....OK - who stole a month then ??!! Can't believe it's the last day of February already.
1st Feb is officially the First Day of Spring in Ireland (though it rarely feels like it) though the last week has been pretty nice - warm days, despite the sneaky night-frosts that destroy any seedlings that you're too keen to plant out. YES I have learned and all my baby-plants are safely in the front room. It's the time of year that the airing-cupboard gets emptied of its usual selection of demijohns full of home-made wine and becomes a heated propagator.
Currently living beside the towels/bathmats and Ellie's rather crusty crystal-garden in a jam jar are:
7 varieties of tomato
2 varieties of pepper
Chillis
Aubergines
Peas
Broad beans
Coriander
Basil
Spinach
In the front room (coolest and brightest place in the house) the seed potatoes are chitting in egg boxes
Have chanced a couple of rows of carrots and beetroot in the polytunnel, heavily protected by fleece from the frost and the cat, who likes to sleep in there during the day as it's nice and warm.
Strawberries thinned
Raspberries and redcurrants pruned
Bring it on !!!
