What a change a few days make, from dodging the rain to sitting in the sun in shirt sleeves. I have managed to get quite a bit of digging done in the last few days and will soon be finished digging the area cleared of timber. I have also done the first weeding of the season round the garlic!

I hope in the next few days to start sowing in the tunnel with carrots, beet and peas and in some trays with brassicas. I have noticed that many of the shrubs in the flower beds are begining to show colour in the opening buds.

The feel of the sun on you makes the work seem easier and you want to do more until it starts to weaken as the sun starts to set and then you realise that it is only mid February. The tunnels are begining to warm up I saw 28 degrees in one tunnel on Sunday, but lets not get too carried away we could still have some very cold weather yet.

JOBS FOR THE WEEK

1. Finish digging the strip
2. Sow seeds in tunnel
3. Dismantle brassica cage

WORK DONE THIS WEEK

Sunday

1. Water tunnel
2. dig more of strip

Monday

1. Continue digging