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January 2018
Details of what was sown/planted in January
For January 2018 weather summary
Details of our January harvest
Archive for previous years' diaries dating from 2007 can be accessed by clicking here
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
1 - 7 January
One plot visit to harvest and continue some tidying
Visited garden centre but refrained from being tempted by the display of orchids
Visited Fairburn Ings
Mild and windy start to January
Martyn's birthday visit to RSPB Fairburn Ings
8 - 14 January
No gardening this week
Lots of new shoots various bulbs and anemone de Caen
Lots of hungry blackbirds too
15 - 21 January
Wet, windy and cold so no allotment visits this week
Short visit to Harlow Carr and saw first snowdrops
Garden full of very hungry blackbirds
Sarococca and garrya flowering
Main seed order has arrived
Cut back old leaves on hellebores
Hellebores have started to produce flowers
New project for 2018 - pot pourri
A good job it's fallen as rain
Our greenhouse needs a tidy up - video
22 - 31 January
Visited RSPB Old Moor
Tidied up perennial borders in the garden
Started to tidy the greenhouse
Harvest a few peppers from dead plants
Tidied the summer house
bought seed potatoes and set to chit
Took part in RSPB garden bird count
