2014 March

This winter has been very wet. It has snowed and rained every day for weeks, right until last Thursday, suddenly it turned very warm, unseasonably so. We have had wall to wall sunshine for 5 days and it seems set to continue. The constant rain has meant that it has been impossible to do anything but now is time to start, or maybe it isn't but as, once again I am going to be away I am having to start anyway.  Today I have dug and manured my top plot and tomorrow I will plant my onion sets, fortunately the ground there is not too wet as it is higher up.  I have sown tomato seeds in doors and this year, for the first time, I have sown some lettuce and spring onion seeds in doors. I have sown them in an egg box and it seems to dry out very quickly so it may not be a good idea as I will not be here to keep them watered. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Everything else will have to wait until I return at the end of April.