Spring is officialy here! Blackthorn blossom is nealy four weeks earlier than in 2017. I don’t seem to have recorded the date in 2018
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About 25% of the row of spinach Palco planted Febuary 2nd, is now showing through. About 17 days.
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Kevin and Gudrun planted out our onion sets in the new garden. 100 Centurion, 180 Piroska Red and 100 Sturon.
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I think spring is going to be with us a little earlier this year than the last two years. The Sea Buckthorn buds are opening and the Blackthorn blossom buds look as if they might open any day now. These bushes are in the hedge we planted in about 2012.
Sea Buckthorn
Blackthorn blossom buds
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We have the first blossom on our flowering cherry - 19 days earlier than last year and 9 days earlier than 2017
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Sowed a first row of peas - 70 Kelvedon Wonder. Spread about 500g our own woodash along the row and soaked the peas in parafin to put off mice. The ground was fleeced for a few weeks before sowing and the fleece replaced after sowing.
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Planted four rows of Charlotte early potatoes under fleece. 60 tubers in 4 rows. Also sowed a row of spinach Palco.
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Sowed first batch of Daikon radishes in plot 1a
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We rented a giant rotovater on a 50% off deal over New Year and got a week for a weekend hire. Kevin heroicly rotovated our garden and the one next door we are taking over
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November seems to be the month for orchids to put out new flower shoots. We now have three of ours putting out new shoots.
Orchid flower shoot
Orchid flower shoot - slightly out of focus
Orchid flower shoot
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