Has anyone grown anything yet?

Surely its not frozen, up in Shineyland?
I've been lucky I know, very cold wind, but it dries the ground out, being on clay.
So yes I would like it a bit warmer, but I just enjoy the dry days.

A bit more sun wouldn't go amiss though.

 

I got fed up with this weather and did a bit in the garden this morning.

Planted out a few bits that I got from Amulree last autumn.

 

My double impatiens are germinating, but they are on top of the aquarium, sealed in bags and under a lamp with an old style lightbulb which gives out heat!! I have never found any other way to germinate impatiens!!

 

• I've grown weary of the waterlogged Autumn
• I've grown weary of the snowy/cold Winter
• I've grown exasperated from the lack of sunshine
• I've grown accustomed to disappointment
• I've grown more familiar with the regular posters on GC
• I've grown a beard (could be hormonal? )
• I've grown in knowledge of gardening (fab search engine on GC! )

From that perspective ... it's been a great time for growing!

 

Me too.

 

Yeah, but you're a *bloke* Nowt special in that

 

Wait untill the weather warms up Mum...then youcan shave it off

 

Oh no Cherub ... I can't wait *that* long: I do have to go out *some* times you know!

 

Don't worry about that Mum.....i don't

 

I go out with my beard on. I can't see any problems with it. It keeps my face nice and warm. Today I had an ice cream down the sea front. I was freezing, but my face was warm.

 

Ive a bit been busy,ive got a few differant cosmos,,dahlias,lupins,helichrysum also sweetpeas,flax,angelica from seedswap germinating in the greenhouse also
Fuchsia,sage & rosemary cuttings.
In the house...Helipterum,fuchsia, lemon chillis,cannas,Datura,ginger from tesco,purple sprouts,some tomatos,also 3 varieties of salvia, mini bell pepper& jolokia(seedswap) Morning glory.. blue star,black knight & crimson rambler(seedswap again )Thank you gang x
Callidiums,colocasia from bulb though,verbina&brugmansia cuttings.
I hope it all makes through this month as i do for everyones seeds sown xx

 

I've got 25 ish trays of seedlings in my spare room, but I'd have to do a grand tour to remind me what they are at the moment. I've decided to grow mainly perennials this year as I've lost patience with growing loads of annuals just to see them keel over at the end of the growing/flowering season. Must be my age!

My heated propagator is working hard and seeds are still going through that as if on a conveyor belt, I've doubled up this year with the amount to grow. I don't normally start until the beginning of March but because of the amount to get going I started mid February, which now with the weather situation doesn't seem to have been a good idea.

 

Planted out 2 Blackcurrant bushes, nothing else.