what are you all upto

Last post 23-01-2011 4:02 PM by Prunella. 10 replies.

• 22/01/2011 02:38 PM
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact just wondering what is every one up to in the garden and greenhouse i just sowed some lettuce broad beans cabbage in seed trays and put the heater on in the greenhouse  also put some horse dung on the veg plot ready to dig in later   happy new year by the way to you all dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 22/01/2011 02:46 PM

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  asj Location: esher Joined on: 01 May 2010 Posts: 1,050

  Reply | Contact Happy new year to you, too, dave - hope you had a good christmas!  All I'm doing at the moment is putting my seed potatoes, which arrived this morning, to chit in egg boxes on the kitchen windowsill.  And thinking whether I can put a tiny greenhouse in a corner of my garden, which even with a paraffin heater would give me a bit more scope... Best to the boss  asj - War on slugs and snails!

• 22/01/2011 02:54 PM	In reply to
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact hi asj if you got a brick wall some where you could get a lean to one yes had a grate christmas in austria thanks a lot of snow then came back home 4 jan to more snow here nice and cold out love the cold boss send her regards also dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 22/01/2011 03:07 PM	In reply to
  asj Location: esher Joined on: 01 May 2010 Posts: 1,050	Reply | Contact Haven't got a wall, I'm afraid.  Do have a corner with a big fence - I'll try to take a pic in the next couple of days so you can see what I'm thinking about  Hate the cold! asj - War on slugs and snails!

• 22/01/2011 03:12 PM	In reply to
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact how about on of those small poly ones you can get for around £50 the boss have one for here flowers they are good got them in must gc size is about 6x4ft i see if i can find a link for you to look at i just had a beer thanks dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 22/01/2011 03:20 PM	In reply to
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact found this site asj looks good http://www.warehouse24.co.uk/polytunnels.html   http://www.activegardening.co.uk/planthouses.php dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 22/01/2011 06:26 PM	In reply to
  Arrem Location: Staffordshire. UK Joined on: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 243	Reply | Contact  Hi Dave, I am sitting here paper and pencil in hand plotting and planning where the heck I am going to put all my plants this year.  My seeds have arrived and by the looks of it, when I ordered them, I must've been at the cooking sherry again. There is no such thing as useless - you can always be a bad example.

• 22/01/2011 06:32 PM	In reply to
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact hi arrem you will always find a place for them in with the flower in pots window boxes you will be surprised where you find a spot i think thats the fun part of gardening dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 23/01/2011 08:08 AM	In reply to
  GardeningFin Location: Kent Joined on: 23 May 2009 Posts: 170	Reply | Contact   Hi Dave, I very proudly double dug a large new border in HEAVY clay. Although I can hardly move, I able to order my seeds and plugs online  - C'mon Spring!

• 23/01/2011 02:04 PM

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  woodyoak Location: southern Ontario, Canada Joined on: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 12

  Reply | Contact It's -15C with a windchill of -27C here this morning. Tomorrow is supposed to be colder.  I read on this and other forums from warmer places in the winter to remind myself that spring will come eventually :-) To help fend of winter boredom I'm also taking a distance education on-line CAD course that uses a professional landscape design software program.  The course is offered by a local university. All the 'lectures' are on-line and there's a forum for clasroom discussion.  The format works very well - I took another course through them in 2009 and it was fun.  But I'd rather be outside in the garden - that's not going to happen again here though until late March at the earliest.

• 23/01/2011 04:02 PM	In reply to
  Prunella Location: North Cotswolds Joined on: 14 Jan 2011 Posts: 49	Reply | Contact oh my, Fin, you have my sympathy...had clay soil at the place I lived in a few years ago and had to dig a massive pond out of it....ouchy! -15??? Brrrrrrrrr!!! I can barely deal with -1!! I'm doing nothing but planning...and buying up things in the plant sale and then wondering where to put them!