OK, I've been expanding the fruit garden for a start. We've now 12 raspberry canes (6 summer fruiting, 6 autumn), 3 gooseberry bushes (two summer, one autumn), one backcurrant bush and a blaeberry bush. This goes nicely with the damson trees and existing bog standard plum, apple and geen trees and plethora of redcurrant bushes. OH finally moved the boat off the Strawberry patch so they can see daylight again hurrah and got a good dung'ing. I'm forcing some rhubarb in upstairs cupboard for the first time so we'll see how that goes. I hope its a success as the three plants we have in the garden just aren't enough :(The veg garden expansion is going very very slowly (mainly due to me being left to do it ) however getting there and looking forward to some new things going in this year as well as FINALLY heating the green house. My project this year is aubergines! I need to grow them!!!
The flower beds got a much needed sort out by my 3 year old and I last weekend, Raemoir was selling off a load of plants at a £1 each so we filled the boot and now we have Spring everywhere it wasn't already coming up. My friend Bunty gifted me some Iris as well and I have a new witchhazel too!
Seed wise I have sweet basil, two thymes, cauliflower, flat leaf parsley and aforementioned aubergines all peeking through in propogators in the living room window. In fact the thymes, parsley and basil wil be potted on this weekend I hope.
I love this time of year! Its just so promising!
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