Anyone planting ANYTHING at the moment?

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I bet we are the only people in Brittany who have winter tyres on our car - not that the garage who fitted them seemed shocked at the request.

Why waste a set of perfectly good and expensive tyres. Yep we have them because it was an insurance necessity where we used to live. The crazy thing is that there the roads (and pavements) were always kept beautifully clear but here (like the UK) nothing is done! Much more important to have winter tyres in the UK and Brittany. :?

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I've planted my shallots today and I've got onions in already and my onion seeds are sprouting nicely..planted them on yesterday
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snow!!!

I do hope we get some more!! I've always loved the snow... along with the snow (for some) comes the excuse to stay at home and marvel at the beauty that mother nature gives to us.

Ina... I hadn't seen that forecast...I wonder whether we will get snow here.
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Post: # 9184Post ina »

No idea why half of my earlier post appeared twice??? :?

No forecast for snow for the next five days - but that might still change.

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No snow for us, but it's gonna be really cold. :shock:
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shiney wrote:No snow for us, but it's gonna be really cold. :shock:
*checks the forecast* Yes, you're right. Actually, the next thing I've got to plant is a replacement fence post - the metal stake at the bottom of one of the existing ones rusted away a couple of months ago, so we've got a couple of panels up between us and the neighbours rather than having a section swaying in the wind and causing more damage. I'm hoping to find a balance of warmish weather (so the ground isn't frozen solid) and availability before too much starts springing into live in the garden.

I also need to get round to emptying out the lower portion of my composter so it can season ready for use in a couple of months time.

Finally, I need to work out what I am going to plant when it comes to it... so far, beetroot is the only thing I'm 100% sure of including (because it got squeezed out last year).

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Post: # 9223Post Millymollymandy »

Now if this thread was "What are you doing in the garden at the moment" I could fill a page easily! Just not planting and won't be till March.

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Go on then MMM,

I would like to know anyway!
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Post: # 9244Post Millymollymandy »

Oh blimey Shiney, you sure? :shock:

Well apart from still raking up leaves (got 3 huge leaf mould bins), there are all the overgrown trees and saplings that have been allowed to self seed willy nilly that need either trimming or pollarding or chopping down completely, then all that needs chopping up for firewood and kindling. Then there are 10 apples trees that need pruning and then in a couple of months there will be the peaches to prune (about 7). Then there is the veg patch to finish digging over, weed and muck/compost to spread over it.

Compost bins and horse muck bins need turning and moving as re-arranging space just in case I should find a cheapo greenhouse on special offer!

That's not to mention all the firewood that needs splitting and bringing into the house which is an almost daily chore.

THEN, there are all the brambles which need attacking, the hedges still haven't had their tops trimmed, the lawn desperately needs mowing :cry: , a million mole hills to remove off it first, the new raspberry bed needs stakes and wires putting in to support the canes, loads of stuff needs bonfiring like all the diseased tomatoes from last year.

Guttering needs putting up on the corrugated roof of our metal barn to channel into the 1000 litres water butts.

Rhubarb needs moving from the veg patch into the orchard which is always damp but I need to dig a bed for it first.

Oh god I think I am going off to kill myself! :shock: :cry:

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Post: # 9246Post Millymollymandy »

Oh and I just remembered I must have about 100 plant pots of differing sizes that need washing out before I can start using them again. Arrrrrgh.

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Post: # 9258Post ina »

If I were to make up a list of things I should be doing - it would look a bit like yours. Not as many fruit trees, though. But what I am doing is a different matter! :lol:

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seed catalogue: http://www.vidaverde.co.uk/

heirlooms mainly. (couldnt be bothered to read 4 pages to see if anyone else has posted, so sorry if they did!)

planting: cabbages, garlic. starting to prpare for the big push, probably in next few weeks.

coriander, broadbeans, asparagus, poppies all starting to come up and lots of other self seeeded stuff... and strawberries are starting to get flowers...

still cold at night, but spring seems to be here in the day :)
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Post: # 9698Post couscous »

There's a great catalogue from a company down here in the West who I find is much cheaper than the Organic Catalogue. They sell a vast range of usual/unusual veg seed and green manures. Easy on-line ordering.

www.edwintucker.com

Have only sown broad beans as yet. (In those wonderful newspaper pots) Ground too hard to plant them at the moment. What a great time for the central heating to go on the blink. The heat exchanger has gone and have been told that it cannot be repaired or replaced. Anyone know differently?
Have also discovered that my 'HARDY' Banana Plant was not as hardy as was claimed.
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Freesia bulbs that my partner bought back from England :flower:
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