Spring is on it way!!

January -- February updates

The weather as been so mild one of my Rhododendron's started flowering just before Christmas on the 18th December and still is flowering nine weeks on. I'm not complaining even thou in the last few weeks its been -10 some nights.
 

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Also three weeks ago my daffodil's and other bubs decided that they have had enough sleep and has started to

slowly come up out of bed.

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The Little Green House Activities

I thought all was doing well in my little green house until the other day.  I un-zipped its little doors and peeped inside.  To my horror there was two snails and a slug or was it a snail without a shell? So out they went!

Then I checked all the plants I have in the green house. The Strawberries plants, the lil rose and the Centaurea Montana are doing really well.

But when I checked the Aloe Vera to my shock horror. There was eggs. It could only be those of the snails. Arrggggh!!!

So I re-potted the Aloe Vera and bagged up the soil with the eggs in flatted them too.

The only nice surprise I had in my lil green house was.  My two Goji plants had so far survived winter and have new fresh buds on. :D

My Adventure With The Goji Berry / Wolfberry

I first heard of goji berries on ethnobotanist James Wong program Grow Your Own drugs or Backyard Medicine

(as it is known overseas)

I searched high and low to find them. It was only when I went shopping in Tesco (Please note Tesco don't sell them anymore) I came across them. Yep I got hooked!!!

I even looked at garden centers and nurseries, to have a plant in the garden. But I weren't happy about the price, anythink from £6.95 to £9.99

So last year I set myself a challenge.

To grow one from seed.

I was told goji are hard to grow. But I know for a

fact: Goji berries grow in the South Of England.

On the 4th of March, I sowed some seeds I had gather. Within a week germination happen. 

Picture of one of the pot's

It weren't long til I had to pick out the best. I moved only three to my little propagator.

Two of them shot up really well.

On the 12th April I enjoyed potting them up.

This is how there looked on the 19th April.

I took this picture today.. Look how well my little goji's are doing!!