Since the last entry I managed to get all the potatoes and onion sets planted at the allotment. By the state of the recent weather, I reckon I was lucky to be able to get on the soil – although it was a little sticky. So, 80 potatoes planted (40 of each 2nd early and main crop), and approximately 270 onion sets.
Now the April weather has delivered much needed rain, staying off the open ground is the name of the game. It’s just impossible to sow seed at the moment.
Work has really taken a beating this week with so many regular customers’ jobs having to be cancelled due to the really wet conditions. Unfortunately this has a knock-on effect into subsequent weeks work, and might create loads of additional gardening activities now that the plants and weeds are growing a pace!
When I visited the autumn show at Malvern last year I searched out some orange tulip bulbs. The plan was to grow 4 pots of tulips and when ready to flower place these in the back garden as spot points of colour against what is normally dark fences and shrubs. However, all that is orange isn’t – as I waited with anticipation, only to be greeted with yellow tulips. See pic. Disappointed ummm.
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| Orange tulips! apparently :-( |
This week we have been beset with Internet access problems – initially manifesting themselves as slow browsing, followed by complete lack of access. A number of frustrating calls to Talktalk seemed to point the finger of suspicion at the ADSL modem + router. So I duly purchased a much improved model, unfortunately to no avail. Further calls to TT & BT then suggested faulty internal telephone cabling – so an engineer has been booked for early Monday morning. However, I tried powering on the new modem today and what ’duh ya’ know, we have access back again. Nothing’s changed – except a new modem, and we’re getting an improved download speed to boot! So, still not sure what the problem was, or could be if it’s intermittent. Engineer visit might have to be cancelled.
