spring at last

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Woke up very early this morning,. weather was good (wasn’t snowing lol) so decided to get planting and tidying the raised beds , first job check the strawberrys I planted under cloches in a raised bed last week.

Took the cloches off to water and check them , they are planted through black plastic ,this will keep weeds down and will stop the strawberries rotting when they form, it may heat up the soil a bit for strawberries, but I am pretty sure it will be fine up here in Scotland.

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The timber is placed there to hold the black plastic in place, there are also drainage holes in the black plastic down in the hollow where the wooden baton sits.

I then had a look at the potato tents and a good number of the plants are all ready through .

all in all a good day , carrots , turnip , spring onions , broccoli and brussel sprouts all planted up.

The orange plastic fence type thingy in the background of the last photo, it’s round the turnip seeds I planted , this stops cats using the raised beds, everything else has cloches over them and they have the same effect , fence and cloches will all be removed once plants get up a bit .

21 Mar, 2009
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Lincslass

Strawberries certainly look good so lets hope everything else does as well........

21 Mar, 2009

Seaburngirl

what a lot of growth and as you have had very bad weather i am really pleased that your plants are all doing well.
Strawberries are coming on a treat. when will you get the cream? :o)

21 Mar, 2009

Bonkersbon

You have worked really hard here today.! Thankgoodness the harsh weather seems to have disappeared for now.Apparently some more snow due in north early next week Sorry...: (

21 Mar, 2009

Maccrimmon

ach well Bb at least its all covered up under cloches hopefully snow wont last long now

21 Mar, 2009