Onions in the ground
I planted my onions over the weekend. It was a strange day as in the morning it snowed and then the sun came out. It was a really nice day once the sun had come out and I spent about 3 happy hours pottering about in the garden dodging rain showers admittedly but enjoying the sun when it came out.
I planted some salad crops, some courgettes and some herbs. I will be interesting to see which ones survive the odd hot and cold weather. I put a gardening tip my farther-in-law gave me into action. Instead of peat pots as shown in the picture I have started using old toilet rolls instead. You can cut them to the required length put them in your seed tray then fill them up with compost and plant you seeds in them. Then you can just plant them out and the toilet roll will degrade much the same as a peat pot would.
I am also going to look into build a bumble bee nest. There was an article in the Gardeners World magazine about how to build one using a plant pot and a pipe. I found this in the internet as Design 2, the pages also has some other ideas. I also looked on the Gardeners World website it self and found another idea for a bee hotel. If you lookaround the site there are some other ideas for attracting useful wildlife to your garden.
If you want to find out a bit more about why bees a good for you garden try the Bumblebee Conservation Trust it has lots of useful information about which plants will attract bees and about the problems bees are facing at the moment in the UK.
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