{"id":2582,"date":"2022-02-28T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T08:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2022-02-28T08:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T08:50:03","slug":"weve-made-a-small-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/weve-made-a-small-start\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve made a small start"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The rain finally stopped and the sun made an appearance. This, and the emergence of more spring flowers, encouraged us to venture outdoors although not as far as the allotment. The good news is though that a friend, with a plot near ours, rang to tell us that we had survived the recent gales without any damage to our shed or greenhouse.<\/p>

Although my shoulder is almost back to normal, Martyn’s back is still at the tender stage so only fit for light duties.\u00a0 At his check up at the hospital, he was also told that the dressing on his nose has to stay on.\u00a0\"\"<\/p>

Spring bulbs are starting to flower in the front garden, so one belated job that needed to be tackled was to cut back the perennials. I normally do this as the bulb foliage is just beginning to emerge but this year I have been somewhat tardy.\"\"<\/p>

Another job that was delayed was sinking the pots of tete a tete daffodils into the small bird bath bed. They too, are now starting to flower and should have been moved earlier but I managed to squeeze them in amongst the crocuses where hopefully they will settle in and provide a display.\"\"<\/p>

Whilst I was busy outside,\u00a0 Martyn was setting out our seed potatoes for chitting. The trays have been covered with fleece to give some protection should there be any night time frosts.<\/p>

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A while ago we planted some raspberry canes in a large pot. They had been gifted by Thompson and Morgan but when they arrived we didn’t want to plant them at the allotment, so the pot was their temporary home. One cane is now beginning to shoot, but what was more surprising was that a couple of crocuses were flowering alongside the canes in the pot.\u00a0<\/p>

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Martyn also tidied the summerhouse. We still have lots of onions stored there which are still in really good condition. Maybe more onion soup will be on the menu.<\/p>

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Ruby managed to try out one of her new coats last week as we had a couple of walks in the grounds of Nostell Priory. Ruby has missed her weekly visits to Nostell. The guy at the entrance always recognises her. We didn’t want to overdo things whilst, Martyn is still not firing on all cylinders so we only managed half of our usual distance each afternoon.<\/p>

It wasn’t as muddy as we expected so Ruby didn’t have to be subjected to a full shower but we did wash her paws after each visit. A friend of ours took their dog to the vet last week, and was advised to wash his dog’s feet after every walk to cut down on the risk of developing a serious stomach bug that is around at the moment.<\/p>

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It may not have been as muddy as we expected, but the recent persistent rain had left its mark. The temporary winter lake had expanded.<\/p>

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Some small ponds had developed in the wooded area too.<\/p>

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If it stays dry these will probably drain away fairly quickly.<\/p>

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There were still a few patches of snowdrops growing among the trees.<\/p>

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Finally on to last week’s menus.<\/p>

We had a vegetable rice dish<\/a> that used some of our onion. carrot, garlic, frozen sweet corn and peas.<\/p>

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Another dish was a lentil and squash bake<\/a> with a mashed potato, cauliflower and cheese topping. Into this went some of our Crown Prince squash, onion. garlic, potato and some cauliflower that we had frozen earlier.<\/p>

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We also had a chicken and leek traybake.<\/a>\u00a0 I used some of our leeks and garlic in this and served it with some of our mashed potatoes with which to soak up the juices.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/p>

That’s all for this week. As always stay safe and well.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rain finally stopped and the sun made an appearance. This, and the emergence of more spring flowers, encouraged us to venture outdoors although not as far as the allotment. 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