Seed sowing, bulbs, tubers, planting jobs and all the growing-on that keeps the garden moving forward.
The end of January has arrived and I am already sowing too many things. The latest batch has been more ranunculus, more snapdragons and probably more optimism than is strictly sensible.
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The cold spell has meant one main job this week: fleece on at night, fleece off again in the morning, and trying to remember it before bedtime. It is not glamorous, but it matters at this time of year, especially when I have got ranunculus and other autumn-sown things I am trying to shepherd through winter.
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