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Ian\u00a0says I’m a pessimist – I say I’m a realist.\u00a0 I guess we’re both right but I’m not taking any chances this week.\u00a0 The weather men are forecasting snow tomorrow and having been caught out in the new year (i.e. snowed in for 5 days) this week we’re getting prepared.<\/p>\n

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It was a beautiful spring day yesterday\u00a0so hard to believe the warnings.\u00a0 However, we took the opportunity to tidy up the vegetable garden, do a bit more weeding\u00a0and make it more weather proof.<\/p>\n

First off we covered the potato bed with a double layer of horticultural fleece.\u00a0 Potatoes are not frost hardy and although their\u00a0haulms (stems)\u00a0are not poking through the soil yet, being frozen into the soil wont do them much good either.<\/p>\n

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Then we covered the onion bed with a cloche.\u00a0 Although garlic and shallots are pretty hardy,\u00a0young onions\u00a0are not so\u00a0we’re taking no chances.\u00a0\u00a0Sudden changes in temperature now\u00a0can either destroy the young seedlings or cause them to bolt (flower\u00a0at the expense of a large bulb).\u00a0 We had some spare pipe\u00a0and clear plastic laying\u00a0around from the house renovation so are making use of it.\u00a0 I also noticed last week that the birds have\u00a0lifted a few bulbs\u00a0so covering them for a while will prevent this.<\/p>\n

Finally we’ve surrounded the plot with a light gauge wind fabric to give\u00a0it more protection.\u00a0 Unfortunately\u00a0next door’s\u00a0horses\u00a0took a huge liking to\u00a0the native hedge we’d planted and it’s now very sparse at the\u00a0north end.\u00a0 Initially Ian didn’t like the idea of the ‘artificial’ fabric. However, it’s made the garden feel much cosier and strangely more manageable and we’re now delighted we took the time to do it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The optimistic side of me is now hoping the experts have got it all wrong.<\/div>\n

Ian’s gone shopping ‘just in case’.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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