Chitting Time + Willow Arch

Although the Garden is still far from ready to put plants into the ground, we have just built a chitting shelf in our new shed (soon to be Loo Shed).

We ambitiously asked for some seed potatos from Lous parent for a Christmas present, which we collected recently. It is a good idea to store them in a cool but light places to get them in to growing mode, encouraging little stubby shoots, so when they get into the ground they get off to a flying start.

 

After some discussions with some people at work, we opted for the drastic action of cutting our willow arch back down to the ground, copicing it. It was getting out of hand and too woody to weave in, so hopefully we should get lots of new growth that we can weave in as it grows. However, much of the arch was made of dead wood, so might be worth poping a couple of new sticks in aswell, we have a couple floating around!
 

Spring is also most here though, with buds on the bulbs down the bottom of the garden!