Monday's Poo
- By Haidee Clarke
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- 28 Mar, 2019
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Today we are mostly feeling.... like we have spring in our step
When the first thing that you hear from another persons mouth (if you don't include the four of us) first thing on a Monday morning is.... "I have poo in my car", what can you do but be a little bit excited! Our first two bags of fresh horse poo have arrived on the hill ready for the compost heap. Perhaps we will finally get the compost bins made this weekend - the above picture is the anticipated look. This was taken at Wisley Gardens last year and gave us compost bin envy!
The last week has given us some beautiful sunshine - chilly nights but gorgeous days. Finally the chitted potatoes were planted in their green bags. We must remember to water them - they never like to be dry but they don't want to be too wet - today the outside thermometer read 18 degrees so it is much warmer than it would normally be here at this time of year. Watering potatoes is one of those balancing acts and as they are in bags for the first time this year, it will be yet another learning curve.
Luckily however, we haven't had a frost here this week. Every day in the valley bottom there has been varying degrees of frost but we are in that flux where we have been benefiting from higher temperatures up here (we do have our own little micro climate!). This lack of frost is great as the sweet peas are being hardened off to be planted out. The doors on the little greenhouse are open so the plants are exposed to the colder weather and they are looking really strong so we are looking forward to planting them out over the next week or so as they are really outgrowing the greenhouse. Their destinations are in sheltered spots so they should be safe unless we have a sharp frost (and we can cover them).
We have also had a weed and a tidy (there was a moment when the cane pile collapsed which caused a "right, that's it!" incident) and spent a little time sat down in the seating area. It is a beautiful time of the year to enjoy the view. So, whilst Monday started with poo..... the sun just puts a little spring in your step!
The last week has given us some beautiful sunshine - chilly nights but gorgeous days. Finally the chitted potatoes were planted in their green bags. We must remember to water them - they never like to be dry but they don't want to be too wet - today the outside thermometer read 18 degrees so it is much warmer than it would normally be here at this time of year. Watering potatoes is one of those balancing acts and as they are in bags for the first time this year, it will be yet another learning curve.
Luckily however, we haven't had a frost here this week. Every day in the valley bottom there has been varying degrees of frost but we are in that flux where we have been benefiting from higher temperatures up here (we do have our own little micro climate!). This lack of frost is great as the sweet peas are being hardened off to be planted out. The doors on the little greenhouse are open so the plants are exposed to the colder weather and they are looking really strong so we are looking forward to planting them out over the next week or so as they are really outgrowing the greenhouse. Their destinations are in sheltered spots so they should be safe unless we have a sharp frost (and we can cover them).
We have also had a weed and a tidy (there was a moment when the cane pile collapsed which caused a "right, that's it!" incident) and spent a little time sat down in the seating area. It is a beautiful time of the year to enjoy the view. So, whilst Monday started with poo..... the sun just puts a little spring in your step!