Monday 16 February 2009

After the snow

So there has been a lot of frost and snow which hasn't given me much to do.
Apart from spending a fortune on the Sarah raven site, that's where i bought all my seeds. She does add a nice touch because they arrive in purple tissue paper and comes with planting tips sheet.
I have also planted up more garlic which seem to be doing well. They will be going in the soil as soon as i have put more soil on it and manure. The snow has only just melted on my veg patch. Which is a bad sign because it shows it doesn't get enough sun because it was the last place to melt in the garden.
More joy in the garden my rhubarb is growing, which is a relief because i thought i had planted it upside down.
I also made a strawberry bed using the propagated strawberries from last year.
I have protected them with straw and a netted poly tunnel, for a number of reasons, there still may be frost, but i also have a big pest in the garden, its small and brown and doesn't care what he stands on or digs up.
The pest is called Lucas. The chicken wire is there to protect my rhubarb.