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January 2017
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.
Details of what was sown/planted in January
For January 2017 weather summary
Details of our January harvest
I have decided to stick with the weekly format
1 - 8 January
Repaired compost bay
Starting digging couch roots from rose border
First seeds arrived
Bulbs are emerging
Something new for 2017 - Part 1 melon
A year later - African violets
Provisional seed orders underway
9 - 15 January
Black raspberry arrived and potted up
Hellebores in bud - hellebore niger has flowers
Fruit trees given winter wash
More sorting of perennial bed on plot
Harvested sprouts and leeks
Something new for 2017 - part 2 black raspberry
16 - 22 January
Cleared most of the leaves from hellebores
Hellebores in bud
Snowdrops are shooting up
Main seed order has arrived.
23 - 31 January
Took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch
Tidied up the front garden bed
Lots of bulbs popping through
Bought seed potatoes.
Something new for 2017 - part 4 potatoes
A cold week but we've some seed potatoes
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