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It was a drizzly and windy day with a high of 15.5c, 14.1c now and still drizzly and windy.

For years I always used Robinsons Mammoth, then I used some seed I got free with a magazine(Red Baron) which we liked, I think next year I will go back to the Mammoth seed.

My winter salad in the Allotments greenhouse, have suddenly accelerated. I've been picking a few leaves at a time all winter, but now I'm picking masses to stop it running to seed. The mustard frills are getting quite strong taste now. Nice problem to have though.

There are over 40 infectious diseases that affect potatoes and tomatoes, most are viruses spread by aphids. Late blight is also rapidly evolving and keeps overcoming genetic resistances and anti fungals Just a few others off my head: potato virus x, y, a, leaf roll virus, early blight.because...

Well, we've just had a big surprise, an old Irish friend we haven't seen for five or six years and who lives/works in the Middle East rang the doorbell just as I was about to dish up dinner! I was rather mortified that our dinner wouldn't stretch to three and could only rustle up ham, egg and...

These plugs arrived a few days ago, very healthy. The other cells will get tomatoes

I have two 6x8 greenhouses, a few too many sown as always, but better too many than too few

Reminds me of a cartoon I saw years ago-a Roman soldier on a half built wall near Newcastle is reading a message from Rome."It's Hadrian, he's asking why it's taking so long to build a well?"

Ipheion Jessie (I think) This cyclamen has been flowering for ages. Lost label, but I think it's xmirabile Tile barn Greville. So I keep it in cold greenhouse over winter as mirabile is not entirely hardy.

Must admit I never do anything like that on a tiny phone screen, phones are phones.

I didn’t think of that @simone_in_wiltshire, good point. Could be a ruse to keep us watching .

I saw one yesterday on Celadines.

One of three Brimstones which settled on the Primroses briefly on our walk around Kingston Lacy NT this morning.

I finally got our 2nd dumpy bag emptied, although it took me just over three hours to do it as the bag was too large and heavy for us to lift down to the green bins. I had to transfer it bit by bit into a large trug, take that down the garden to where we store the green bins then trudge back up...