Warmth At Last

My lovely husband has constructed them from decking, two high stacked on top of each other, to give the height and an awful lot cheaper than railway sleepers, which is usually the material used for raised beds.

Since last blogging, I have been busy raising seeds, tomatoes, squash, salad leaves, beetroot, sweet peas and sprouts in modules in the greenhouse.

Everything was going great guns, until the cold snap and I thought I had lost my little tomato seedlings.

I bought them back into the house from the greenhouse and nursed them back to health. I lost quite a few but as I had raised more than I had space for, I have ended up with exactly the number I need.

When I put my hands in the soil, I can feel its warmth, so it's time to start hardening off the vegetables, which need planting out. I always get quite nervous when I do this, as I get very attached to the seedlings, silly really, but when you have nurtured these little seeds, you want them to come to no harm, that's why I am sorry to say that I use slug pellets, organic or course, to protect them from the army of snails who inhabit the garden.

The flower garden is starting to blossom at last. I have aquilegia, alliums and angelica looking marvellous at the moment.

One of my favourites, my beautiful pale pink peony is on the cusp of flowering. The flowering season is so short but that is what makes it so precious.

I feel we have turned a corner at last and I am going to make the most of every moment I have spare, to enjoy my garden, whether it's sitting or digging, I love it all!

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