Saturday, March 16, 2013

Little Tiny Springy Steps

The weather is not really conducive to gardening today as it's raining and blowing a right old hooley. But earlier on in the week we had a sunny, if very cold day and the garden was definitely showing signs of it 'nearly' being springlike.

These crocuses in the front garden were planted before I bought the house,


I love the contrast of the purple and orange,


whereas these yellow ones were only planted last autumn and I really like the subtle yellow colour.


Clematis Freckles is still flowering away, although she's quite high up in the tree so I do have to remember to look up!


And there will be crumble for tea, but not for a few weeks yet I think!


Yesterday I sowed tomatoes in the heated propagator and tomorrow I will sow leeks and plant my shallots in pots.  I'm experimenting with gardening by biodynamics this year so I couldn't sow the leeks at the same time as the tomatoes. It does seem to require pre-planning and organisation, which is where I may fall down, but at the moment it's my intention!  I'll tell you more about it another time.

Oh, and I found my lost scissors, they were under the seed compost in the shed.  'Of course' I hear you cry, 'where else would they be?'!
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    Beautiful images of hope, thank you. Like you, I enjoy the orange against the purple, a little zing.

    Good luck with the bio-dynamic sowing, I tried it - once but kept forgetting about it.

    Glad you found your lost scissors, it's annoying when things disappear; like my trowel about ten years ago, I think I planted it...

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  2. dottycookieMarch 16, 2013 at 4:57 PM

    My crocuses seem to be in a terminal sulk this year. Oh well! Yours are lovely!

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  3. crafty cat cornerMarch 16, 2013 at 5:05 PM

    We planted by the moon one year when we had an allotment, I'm not sure if it made any difference though.
    Briony
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  4. JoMarch 16, 2013 at 5:55 PM

    I'm not organised enough for biodynamic sowing, I think my seeds would still be in their packets at the end of the season if I tried it. The crocuses are lovely, I particularly like the yellow ones. Mine are refusing to flower this year.

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  5. Miriam WeaverMarch 16, 2013 at 10:26 PM

    Lovely images as always. I must check my rhubarb and maybe we'll have crumble too!

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  6. AnnaMarch 17, 2013 at 7:47 AM

    Yes it's definitely tiptoeing towards spring. I'm in East Anglia this weekend so experienced the same hooley :) Good luck with the new sowing regime.

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  7. Naida WillisMarch 17, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    I agree, Spring is at last on the way. My quince has suddenly sprouted tiny bright green leaf buds, always a sure sign.

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