It's starting to feel more Spring-like out there. Oh, I know we've got lots more bitter-cold and wintry days ahead as March is rarely a month of hazy warm days, but the light in late afternoon seems to be lengthening. There're daffs, crocus and snowdrops popping up. Everything - including us humans - seems to be yawning and stretching, as if coming out of hibernation.
I've been finding flower pots and trays and dragging that bumper bag of potting compost out of the airing cupboard, all ready to go.
(The potting compost incidentally was bought half price at the end of last year's growing season. That's when Wilkinson and many shops are desperate to clear their gardening supplies to make way for other stock. It's the ideal time to buy, if you've got the storage space of your own.)
I was bought lots of handsomely packaged Franchi seeds for Christmas, a practical present for anyone who aspires to be green fingered. I've added them to my seed tin. One little tip I've found useful: because I now need reading glasses to decipher the small print planting instructions on seed packets, I've stuck a white sticky label on the packets. On it I write the time to sow those particular seeds. It means when I rummage through the tin I can sift through packets, seeing at a glance those where seeds can be planted in March, April, May etc. It saves me constantly reaching for my reading glasses, especially when I've got composty hands.
I've been finding flower pots and trays and dragging that bumper bag of potting compost out of the airing cupboard, all ready to go.
(The potting compost incidentally was bought half price at the end of last year's growing season. That's when Wilkinson and many shops are desperate to clear their gardening supplies to make way for other stock. It's the ideal time to buy, if you've got the storage space of your own.)
I was bought lots of handsomely packaged Franchi seeds for Christmas, a practical present for anyone who aspires to be green fingered. I've added them to my seed tin. One little tip I've found useful: because I now need reading glasses to decipher the small print planting instructions on seed packets, I've stuck a white sticky label on the packets. On it I write the time to sow those particular seeds. It means when I rummage through the tin I can sift through packets, seeing at a glance those where seeds can be planted in March, April, May etc. It saves me constantly reaching for my reading glasses, especially when I've got composty hands.