An easter surprise

Well the Easter bunny seems to have delivered a rather surprising package this morning. About 10 centimetres of snow. Most exciting – if you don’t think about all those little seeds you have sown in the vegetable garden a few days ago.

In a spirit of making amends for the neglect, I vowed to secure the potting shed from the coldest of the wind. Up I went (after thumping the snow from the artichokes and thyme plants in the herb garden) with an armful of plastic sheeting and strong gaffer tape.

It doesn’t look pretty, but I now have the windows and doors sealed against the cold and the wind. Until they get blown away. But must be optimistic; it will do some good.

As it was lovely and cosy at last in my little shed I decided to do some pricking out. A lovely task which resulted in 32 little cabbage plants (well, tiny seedlings, but one must imagine the future) and 30 lettuces. All in their own little pots, and snug inside their plastic bags.

I was going to water them in, but discovered that the water in the plastic watering can underneath the bench had an inch of ice on the top. Ouch. So down to the house to fill up with tepid water and trudge back to get everything watered.

A quick tidy, put up the silly poster of lunar planting schedule I am supposed to follow. (They are very keen on it here.) And a yearning look at the benches. Would love to stay, but I have run out of seed trays and run out of time. Four house guests arriving in a few hours and there is Work To Be Done.