7th February 2021

Sunrise     08:00    Sunset    17:13

A cold dry morning with a bitter East wind. The forecast for the next 10 days gives cold strongish winds, we will see.

I found a couple of retaining staples for holding down the path membrane we started the other day so I went and put another couple of pieces down. I have ordered 100 of these staples that should arrive next week. I will be able to finish the paths then.

I went into our tidied up potting shed and watered a few things. There is not a lot happening yet in here. A walk round the garden found a few things in flower. 
Temperature outside is 3C.
Cyclamen
Primrose
Crocus in lawn
Primrose
polyanthus
polyanthus
polyanthus

I started making paper pots so I could plant some peas and beans. I decided to make a short video. It is too big to go on here, so I it is on You Tube you can see it here. https://youtu.be/4Zt4FQ4xnZA


I made up 36 paper pots and sowed some peas, then I planted some sweet pea seeds that Alison had shelled yesterday. I took a pot bound Lemon Verbena and split it into 4 different plants, they should do OK.

These are the peas, two seeds to a pot.

It is very cold outside and there are small flurries of snow, not a lot, but they are there.


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