And it worked beautifully Tara I'm absolutely thrilled with that pond , sad huh But ... but.. t'is the first time I have my own pond And it's teeming with wild life

Didn't you just say that on the previous page Dom

Yeah but nobody was listening

T'wasn't me

t'was too

Wasn't
Ok...prove it

ooooo eck you a little feisty one this afternoon............................

cna't make me prove anyfink ..................ner ner ner ner

Been in that sort of mood , I blame the weather Would you belieeeeeve it's nice and sunny now? Tsss

I finally planted my spuds Happy now, once again. I planted them in a patch which has been covered over for yonks with black sheet mulch, and despite the sunny dry weather, the soil was moist and lovely underneath. Just made holes with my long handled bulb planter and dropped em in. I just had to crumble the soil up with my hands to fill the holes. My lotty sec wanted to rotovate it but nah sod that, I can't stand the bloody row I planted Cara, 10 free tubers of Yukon Gold and some odd Pentland sommat or other from a fellow plotter.

Those Rattes are growing away in a tub despite no water on them. I've not been to the plot since the day I put them in, weeks ago

need to go back soon as get the spuds earthed up or covered up with sommat

Well done you ... now it's time to earth them up ... hey ho a girls work is never done!!

I had loads of "cooked" compost so I used that to earth over the spuds

Today I have been mostly weedin. Not having been to the plot for an age I find the weeds have gone berserk Spread em out all over the place to dry off. Hope it doesn't rain

Pouring here, Watson....

My tatties have gawned all leggy... green and healthy, but verrrrrrrrrrry long and tall... think it's cos it's been so dry here... not now!! Wheehhhhhhhhhhay!!

some spud foliage is dead tall, thinking of an example off the top, er um

Cara! That has right tall flopping all over the place foliage. I'm growing that and it says you might have to support it. Might not anorl

Not raining here yet but then I'm not at the plot - yet! Trying my best to get there but keep getting thwarted

The spuds I put in my raised bed are hardly showing at all, can just see a couple of shoots fighting through the horrible clay soil , but I also planted some in containers and they've shot up like mad this week and look a bit leggy - need to chuck a bit more compost round them tomorrow

No rain here yet either - which is good cos I've been working

Hope you've managed to get to your plot Wards

I did get there eventually at gone two Got rained off so hid in the shed with a cuppa tea but someone still found me It cleared a bit so I did a bit more but I need some real quality time there just to clear weeds so I can actually find some soil to plant stuff in

Weeded some onions but the mole had been under there and the onions were all skewiff

Good news - all my potatoes are up. Bad news, possibility of frosts over the next few days.

Frost! anyone would think you live on the side of a mountain!
... maybe it's the Ofsted that brings the chill!!

Lincs is a bit frost prone being East of the Pennines but I think my plot is a little less frost prone than others on the site. It only sets potatoes back and doesn't kill them though so I have decided not to worry too much. In fact, I seem remarkably chilled at the moment.

Just realised my first earlies( swift) have been in bags since I planted them in greenhouse in mid -feb. Not flowered yet, should I been have a look see. Not even buds. They have been outside for a little while , look nice and healthy. Some of second earlies have buds

Swifts might not flower - one of the hyper-early varieties. Have a look and see what you have got without disturbing the main plant too much.

The old boy on the plot next to me has Swift, Plum and they're not flowering either. Nor's my Rocket. The Rockets I had last year in the garden never did flower - I started lifting them about mid-June I fink.

oops sorry Plum.. it now says Plum up there ^

thanks will have a peek when wind and heavy rain die off a bit

Fed up with the chuffin weather. Blowing a gale all day today and yesters. Plays havoc with me tabs so I had to resort to a daft hat Did some planting at home, not much though before it began to rain. Lost yet another pair of specs.

So forced indoors so I made a tray of fudge. Praying to gawd it'll set cos it's rum and raisin Made scones yesterday and I ate most of em meself

It's still dust-dry here, even some of my shrubs out the front are lookin a bit sad - they badly need a drink. It's clouded over now tho and they're getting a bit darker and heavier, so I guess rain's deffo on the way

I spent 2 hours emptying my compost bin and spreading the contents round the garden this afternoon... oh, the glamour but I am feeling very pleased with myself cos it was good stuff and I like being outdoors just listening to the birds.. I heard a cuckoo too.

Leeds lost. Oh dear

Oh dear Loobs, it'll be long face for a week