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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Rosehip May 2020 9:43pm, 28 May 2020 16,269 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I watered the smaller pots tonight, but I'm also braving it and leaving the big pots and raised beds until tomorrow.
D2 May 2020 10:30pm, 28 May 2020 11,694 posts	Quote Pin D2 I'm still watering every day, it is tedious! My first early potatoes are starting to flower and I had spinach for my tea for the first time this year.
sallykate May 2020 10:47pm, 28 May 2020 6,462 posts	Quote Pin sallykate Too tired to make it to the lottie tonight. Planning a brief early morning watering visit tomorrow instead and at the weekend might plant some beans directly to add to the ones I put in a few days ago.
rf_fozzy May 2020 10:56pm, 28 May 2020 10,011 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy The greenhouse was ordered today. Should arrive in 7 weeks! Upon advice, I've got with glass rather than polycarbonate. And I'm waiting until next year (or perhaps later this year) to get staging once I've had time to have a play and see how I want it. Back to the allotment tomorrow to tidy the rhubarb bed. Plants in on sun I think
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2020 11:02pm, 28 May 2020 6,070 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I’m watering the things in the greenhouse every other day, big pots and crops in the ground twice a week at best, but they do get a good soak. No way I’m faffing around with the hose more often than that (it’s big, heavy and awkward as the veg beds are far too far from the tap).
sallykate May 2020 11:02pm, 28 May 2020 6,463 posts	Quote Pin sallykate Good idea rf_fozzy - take it slowly, see how you want it to work for you.
Garfield May 2020 8:17am, 29 May 2020 12,852 posts	Quote Pin Garfield I'm jealous rf_fozzy. One of these days, I may break down and get one. In the meantime, I do have a number of good sunny windowsills that will do.
rf_fozzy May 2020 9:48am, 30 May 2020 10,029 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Woke up this morning to find that the local squirrels had completely destroyed the (cheap) iris I bought in Sainsbury's last night. I caught them red handed. The remains are all over my patio. The neighbours have also had a shrub of some description completely ripped out the other day too
MDrewett May 2020 9:49am, 30 May 2020 202 posts	Quote Pin MDrewett I've put my back out, so that puts paid to me pottering in the garden/allotment this weekend Instead I'll have to ask my other half to plant things out and water, what a (literal) pain! I don't think all the bending involved in gardening does my dodgy back any favours :-/
MDrewett May 2020 9:50am, 30 May 2020 203 posts	Quote Pin MDrewett @rf_fozzy - oh no!! That is so frustrating!!