Last weekend was mainly a vegetable weekend. I managed to dig over half the patch, after clearing the bean canes from last year. Its amazing how quickly the weeds start to take over, even with the bad weather we have had over the last two months. I also put my seed potatoes into seed trays so that they could ‘chit’. This is done to ensure you get strong sturdy shoots at one end of the tuber. The varieties I am growing this year are Pentalin Javelin (first early) and King Edward (main crop). Also potted up my onion sets(Sturon) into small cells(usually used for cuttings or seed) in my greenhouse. I find that they establish faster if I can get some root on them, before they are planted out in the big wide world. Tops of bulb shoots are starting to appear in the flower garden. I noticed some tulips, (in a warm spot in the garden) and Iris reticulata, but these seem to be late this year? Snowdrops are still not fully up, but the best time for these is usually first two weeks of February.