Okay, we can't garden so......... - Page 10

 



Dobies say they deliver Artichokes to Ireland.
http://www.dobies.co.uk/default.aspx

 


Des Higgins wrote:

Ta Des.  Apparently, they deliver in Feb, which means I should really
order now-ish if I am going to plant them at all this year.  Gasp.  I
am not psychologicallly ready for this.  I am in totally indoors mode
at the mo, and really could not face wading my way out to the cabbage
patch... My week end morning runs on the Curragh are my main (only?)
outdoorsy forray, these days...  

Cat(h)

 



I've got a couple of new catalogs, and I'm keen to expand the few
blackcurrants I put in last year.  I've asked my sweetie to look through
the catalogs and make suggestions, and some Pagan spring planting rituals
will be in order.

So far in the Northeastern American colonies, we really haven't had winter,
but predictions are for something resembling it to come in as a Canadian
import in the next few days.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

 



Neither have we in the Westcountry of England, record overnight temperatures
of 12.3 C last night in Devon ( we're verboten to know what that is in
Fahrenheit ).

Andy

 

Andy wrote:


Canadian

Ah, well that is 54F give or take an inch :)   Winter hasn't arrived
here on the south Devon coast either.  The average temperatures for
December were 11.9C (52F) by day and 8.06 (46F) by night.  So far, Jan
has given days averaging 12.89C (55F) and nights of 9.33 (49F) with
nothing below 6C (43F).  Ignoring last winter (which for us was
unusually cold), temperatures are some 2C up on previous recent years.


A flower stem on a Crinum (Crinum moorei) that appeared very late in
the year has developed yet more buds.  These are opening, but the
ravages of hailstorms, heavy rain and a fair amount of wind are taking
their toll.  Even a climbing Bauhinia has refused to shed its leaves
and is still opening a few dishevilled flowers.