We closed up the plot for it’s annual winter rest at the start of Dec and apart from popping up occasionally to pick a bit of veg and to top my greenhouse heater up, I’ve been enjoying not getting out of bed on a cold, dark morning. Not that we’ve been able to do anything else anyway as we’ve been frozen solid (literally) for about a month. Last weekend popped up to the beach for a stroll in the sunshine and the shingle was actually frozen into a solid mass, so that shows how cold it’s been here. But not today, No today has reached the dizzy heights of 8 degrees and the sun is out too! Can’t be bad. So, this morning on with the gardening gear and off to the plot we went. As always it felt great to be back in the fresh air up there once more.
Today’s tasks in no particular order- finally finishing off laying the central pathway. It’s only taken 4 years to complete! We’ve discovered these fantastic, totally non-slip, interlocking plastic tiles that really work as they say and are extremely easy to use. Also, pruned all the fruit trees and bushes, dug out some chives and various weeds and put a bird feeder up, which was already being visited by the resident Robin before we left.
Overall the plot’s in good condition despite the cold.
Here are the overwintering onions doing fine-
Also, my Orange tree is doing fine nicely snug in the greenhouse-
Finally we have the first signs of life on one of the nut trees-
It won’t be too much longer now until the first signs of Spring proper arrive. Happy days.
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