Delta - yes I noticed they still have them. Just haven't got around to ordering yet.

Glorious sunny day up here in Perth & I've been having a wee schmooooooooooze around the garden.

Bought some Unwins sweet pepper "Salad Festival" earlier and shall be having an Ash Wednesday extravaganza!

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Looks to be very little frost in the forecast for the next fortnight (not too warm either, mind you). But the weeds are poking through in the veg patch, so I'd better get sowing too. At least get some radishes and rocket in.

Picked up a ben connan blackcurrant bush at the market this morning for £3.50. Will dig a hole for it in a sunny spot outside the south-facing back door once the the racing's finished. Fill with compost, spread roots, plant, cover with more compost, trample down and water. Then cut back to ground level and wait for fruit next summer.

Would that be all that I need to do?

Blackcurrants are easy to grow Screaming. Stick a few cuttings in the ground in the Autumn and you will have new plants in the spring.

Yes, they would.

Just ordered a packet of Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus (Blue Boy).

I have had just one of these plants in my garden since i moved here, and it gets smothered in Goldfinch feeding from it

So i thought why not plant a whole row of them all along the length of my new fencing, it is south facing so should be ideal with a bit of drainage work to the ground there.

Just ordered some composting worms and my boy is excited to start worm farming with me

Does anyone do growlights? I have just the one light which is LED. My results are ok but not great tbh. I use a good seed starter mix so I know it's not the problem. I keep the lights on for 14 hours on a timer, so I think light amount is adequate. Although the seedlings aren't leggy they are closer to spindly that robust. I think they will do ok, but would definitely prefer stronger starts. I was wondering if the LED is simply not strong enough. There is only the one light too instead of two, again, perhaps I am trying to squeeze in too many plants under the one light. Would love to hear from anyone that has an indoor setup and anyone that does vermicomposting.

Went to my allotment today for the first time for a while. Loads to do and not enough energy to do it.
Planted my two fruit trees as they need to go in but the place I really want them still needs clearing. Will need to move them later or in the autumn. The garlic is thriving and there are buds everywhere. A good time of the year.

Screaming, belated thanks for the pepper tips.  I'll take heed.  I hadn't realised they could be left so late to plant.

I'll be putting some cherry toms in soon.

Got Blackberry, Raspberry and Blueberry plants in pots out of B&Q for £5 each. Also got some eracious compost for my Blueberry plant. I spotted some patio trees there for £15 so I'll pop back next week and grab 2 cherry trees. We already have apple and pear trees planted thanks to that grant money.

Things have moved on with my little idea. Groundforce NI (I think that's what their called) have taken an interest and have expanded our growing area. As it's related to a foodbank they have said they will sort out an area to the back of the Oval (Glentoran's football ground, hence my username) for community growing. They are also going to run growing classes for the community to encourage people to help themselves. This has all come about cause I was selfish and wanted somewhere to grow

Yes, good work, Ovalman

That is brilliant Ovalman

all the neighbours have here = last week

I'm waiting until Easter = them the rools!

Well done Ovalman. Great community spirit !

I grew some carrots a few years ago in a cat litter tray (a new one) put compost in and the put the seeds in (free in the Daily Mail) but after several months, well past the time they should have been ready they were less than an inch long. Where did I go wrong please?

Hope it's not going into your garage, Smarty.

Kenny, you need deep, well-drained soil to grow carrots. It would have been better to use a bucket with holes in the bottom, filled with a fifty-fifty mix of loam and sand.
I grow carrots in metre cube builders bags filled as above and get good results. The soil warms quicker than the surrounding ground and the height deters carrot fly attack.

He used the same carrots "joke" on the last Gardening thread.

Found the blackcurrant cuttings where I'd chucked them in the hedge. The buds still look fresh, so have stuck them in some water and will plant them when the racing's finished as per Foinavon's suggestion.

Nothing to lose.

You are supposed to cut them back each year ,with fruit growing on previous years growth ,i usually cut  them back about 10 centimeters each year but eventually they can get out of hand and can take up a lot of space ,was thinking about cutting mine right back and starting again .
They are very hard to transplant in my experience .
A very good source of fruit and produce a lot with min work .

Pruned my Lavender for the first time, i put half a dozen plants about the front garden over a year ago. They don't hang about do they !