more manure, turned compost heap

sat am and afternoon, built woodburner for house, cleared beds, dug over beds, tidy greenhouse,

Cut back more hedges and had a fire. Dug over one plot. picked kale for tea

Veg Seed List 2010

Here is my seed/ plant list for this year. I am trying to narrow down what we all like to eat and picking good varieties that are not readily available in the shops.

Artichoke: 'Green Globe'
Asparagus
Beans
French Dwarf: 'Ferrari', 'Tendergreen'.
French Climbing: 'Kentucky Wonder Wax', 'Cobra', 'Blue Lake', 'Borlotto'
Runner: 'White emergo', 'Streamline', 'Lady Di', 'White Lady'
Beetroot: 'Cylindra', 'Detroit',' Boltardy', 'Burpees Golden'
Broccoli: 'Calabrese', 'Di Cicco', 'Romanesco', 'Early/Late Sprouting', 'White Sprouting', 'Marathon'
Carrots: Early Nantes', 'Gonsenheimer', 'Sugar Snax', 'Autumn King', 'Rocket'
Cabbage: 'Negra', 'Picador', 'Chinese Rocket', 'Ormskirk'
Cauliflower: 'All Year Round', 'Violet Queen'
Chili: 'Anaheim', 'Hot Cayenne', 'Jalapeno', 'Hot Wax', 'Hot Patio Sizzle', '', 'Czech Black', 'Habenero'
Courgette: 'Dundoo', 'Defender', 'Zucchini', 'Bianca de Triese', 'Kojac', 'Jemmer'
Cucumber: 'Marketmore', 'Cucino', 'Minature White'
Fennel: 'Florence'
Kale: 'Dwarf Green', 'Nero Di Toscana'
Leek: 'Longrow', 'Musselburgh', 'Lyon Prizetaker'
Onion: Sets: 'Sturon', 'Stuttgarter'
Onion: Seeds: 'Ailsa Craig', 'Karmen', 'Utah Jumbo White'
Pumpkin and Squash: 'Hooligan', 'Ghost Rider', 'Cheese Squash', 'Hunter'
Pepper: 'Roberta', 'Sweet Mini'
Peas: 'Meteor', 'Kelvedon Wonder', 'Rondo', 'Lancashire Lad', 'Ne Plus Ultra'
Potatoes: 'Belle de Fonteney', 'Juliette', 'Vivaldi'
Sweetcorn: 'Incredible'
Swiss Chard: Bright Lights'
Tomatoes: Bush: 'Sub Arctic', 'Garden Pearl', 'Red Alert'
Tomatoes: Tall: 'Roma', 'Golden Sunrise', 'Marmande', 'Moneymaker', 'Alicante', 'Gardeners Delight'
Salad: 'Pak Choi', 'Mizuna'. Lettuce: 'Salad Bowl', 'Lollo Rosso', 'Little Gem', 'Rocket', 'Oriental Salad Mix', Basil'. Spring Onion: 'White Lisbon', 'Toga'.Radish: 'Saxa', 'Cherrybelle', 'French Breakfast', 'Sparkler', 'Rainbow Mixed'

Saturday. Cold but sunny. The ground was too hard to dig so i tidied one of the beds and hedges in the garden plot.

Ordered potatoes for this year. Belle de Fontenay, Juliette and Vivaldi.

Before and after on the south facing bed

The snow has finally gone so a good chance to catch up on some jobs before spring. Most of the beds have now been manured and a couple more turned into raised beds. Lack of wood has stopped this for now. The new greenhouse from the garden plot is now in place and just needs finishing off

Snow

Its been very cold and as you can see lots of snow, looks nice though