Today was not a good day for potting up the liners we bought from Lineside Nursery on Monday. It was cold, it was very windy so much so that I was slightly concerned that the polythene cover on the tunnel might tear and there was sleety rain. So I did some then shut everything up and left early afternoon. After the rain yesterday and this morning we are completely saturated again.

Monday, though,was dry.The weather change was forecast so I did some more cutting down of grasses in the garden and barrowed some compost to spread around the borders. We left the nursery early afternoon to go to collect the rooted cuttings I’d ordered plus a few extra which caught my eye while we were walking from tunnel to tunnel. Martin grows good, well-rooted shrubs and we are a bit low on shrubs at the moment. I do quite a few cuttings myself but sometimes I need to buy some in because mine have failed or I haven’t done enough.It would be wonderful to know exactly how many and which shrubs our customers will want to buy this year but that is always a guessing game so I grow the things which I think I can sell. I just hope we can protect things from the increasing problem there is from rabbits and muntjac deer. I rang the man with the gun the other day but unfortunately he is unable to do the job of removing the destructive wildlife so I am busy spreading the word around in the hope that there is someone else who can do it. I wish I was strong minded enough to do it myself but I’m not. So if anyone reading this is local and knows someone who can help please get in touch otherwise we shall be selling nibbled plants this year.