28th March 2021

 First day of British Summer Time

Sunrise        07:04        Sunset        19:51

A damp night and a grey start to Sunday. Forecast is for rain all day then a big wind forecast.

I started today by taking Hesketh Knight Chrysanthemum cuttings for stools lifted earlier in January. I managed to get about 35 cuttings potted up. I did in the dry periods manage to finish the glazing of the roof of the greenhouse. So a good day altogether in the garden despite the iffy weather.

I checked my cuttings taken earlier and found some of the cuttings of Hamamelis left in water, with leaves on, so I put some rooting compound onto 5 of them and potted them individually. Will be interesting to see if they strike. A lot of the other H cuttings that I potted as a group in compost have also started to show leaves.

Rhubarb coming along nicely
Polyanthus growing with daffodils.
Potting Shed
Various things on pots outside
Various things on pots outside
Kale seedlings
Broccoli Seedlings
Morus Nigra tree breaking into leaf
Chrysanthemums
Radishes
Chrysanthemum Hesketh Knight
Flower seedlings
Chrysanthemums awaiting transplanting
Various seedlings including tomatoes and onions
Hyacinth
Pulsatilla


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