Another week gone by.

What a quick week that was!   Out shopping on Sunday morning with a friend, only to the local market, stopped for a coffee and sat out in the sunshine. 

Lots and lots of pruning done this week too,  all those dead geranium stalks have been cut down and thrown away.  About 3 wheelbarrow loads altogether!  Trimmed back all the border plants as well as they have new growth at the base but crunchy tops.  Made a new herb bed under the olive tree in the front garden, filled with parsley, chives and a water pot of mint.  Watered and weeded the new herbs that are starting to grow over in the veg patch, the rocket appeared within a few days and now the coriander is up too.  The first broad beans are showing and the peas have suddenly decided to grow up the bean stalks so they too should be flowering soon.  Planted cucumber seeds in pots which are partly sunk into the raised bed to keep warm and then covered with fleece as a few nights have been chilly.  Also used up the last of a packet of radishes and covered them against the chill.  Don't know if they will grow as it is a packet from a couple of years ago that has got forgotten about.  Sometimes it doesn't seem to matter the date of the seeds whereas other vegetable varieties can be very temperamental.  I work on the idea that if there's space, sprinkle them in and wait and see.  Plenty of time to add the most recently bought seeds if these don't do anything.

Spring seems to have deserted us today, it's been glorious for days and days, rained a bit on March 2nd and again on the evening of the 19th, today is just dull and overcast but it is trying to drizzle - without much success though.