Spring has arrived .... almost

At last the rain has eased off, the sun has been out for a few days and I managed to put the rotavator through the patch for the first time. All the winter veg has been pulled out, the final parsnips and beetroot lifted and stored safely in the shed. One surprise was that my secret wine gum supply tucked away in seed tin, seems to have been raided and finished ... just when I was fancying one!! No doubt who that was!! The soil is drying nicely now and I'm looking forward to a bit of planting

Cabbages and early purple sprouting are just up in the heated propagator in the garage and broad beans are in trays in the greenhouse. New and maincrop potatoes are chitting in the spare bedroom. I'm thinking of secretly planting a few in black bags in the greenhouse to get the drop in the first to pick stakes with Ronald!!