Solanaceae and Narcissus

Weather:  15 degrees C, warm, sunny, very light wind, unusually warm for this time of year.

Spotted:  A Bumble Bee, a Ladybird, 3 magpies, a carrion of crows, butterfly’s, lots of spiders and bugs and sparrows.

I’ve put early and super early potatoes in the ground today 6 inches down and 12 inches apart.

Everything is sprouting, including the little damson tree.  The Lavender is getting strangled by the couch grass and I need to still prepare a bed for peas and the like.  Felt tired at the allotment today despite the weather and had a little snooze on the straw in the shed – did me the world of good. 

I have 2 daffodils at the front of the allotment and the Pulsatilla is looking amazing. 

Pulsatilla

Narcissus

It's a fork

Spades

Pulsatilla Vulgaris and Potatoes

Weather: Sunny and warm, windy, bright, lovely, 9 degree C  

Spotted:  A large bumble bee, magpies, seaguls, sparrows, black bird and 5 or 6 great tits

Pulsatilla

Pulsatilla 2

I can’t believe how the Pulsatilla Vulgaris has come back.  The roots grow up to a meter into the soil.  The purple and yellow flower is just beginning to show.  There are thousands of tiny hairs on the outside part of the flower.  It looks strong and beautiful but fragile too. 

Started to think about what I want to put into the allotment.  I’ve started chitting some potatoes and will put them in the ground in a couple of week’s time.  I’m preparing a bed at the moment, so lots of digging and weeding.  All the plants have buds on them and are starting to think about spring.