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Taking advantage of the fine weather

15/2/2019

 
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Friday 15th February
Managed a break from looking after a wife sick with a bad cold to get down to the plot this afternoon. First I delivered the fire extinguishers etc to the Cabin and checked the plots where I had been asked to do some rotavating. This and chatting with those I met used up almost half the time I had available but.......!





I started by digging over the path on the other side of the autumn raspberries, teasing out the adventurous raspberry roots. I was surprised to come across shoots of thistles still pushing up from well below spit depth. I can see me having to use spot weed killer again this summer! Fortunately the soil was drying out well and broke down quite finely.














​Next time I will have to mulch over the path with horse litter to fertilise and give a good walking surface.

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​Next I planted out the red onion sets that came with my seed potato order. Although I have enough seeds for 5 or 6 four foot rows I only did three as I already have 3 rows of Radar autumn planted sets growing nicely (at the bottom of the pic) and I don't need too many onions!
​Anyone want a few (smallish) red onion sets?
Sorting out plastic mini-bottles and poles to mark the row ends from the greenhouse, I came across a mouse nest in the materials which I had hung from the framework but had fallen down onto the ground. I need to do a tidy up before things get too messy! Using the greenhouse as storage is a real waste!
Looking round at the end of the session I noted that the Phacelia Green Manure had finally begun to succumb to the winter and frost.
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​I also noticed that the spring cauliflowers were also beginning to head. One is already mouldy but the two others still look good for future harvesting.
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