It is now the first full week of April and our rocket has begun to germinate. It's currently the most hardy occupant of our raised beds no doubt because of its previous success on our allotments. There is no sign of the broad beans which I sowed at the end of last month (new season's seed); nothing from the beet spinach or ruby chard (the remains of last season's - fingers crossed). However, the rhubarb now in its second year is doing well.
Radishes, broccoli, beetroot - the gift of our friends G and M - it is at least a month until I think of sowing these. I am resisting the urge to sow them now so that I can point out a little green line of leaves when they first come and visit us. Overwintering lettuce - staggered through the cold in the 'crib' by the end of the greenhouse and I intersowed the remainder of last year's salad leaves among them. Borlotti beans (saved from the allotment two years ago) are now in the warmth of the potting shed.
Violas for my sister have been potted on by my husband and are in the greenhouse - so far so good - and most of our geraniums from last year are coming out of their dormant winter period.
Meanwhile the sun shines amid intermittent blustery showers and daffodils which would be surely over in the south cheer our front bed. Results come more slowly up here, are more hardly won. Let's hope they are longer lasting too.
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