Spring… A time for action

Spring… A time for action

Well here is my first article. I hope to one day be published in a garden magazine and getting paid would be lovely, but you have to start somewhere :) April is the next instalment. Not absolutely sure what it will entail as yet but I'm sure I will be inspired soon :) I am trialing a few new things this year so they may well be included.

Happy gardening Nx

Sunny feb 23rd

Today is such a lovely sunny thursday. It is 17.5 degrees and the garden is finally bursting into life! Golden crocus snd a stunning deep crocus are in full flow in the front garden. My early sown seed experiment seems to be going well although a few tomatoes have given up the ghost. Now is the time to get a few sweet peas going. Some say they need soaking over night first but i never have and they always work so give it a go.
This weather is so much better than a few weeks ago when on the 12 feb it was -16 and our cold water pipe to the kitchen froze solid.

Roll on more sunshine and seed sowing.

Bye for now
The potting shed xx

Seeds

Oh no some of my seeds have keeled over! I will try and rescue them tomorrow 

Feb 2012 snow

So here we are February already!! How time flies. The first snow of the year arrived over night and Sunday was very white outside. We had about 4 inches of snow and Alfie jumped on the grass and disappeared up to his tummy,silly boy.

On a good note my new indoor propagator is working brilliantly and the seeds that I planted only last weekend have come up already. Two varieties of tomato, Alicante and Money Maker are doing really well and I am hoping for a huge crop this year. the Cosmos have also sprouted well from the seeds that James gathered last year! How exciting,we have never grown anything from our own seeds before so we are both looking forward to seeing how well this works. Free flowers!! Yippee :) The other seeds that we collected from our snapdragons are also trying hard but they are very tiny. I am sure they will come up trumps though. On looking today I also noticed the beginnings of the peppers growing too so it's all going on.

I am really hoping that the weather improves so I can get back in the Potting Shed which I am missing so much mind you it is meant to drop to minus 7 by Wednesday,brrrrr.

Right I need a cuppa. Photos of the snow and seeds will follow.

Happy growing

Niki x

Dec 2011

Hi Blog,

Well I really really must write more often but life just gets in the way!! Anyway just a real quickie to round off the year.

What an amazing season we had this year. Temperatures of 30 degrees on the last day of October!! Madness. Flowers still doing their thing now, 22nd Dec, photos to follow. :0

I have loved my garden this year and have taken many cuttings including the Ceonothus shrub only a few weeks ago that appear to be doing very nicely, in the kitchen I might add as I felt maybe the potting shed was a tad chilly. Speaking of the potting shed :) it is filled with cuttings that look really strong and healthy, the greenhouse is brimming and the new addition of a cold frame has proved the best place for the now quite large Echium :)

Well thats all for now,
Probably be back in the new year now, I will try and be more consistent then :)

Merry Christmas from the Potting Shed 

Well, a bit of a long time since I have written anything but life sort of took over a little with children crashing cars and heaven only knows what else :)

the garden is looking amazing at the moment with plenty of colour. My Dahlias are all in flower and very huge, one is the same size as my head!

Cuttings have been taken of most things in the garden including Fuchsias, Osteospermums, Geraniums and Petunias. I have propagated them in terracotta pots this year in a mix of compost and grit to help the roots get really well established. So far so good, new shoots are beginning to appear.

I love my garden.

Here are some photographs to enjoy. I have a new camera and have gone a little snap happy :)

Photos