Garden Projects
Seed trays, bargain bulbs and the new border
Mid-January in my garden is all about small jobs that make spring feel a little closer: seed sowing, more ranunculus, bargain bulbs and plans for the new border.
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Growing & Planting
Still trying to get the last tulips planted
The run up to Christmas has been full of ordinary life things, which means the last few garden jobs are being done in whatever gaps I can find.
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Bulb planting squeezed in between Christmas prep
It has taken until early December to get a proper weekend for bulb planting, but I am very glad I finally found the time.
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Growing & Planting
Going slightly mad over bulbs again
If you have been here a while, you will know I am more than capable of getting carried away when it comes to bulbs.
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Mulch, sweet peas and spring pots everywhere
This was the point where March suddenly started looking properly busy.
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Questioning my sanity over all these bulbs
I do think there comes a point every bulb season when you start to question your own sanity a little, especially when you are several hundred bulbs in and still not finished.
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Growing & Planting
Bulb planning is now competing with Christmas
We have reached that moment in early December when the garden is still demanding attention but Christmas is beginning to elbow its way in beside it.
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I will not properly relax until the bulbs are in
I know myself well enough to admit that I am not going to relax until the bulbs are properly planted. It sits at the back of my mind the whole time, especially when there are stacks of pots waiting and the weather keeps doing its own thing.
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The tulip conundrum has started again
November has arrived in that slightly confusing way it sometimes does, with plenty still flowering and temperatures that do not feel especially November-like at all.
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Bulbs, workshops and October sowing
October is properly under way now, which means bulbs, sweet peas, ranunculus and the yearly feeling that every surface is about to fill up with trays and pots.
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