Who Can Places to Go Links Feedback About us Email newsletter. Get the This month , Lore and Over the Fence sections emailed each month. Fill your email address in the box. Thinking that spring is just around the corner, I duly separated them from the close confines of seed trays or 9cm and 1L pots that they had been in all ready for the impending seasons growth. The days are getting longer, it's not far off 12 hours of daylight now, roots and shoots are beginning to stir.
Winter returns with a vengeance.
Far from starting off into growth again, the plants have sat in their new homes looking miserable in the frost and the blowing snow. Still at least they're on the starting blocks and ready for the off as soon as mother nature fires the starting pistol. That reminds me of a tip worth passing on. If you have any hardy container plants that you have propagated and intend to plant them out in the garden later, then now is a good time to pot them on into larger pots. Our springs tend to be wet and compost alone can get very soggy and overgrown with liverworts.