This month we can’t wait to get started on the new vegetable plot.  We have planted onions, shallots and garlic then covered them with cloches to protect them from birds pulling them up and have sowed broad beans and spinach and also covered with cloches.  We have started chitting our potatoes for planting at the end of this month.

Greenhouse in the garden - Snowing!

We also like to check the many pots that we have around the garden, looking to see if the plants in them require re-potting or if anything nasty is hiding, slugs, snails or Vine weevil. If we do find the dreaded Vine weevil grubs we change the soil and check the roots of the plants thoroughly removing as much of the soil as possible.  We discard the soil onto area of garden that is not used and let the birds do the rest.  Our resident little Robin likes a treat of fat juicy grubs.  The plants are then re-potted into fresh compost.  Any slugs and snails or the eggs for that matter get removed to our compost heaps.  The large pots have the top layer of soil removed and a fresh layer of garden compost put on for a feed and mulch.  Plants that are susceptible to slug damage also have a thick layer of Eco-Charlie slug and snail deterrent put around them. Lastly we clear around the pots picking up and removing any leaves and rubbish that has accumulated.

SNOW! 1 foot of the stuff!