Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Markymarkmark Jan 2020 2:43pm, 31 Jan 2020 10,584 posts	0 Markymarkmark Today, I mowed the lawn! I January. I have never done it that early before. I also carried on tree pruning. Allegedly the 12 foot viburnum I cut most of down is a shrub, and grows to 6 foot high! (still had the label on the trunk.)
Fragile Do Not Bend Jan 2020 2:56pm, 31 Jan 2020 5,377 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Our lawn needs mowing but the ground is far too wet.
Hanneke Jan 2020 5:58pm, 31 Jan 2020 70,483 posts	0 Hanneke My grass needs cutting too but yeas, far too wet!
Columba Jan 2020 6:07pm, 31 Jan 2020 19,149 posts	0 Columba What Fragile and Hanneke said.
Dvorak Jan 2020 6:50pm, 31 Jan 2020 18,834 posts	0 Dvorak One lawn could do with a tidy, the other, absolutely not. Squelch! Snowdrops are out and the flowers are visibly forming on the daffodils I've seen the buds on the blackcurrants since November, look like they might burst forth at anytime And today I noticed colour in buds on a pear and a gage. Everything seems rather a bit early. And behind me, someone's magnolias are in bloom.
Cerrertonia Jan 2020 7:26pm, 31 Jan 2020 11,933 posts	0 Cerrertonia Snowdrops and winter aconites out all over the place. Chillis in the unheated greenhouse still not quite frozen to death, which suggests it has been very mild.
Garfield Jan 2020 8:16pm, 31 Jan 2020 11,883 posts	0 Garfield Our camellia is budding at the moment.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jan 2020 8:55pm, 31 Jan 2020 5,381 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Some of my primulas are out (one was out in December!) and the hellebores are looking good.
sallykate Jan 2020 10:06pm, 31 Jan 2020 6,340 posts	0 sallykate I visited my allotment and found that nearly all my brassicas are gone - nibbled by molluscs I think as they were covered with netting, and the few that are struggling on (looking smaller than when I planted them ) are ones which I protected with a copper collar. AND the "summer" PSB which is finally producing some decent shoots is uncovered and fine, so I don't think it's pigeons. At home, crocuses and snowdrops are up and out.
D2 Feb 2020 12:51pm, 1 Feb 2020 11,509 posts	0 D2 "something" has nibbled my brassicas too despite netting, it could be the same "damp squeak" culprit that ate my swedes! gardening is soooo rewarding!!!