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January 2019
Details of what was sown/planted in January
For January 2019 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 - 6 January
Tidied the overgrown cold frame and dug a new bed
Emptied some of the growing bags and spread compost on a rough bed
Harvested carrots, parsnips, savoy and Kilaton cabbage
Started putting new posts to support kiwi
Some rhubarb is shooting
First hellebores are flowering
Gradually ticking off winter jobs
7 - 13 January
No visit to the allotment this week
Bulbs are beginning to push through
First crocus bud appeared
Bought some fleecy lined garden gloves
Mahonia flowering
Do you weigh and record your crops? - video
14 - 20 January
Broke spade harvesting parsnips
Gave fruit trees a winter wash
Added new posts to kiwi fence
Started to tidy gooseberries by the kiwi
Started to clear around native primroses
Visited Potteric Carr
Watched starling murmuration
End of the week turned very cold.
January tour of the allotment - video
What we have left to eat - video
Winter washing fruit trees - video
21 - 27 January
Cut back laurel hedge
Tied in kiwi
Did some weeding and clearing
Started clearing overgrown patch
Main seed order arrived
Bought seed potatoes
Harvested first swede and more beetroot
Took part in RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2019
Are you ready for birdwatch weekend
Looking forward to new varieties
Getting on with more winter jobs - video
28 - 31 January
Bought onion and shallot sets
English bluebell in the green arrived
It was cold, frosty, icy and foggy.
