What with warms days, cold nights, no rain things are crazy.

Had to mow the lawn twice in the last week, it's growing so quickly (OK,
I only just took the top off, but it soon regrew!)

Had to get the hose out today to water all the seeds I planted in the
veggie plot (peas, broad beans, parsnips (second lot), carrots sprouts
and cabbage. Just hope the frosts are not too severe for the next week
or so.

Rhubarb is almost ready for a first picking (which is sad 'cos I go away
for a month next week). Looking back, I've never picked any before the
middle of April in the last 12 years that I've got records for.

Over wintered lettuce plants (yes they survived the -14 degrees in the
greenhouse) do not seem to be growing very quickly despite the high day
time temperatures in there. The ones that I've transplanted out from the
greenhouse into the open seem to be doing a bit better!

Autumn fruiting raspberry plants only just started pushing out their
shoots. No details, ut I think they are usually up to about 2 inches
when the clocks go forward.

Garlic is growing well, but onion sets took a long time to shoot, but
are begining to move now.


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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales