Crocus

Now that the pictures seem to work this is our first flowers of the year on the plot. We will post others during the year as and when they appear. These crocus were planted a few years ago but is the first time in ages that they have flowered. The next should be our daffodils and bluebells but hopefully won't be to long before we have flowers on our veg.

Pictures from computer

Managed finally to get a card reader from PC World this morning. Trying this as a test for future posts so hope that it works.

A Sunny Sunday At Last

We went to the plot today and spent about three hours working. It was a bit windy but at least the sun was shining and as soon as we arrived our robin was there to greet us. We took some food for the birds that we had made ourselves from lard ,peanuts and raisins it was left to set overnight and I smeared it all around the branches of some of our plum trees, the birds loved it.

We have a couple of raised beds which have had strawberries in and we have decided to get rid of one and use it for winter cabbages, I don't think that we have ever managed to take any strawberries home as Barbara tests them all first as she picks them.

Managed to do a fair bit of hoeing and cleared some debris from our pond, would love to see some frogs use it this year.

Each year we try to do a new project and have decided to take pictures of all flowers that appear on the plot. Today we photographed our first of the year which was crocus and will post pictures as soon as I get this lead for the camera.Hope to visit the plot a few times early this week before the weather turns again.

Why does it always rain on me

More and more rain today. I wonder when the hosepipe ban will start this year?

Bird Watch

Have just sent the results from our birdwatch to RSPB. We saw eight different species on the plot but shame we could not count species that were flying past as it would have added a few more. Really wanted the pheasant to turn up but no luck there, hope that the fox didn't catch up with him. The weather forecast said it would be milder today but was greeted by a heavy ground frost when I arrived on the plot. Did a bit of tidying, had the Robin following me everywhere as I was raking some leaves he was having a feast. The weather forecast has been rubbish lately so in future I am just going to look out of the window and decide for myself what the day holds.

We went to the site today to pay our annual rent. As we have two plots we pay more than most but it is worth every penny. Next time I have to pay I shall be an old age pensioner ( hate the sound of that) so will get a big reduction in the cost.  We were greeted as usual by the robin and found a fox sniffing around our shed. I topped up the feeder and hung up a fat ball but next week will have ago at making my own with some suet and porridge oats. Really getting desperate to get sowing and growing, but did notice the garlic showing and the rhubarb seems to be coming to life.

The Compost Song

For ages Barbara has been obsessed with sorting out our compost heaps. She has been trying to get me to help her turn them and use it on the plot but I have been putting it of for ages. The compost now is about five years old and is really good so a few weeks ago we started to sort it and use it.I found this video on You Tube and not only does it look like Barbara it shows how enthusiastic she gets about the stuff. By the way I do not appear in any of the film.