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# 1826Spring is most definitely in the air!

# 1823I just can't seem to resist taking photos of ladybirds!

# 1779I'm glad to report what seems a healthy population of seven-spot ladybirds around this spring.

# 1734.09My earliest bird?

7th March 2009

# 1355# 135423 'Turbo' onion sets set out prior to planting in veg bed two.

# 1353The baker's dozen 'Maris Bard' seed potatoes that I put to chit on the 16th Feb (Only just showing sprouts though) about to be planted in veg bed three.

# 1352How the beds looked when finished.

# 1351One of the 'pencilled' crocuses along the border L-bed was still in it's prime.

# 1350Unfortunately I've missed the best of the 'Large Purple' this year.

# 1349My second 7-spot (Coccinella septempunctata) of the year! This time found on the Sage (Salvia officinalis).

Total Allotment Time: 4 hrs.
Principle Tasks: Turning in the annual rye of VB01. Planting out 23 Onion 'Turbo' sets in VB02. Planting out 13 Potato 'Maris Bard' in VB03.

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14/02/09

# 1338A 7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) sunning itself (Yes, sunning itself!) on an old flower-spike of the Bear's Breeches (Acanthus spinosa). We've had it cold, wet and dull here for, well, forever..

# 1337My first Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) of the year!

# 1336Veg bed 01. Turning in (Better, turning over) the annual rye-grass green manure

# 1335The day's work.

# 1334Total Allotment Time: 2 & 1/2hrs.

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