Outside again.

 I got a gardening magazine this week, first one in a couple of years, someone on Instagram said it was a bargain because of the 10 packets of seeds. I will give away the cucumber seeds, I prefer to grow the F1 tiny cucumbers. I won't mind if there are not too many seeds in the packets, in some instances I only want a few plants. I did enjoy reading this publication, much better than Gardeners World, more relevant to what I am doing here. 

I had a few jobs outside, the biggest being to cover my second raised bed, the plastic will do two things, one is warm the soil to enable earlier planting, secondly any weed seeds should grow sooner and I can remove them before planting veg. It did not take too long, the bed just needed raking to level the soil. The plastic bits are from my old lean too greenhouses, I have rolled up the wire netting to reuse at some future point. My broad beans in my second bed are still going well, a couple snapped in all the recent winds. 

I have snowdrops in this corner, they have been planted for a few years, previous years have had poor growth, they have taken their time finally they are spreading, I got these 'in the green' as bulbs disappear once planted. Everywhere I can see other bulbs pushing through the ground, spring is on its way.

The weather is again dry, and not so cold, so I have been outside a few times this week, I love to be ahead of my list of things to do. I have put the edging along my side bed, I need to tidy it a bit, which I can do in the next week. 

I also dug up a lily bulb from the side garden, I had dug it out before, but must have left a small bulb behind, it grows too close to my yellow rose, I have replanted it in a perfect spot, out the way, where it will be seen from the house. I have potted a root of Salvia hotlips, which was left behind in the ground last year, not sure where its final resting place will be. I have also potted on the three flowering  plants purchased earlier this month, and a few cutting from my alpines. I have moved a few pots around, trying to find balance in the garden, things are starting to feeling right.

I really am itching to get started, but I know it's far too early, just a few more weeks to wait, getting everything ready keeps me busy and feeling ready for when the warmer weather arrives. I must pop compost into my seed trays and put them into the plastic greenhouse ready for sowing in a few weeks, the plastic greenhouse already feels warmer than the glass one.