Greenhouse Calling

   Where Is The Besom ?
  
   So it.s sunday morning and the winds have gone, the mild weather is back for at least today and the greenhouse is my target for the next few hours, after this nice hot cup of coffee that is. At last I get to clear out all the dead tomatoe plants from last summer and get the greenhouse ready for the spring and summer ahead of us, benches need clearing and pots cleaning, seed trays are to be sorted ready for the first few seeds that need sowing early such as onions, early season leeks and some salads that will grow in pots for an early crop, I know it seems a cold time of year and I guess some of you would think the last thing to do would be to sow seeds but it's all about getting an early start and as long as the greenhouse is protected from frosts and the bitter cold weather we expect in Jan and Feb then they should be ok.
   This year I'll be using an heated cable on the large bench, this cable just lays under a couple of inches of sand onto which the seed trays stand giving a slight warn temp for the seeds to germinate and protects the small seedlings from the cold. I bought the cable last winter but never got around to using it, this year we need all the help we can get if we are to grow enough veg to last us through the year.
   I was lucky enough to be given a wonderful garden voucher at Christmas from a really kind friend so already most of my seeds have been obtained with just seed potatoes and shallots to get in the spring. The weather today is perfect for a bonfire but I'll wait until in the week when people are back to work, lets just hope the weather stays like this and I get lots cleared and burnt.
   This afternoon will be spent photographing yet more beads to list in both etsy and my ebay shops, we have been sorting the thousands of spacers into sets to list at silly low prices and some of those will be listed later today, maybe some of you can find a use for them, would be a shame just to dump them in a box here in the barn.
   I'm hoping I'll find an hour to throw a few more pots too later, I'm getting an addiction to the wheel, every day I seem to find time to get a few pots or bowls made which is not a bad thing as the more you make the easier it becomes, just three more days an I'll be doing a big bisque firing after which, yes, you guessed it, it's play time with the glazes.
   Ok I better get going and sort that greenhouse out, I have a feeling this may be a long job, but with my little radio and the help of my little four legged friend Ziggy I'm sure we will get it done.