[pollen jim]

wow, i was preparing soil for carrots today, my hands were frozen and numb by the end, and its only a 8x4 raise bed. needless to say, i didnt sow them, will wait another week. at lease the soil is prepare, did you ever see a year like it.

[Greengage]

bitter today, grass still not growing and nothing moving in the garden, even birds slow nest building.

[Sneachta]

[Dirt Digger]

If, and it is a BIG if mind you, the temperature climbs into double figures at the weekend as forecast to do, boy oh boy, there'll be some activity on every allotment plot and in every garden and on every patch of winter weary dirt right across the country as everyone with a hint of green in their fingers tries to play catch-up for the frozen hiatus of the last 4 weeks.
As for myself, it'll be parsnips, then carrots, then beetroot and summer turnips. all the roots...
I've managed to germinate the celeriac in a seed tray over the last 3 weeks and once these are acclimatised over the next 2 weeks they'll also be put to bed outside, and hopefully, hopefully, once we all get some seed into the warming earth, and feel the late spring sun on the back of our necks and noggins, the ides of the miserable March of 2013 will quickly become a fading memory...

[NDB]

Anything I have planted out has a double layer of fleece over it. Much like myself when I did it.

[Dirt Digger]

[pollen jim]

yep not even a swallow,yes its very unseasonal, but when i saw forecast i went and planted the carrots, and prepare the cauliflower and brocolli beds with manure for i guess they be ready in about 5 weeks, spuds went down sunday, my tomatoes and cucumbers are 8" high, cant get the corn to germinate at all except 1, will try the cling film job. sure its a real bollocks everywhere dirt digger, but its going to explode so hang on to your forks boys, i grow loads of flowers too, so in the garden till october boys

[allotment man]

I bit the bullet on Tuesday and sowed my carrots, beetroot and turnips along with a few scallions. It was still cold, but sure look they are in the soil. If it was good enough for the tillage men to have the barley sowed it good enough for me!!

Although i have onion sets sowed for the last 4 weeks and not a hint of growing, but hopefully it will all pick up. I have to keep telling myself, Vegetable WANT to grow in the ground so they will be fine.

[pollen jim]

looks like everything is going to be fine for you now allotment man, happy days all around, but the hard work also begins. just holding out for my pea's, got new variety, JUMBO, never try them before. CANOE, ONWARDS and KELVOND or something like that before. Man my polytunnel is be blown around today.