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Margaret's Garden Journal for January 2010

My last year's New Year's resolution to keep up a gardening blog didn't last long. This years resolution to cherish my overwintered plants was broken even ore quickly. I thought I would be safe banishing most plants from the conservatory to the greenhouse halfway through December so long as I covered the most tender with fleece. I intended to bring them back on January 7th but hard winter seems to be setting in earlier and earlier. We had snow and ice a week before Christmas and it snowed again for new year. At the end of the night of Jan 6th the temperature dropped to -10°. The garden paths were so slippery next morning I didn't go down to examine the damage but I reckon I will have lost all my Thalia and geraniums.
Pictures and backdrop later. For what the garden looks like now, click on Feb and you'll get last year's snow scene.

January Tasks.
To doCompletion Record
1. Bring tender plants back to conservatory on Jan 7th 1. Not done. Reckon they are dead.
2. Shred collected Eucalyptus prunings and add to paths 2. Too frozen to shred.
3. water indoor plants, remove dead leaves. 3. Done
4. Prune soft fruit and roses 4.
5. Support slender stemmed alliums with wire netting 5.
6. Stake broad beans 6.
7. Sow mangetout 7. Still looking for the seed packet
8. Finish planing tulips 8. Because of the weather planted some in pots
but still have some left unplanted