I went to the horticultural society trading shed this morning to buy a few items, including a bag of compost and some Growmore general fertiliser. I’ll be using the compost in the pots at home, both ones which will be staying on the windowsill and others which I’ll be taking to the plot to plant out. The fertiliser I’ll be scattering over where I’ll be planting and sowing the vegetables, and around the soft fruit.
I only had a quick look round the plot today as the ground is still a bit soggy following the rain there has been recently.
I was pleased to see new growth appearing on the red valerian in the stone feature as I thought it may have died over the winter.
Next week it looks like there’ll be some light rain at times with the temperature reaching around 15 C/60 F, and hopefully I’ll be doing some plotting after mostly marking time the past couple of weeks.
Have a good week, and take care!
Flighty's plot 
Sounds very familiar Flighty … stuff I will be really getting down to in GGHJ during April 🙂
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Anne I’m not surprised, April is going to be a busy month. xx
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I tried to grow red valerian a few years ago but it didn’t come back. It is distinctive when in bloom.
It is fertilizing time!
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Liz that’s a shame. It certainly is. Yes indeed. xx
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So much to get on with but my garden is so wet l just can’t get motivated this year. Have at least began to look in detail and so far l don’t think l have lost anything! We’ll see! X
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Andy how annoying, and I’m not surprised. Well done, and that’s good to hear. Fingers crossed. xx
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I’ve never found red valerian to be easy to kill! We have a ton of it (and some white too) in our front garden – spreads like anything! When occasionally we’ve had a visit from a hummingbird hawk moth it seems to prefer the white version.
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Maggie well done. Lucky you, especially having the white variety. Sadly I’ve never seen a hummingbird hawk moth.
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It’s amazing to think valerian can be winter-killed! My white valerian (that I’ve been trying to root out) is going to outlive me!
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Nikki I thought that the frosty December weather may have finished it off. The other problem here is when we get very wet winters and the ground becomes waterlogged. xx
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First day of Spring and we had rain!!!
Wishing you a good week.
All the best Jan
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Jan it was the same here, such a dismal day.
Thanks, and for you too. xx
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Spring is gearing up and so it seems are you! Xx
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Cathy I’m certainly trying too. xx
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We’ve had endless rain here too. Good to hear your red valerian has survived, the winter has killed many plants here sadly. xxx
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Snowbird I’m not surprised. Thanks, that’s a shame. xx
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