onion seeds in their tray propagator

Relatively tidy greenhouse

All in all a productive but tiring day. Hopefully this cold snap will disappear by next weekend so we can get back out there.