I've had the tomato seedlings I sowed on the 23rd January on the windowsill in the house. Both varieties, Marmande beefsteak and Alicante, have done OK in their cells but it was time to prick them out into individual pots. (Pic - a dozen tomato seedlings with two pots of spares in the middle).
I've chosen six of each variety for potting up and have kept a few of each as spares just in case I lose one or two. I usually plant out eight in the bottom of the greenhouse plus the odd one in large pots so, I've plenty to grow on.
The sweet peppers I sowed on the 7th February are still in the heated propagator but no show as yet. Last year it took around 20 days for them to germinate so I'm not holding my breath just yet.
We've actually had a couple of days of clear skies and frosty mornings. It makes such a lovely change not getting soaked with lashing rain every time I poked my head out of the door.
On Saturday (13th) my plot neighbour and I cleared some of the back hedge which had encroached massively onto his plot over the years. One of the main issues was a scrubby tree that was leaning badly, blocking light. We took this down with the upside that I get some free timber for the wood-burner for next Winter. (Pic - frosty start to the day with a stack of wood from the hedge line).
That's it for this quick update, bye for now.
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