Wont be long now!

[borderbabe]

Today is the shortest day. Pretty soon the days will get longer - downhill all the way to Spring. Thinking of Spring is the only way I get through February - my least favourite month of the year!

Anyone else feel the same?

[MamIDdau]

Thought the 22nd was the shortest day this year?

www.letts.co.uk/aboutus/calendar.asp?catid=1&showSub=False&year=2006

[Plocket]

Well whether it's today or tomorrow I'm glad that we are now on the up for longer days. I can cope with the dark evenings but it's the miserable dark mornings I don't like. Roll on Spring!!!!! ;D

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Always feel relieved when shortest day comes as by Feb see a difference in the daylight lengths and know that we can start looking forward to another growing season!

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I need to start planting seeds in spring, im itching to get going roll on brighter mornings.

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Hi Karen (and others) - Oooo seeds! What are you planning? What what what!!!!

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CC are you ready
Bedding plants
Saliva Blaze of Fire
Petunia Summer Mom Mixed
Geranium Fantasy Mixed
Delphinium Pacific Giants Mixed
Lupin Russell Mixed
Hollyhock Charters MIxed
Poppy Shirley
Aquilegia Long Squirrel Mixed
Foxglove
Saliva Phoenix Mixed
Cineraria Maritime Silver dust
Delphinium Select Mixed

Veg so far
Lettuce Lakeland
Lettuce Cos
Carrot Autumn King 2
Parsnip Tender and True

Think with all bedding plants i may need a bigger GH ;D

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karenwl said:

CC are you ready
Bedding plants
Salvia Blaze of Fire
Petunia Summer Mom Mixed
Geranium Fantasy Mixed
Delphinium Pacific Giants Mixed
Lupin Russell Mixed
Hollyhock

Excellent! You are going to enjoy yourself! I'll be totally honest as I've not been around much lately and ask if you posted this elsewhere?

The annual Salvias and Petunias can be sown as late as you wish subject to temperatures, as they soon come on. The last 3 are slug/snail attracters, so be careful! Even if you have them in what you think is a safe place. I'd be thinking of sowing them late Feb if you want a show this year.

The geraniums I suspect are the "annual" pelargoniums? I've sown these as early as late Jan on a windowsill and then taken softwood cuttings off them in May.

Sounds fun! I haven't worked out any seed plans here yet, apart from my "tomato experiment".