"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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Anyone doing any serious Spring planting yet?



I have trays of seeds in my plastic "glasshouse" is about it. We are still
getting quite heavy frosts regularly so they won't be put out for a while.

I am still digging sweet potato from last season, a few are rotten but most
are good. The globe artichokes are looking great but despite regular
inspection there is no sign of flower stalks yet. If they produce as well as
they look now I am going to have to eat artichokes several times a week come
October. It'll be tough but I'll struggle on. Fried artichoke, pickled,
roasted, braised, steamed, fricasseed, stuffed, vinigarette, salad, compote,
potted and artichoke pie, at least.

My roses and fruit trees are budding with a couple of early starters having
first bud burst but it's early yet.

David