On 30 Jan, 09:46, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote:
One story I heard that the 'old gardeners' used to use, was to bare thier
bums and sit on the earth. When they felt comfortable - it wast time to sow!

Victorian gardeners used to do this. What a funny culture. Just
imagine ... perhaps not )

I was having the 'weed growing sign to plant' conversation yesterday
(in France). We're all in very much the same boat as most thing either
haven't died entirely and continued to slowly grow. It's a general
worry and I am incline to sticking with the temperature rather than
with the month. We could, in 10 years time, be planting our potatoes
in December if this carries on ...

I've brought back some black radishes seeds (amongst hundreds other
things) and I remember my grand dad sowing these in the summer ?! I'm
wondering if I remember right. At the same time I've searched time to
sow black radishes and all resources and packet tells me August. I
wanted to sow them at the same time as the usual red ones we have,
which is my son's job, but I cannot imagine to sow these then if the
soil is going to be backing hot. Will they be successful in the shade
therefore?

Before you ask - no I don't...

..... beleive you ;o)