I did manage to do quite a bit, we had sunny spells and when the sun was out it was ok but as soon as it clouded over it was so cold it really put me off! I think this is the first time I've ever done lawnmowing with my coat on
Been out all day and very busy so no gardening again today. I'm planning on not covering my plants tonight and hoping it doesn't dip colder than the 6 forecast - it's a bit borderline but crossing fingers. Several of my tomato plants already look a bit sorry for themselves so think in a couple of days I may well need to replace some with the ones I kept indoors as insurance. Lesson learnt but I did plant them at same time last year and didn't have this issue. Our weather is unusually temperamental this season.I did manage to do quite a bit, we had sunny spells and when the sun was out it was ok but as soon as it clouded over it was so cold it really put me off! I think this is the first time I've ever done lawnmowing with my coat on
As you say, the weather forecast shows over 20C next weekend - we'll be complaining about the heat! I hope it doesn't make my brassicas bolt. They are nice sturdy little seedlings at the moment so here's hoping they will be ok.
The hardboiled eggs did upset my stomach a bit, so sadly it looks like they're off the menu. I'll try scrambled/omelette again and see if that's ok.
It's catching us all out I think! What worked like a dream last year looks very sad this year. My runner beans are about three weeks behind last year now but I did get winter brassicas and carrots started earlier and they were fine with the cold, so I'm hoping they'll do well. Thank goodness for your indoor ones, hopefully they will catch up quickly in some warmer weather.
Right?! That stuff is bombproof!
Hope your Lavender does well. Wonder if your mint will respond when it warms up a bit? My mint dies back completely over the winter but starts again when it warms up - sprouting from the hidden roots. Alternatively maybe a friend or neighbour could give you a new sprouting root to try again? Or maybe just a few of the supermarket potted herbs. If you repot them into a slightly bigger pot they can do well.None of my attempts at gardening have done at all well this year. Even shrubs that were doing well previously have suffered. Must be the odd weather. The only things that have done well are the spring bulbs and the montbretia. Longer established shrubs are fine, but they have deep roots by now and can survive adverse conditions. Weeds, of course, are flourishing. I still have some hope of seeing some action from some Jerusalem artichokes that I planted, but we'll see. Just bought new lavender plug plants and have potted them up to replace all last year's ones that died so am still a bit hopeful. Many of the mint plants that I planted in pots last year have died and the rest are struggling. Mint! Struggling! Usually it is an invasive plant and people can't keep it under control. That's why I kept it in pots. I suppose I should be grateful that my rhubarb has survived at all, even though it hasn't grown very tall.
Somehow, I've never been great at growing plants. The first year we made a garden here (1974) I planted out a hundred brassica plants. A neighbour's sheep got into the garden and pulled every one of them out but didn't eat them. They just dropped them alongside the holes they came out of. That was the start of my gardening disasters. No! I forgot. When we lived in Dumbarton, a similar thing happened. An elderly aunt was staying with us and I came back from shopping one day to be told "I thought I'd help a bit in your garden so I weeded that patch at the bottom of the steps." My newly planted chive bed! I do usually manage to grow strong trees and shrubs though - and montbretia.
For breakfast I had one cold sausage, some bits of a melon Neil bought and some tea. It's a new melon on me. White flesh, very much like a honeydew but it is shaped like a slim rugby ball with dark green, coarse skin. No idea what it is, but it tasted good.
2nd meal will be lamb tagine.
