First Lot Of Hardy Annuals Planted Out, Proper Staking Is Happening, Germination Stopped In The Heat - Will It Restart?
About this episode
Lydia discusses her recent planting of hardy annuals and the impact of weather on germination.
Hello, welcome to Tuesday 5 May 2026. I'm still getting over my cold so my voice sounds a bit croaky. Thank goodness we had some rain over the weekend! Phew! It really helped the soil although it wasn't enough to top up IBC1 unfortunately. I spent the weekend planting out the first few batches of my hardy annuals on the field: the agrostemma, ammi, scabious, stocks and saponaria are out and protected under some temporary netting to keep the pigeons off. This means there is now space out...
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