Well despite the snow earlier in the week, today was "starting to plant" day.
Peppers and chillis have gone into the seed trays upstairs in the bathroom (it's nice and warm next to the chimney-breast) and around 150 onion sets have gone into the first seed-bed.
Broad beans and peas in the polytunnel are sprouting nicely - we were pricing up netting today as a way of stopping the deer from eating all the peas before we get to them !!!
Aldi had some fruit trees on offer so I chanced my arm and bought 3 - a Bramley, a Cox's Orange Pippin and an Elstar.
Also ordered 500 alder saplings to be delivered next week (thanks to the amazing kindness of some of our friends in the UK who sent us a lovely surprise gift... you know who you are...) which we can set about planting in the forest to replace all the deer-damaged ash trees which have to be pruned hard back.... long job, but we're not planning on going anywhere.
Steve had a second interview for the job at Shannon Airport - a seasonal post to cope with the summer rush... We'll hear later in the week if he's been successful.
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