Seed Circle 12

My 2nd seed circle package arrived this week and contained the following goodies

Variety

Blackpod Runner Bean

Giant Yellow Tomatillo

Bay Tree (Laurus nobilis)

Helsing Junction Blues Tomato

Betimes Macbeth Tomato

Blush Tomato

Skagit Magic TPS

Baun Onion

Radlands Greenleaf Dwarf FB

Dobbie's Purple Beetroot

Aranyalma Tomato

Mr Brooks Blue DFB

Old Homestead CFB

Queen of Hearts Tomato

Eat Me Early Mange Tout

Blauwschokker Peas

Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean

Cosse Violette

Mrs Fortune's Climbling Bean

Major Cook's Bean

Red Pear Tomato

Terhune

Pretty in Purple Chilli

Yankee Bell Pepper

Henderson Lima Bean

Madame Jardel's Black Tomato

Cherokee White Eagle Corn

Fordhook 242 Lima Bean

Black Jet Soya Bean

Miniature White Cucumber

Pepperdew Chilli

Great White Tomato

Butterbean Soya Bean

Tohya Soya Bean

Wieringer Boon DFB

Reade Krobbe DFB

Swedish Yellow Pea

Kaulion's White Broadbean

Luang Prabang Mangetout

Ragged Jack Kale

Eeuwig Moes

Mystery Tomato

White Zebra Tomato

Turkish Pepper

Black Icicle Tomato

Florence Fennel

Scorzonera

Flavert DFB

Numex Twilight Chillis

Tropaleum Peregrinum

Kool's Langstro Rozijn Erwt Pea

Oldambster Wierboom Broad Bean

Elisabeth Pea mangetout

Spring Blush Tall Snap pea

Alma Csipos Pepper

Opal Creek Tall Snap Pea

North Carolina Speckled Cutshort long Greasy Bean

Lattughino Biondo Ricciolino di Trieste Lettuce

Georgian #2 Dwarf French Bean

Pea Parsley

Greek Cress

Dwarf Grey Sugar Mangetout Pea

Ground Cherry Cossack Pineapple

63 different varieties.Some people's generosity astounds me.For various non gardening reasons I have not made a start on anything yet this year but the hands are getting itchy and the heated propagator is a mere switch away.

First wander in the garden this year.

Even though I can't get down to the allotment at the moment I can still manage a few minutes in the garden.It's nice to see bulbs breaking throgh the soil and a bit of colour regardless of where it comes from.

I planted some snowdrops in the green last year and noticed this little fellow

 in flower.Some of his friends have come up elsewhere.

My Hellebores that I planted 2 years ago are now in bud and soon will be in flower.They always manage to cheer me up.

 A Pink primrose that was just left is in flower.

 Likewise its yellow counterpart

 A hacked to bits Winter Jasmine has started to flower and covers an unsightly bird bath,

Tamara daffodils of which at least one has a bud which is nice and early.
There are various other areas where bulbs are breaking through and a number of my pots are showing signs of life so I am hoping for more colour soon.

First post of the new year

This isn't a gardening post but a story of what I have been doing over the last couple of weeks.
I recently have been feeling very lethargic and this came to a head on Christmas Eve when I had to go to the doctor who sent me to hospital for blood tests and an x ray.The outcome(anaemic) was to be admitted in the evening and given 3 units of blood to correct a haemoglobin deficiency.On Christmas day I had another unit as I did on Boxing Day.I thought I was getting better and going to be let out but unfortunately I caught an infection which meant no discharge and antibiotics.I then had an Endoscopy which showed 2 lumps which are cancerous.I then had a problem with my glands which ballooned up,an ultrasound found a blocked gland which means more tablets and will take months to clear.I also had a CAT scan which found more problems.
I have also been hooked up to a machine to thin my blood which is contary to me being anaemic.
Every time I thought I was getting out something else went wrong;
I was finally let out yesterday night so managed a sleep in my own bed and today went to the Royal Marsden for my gradings/staging etc.
The outcome is that the cancer has spread so is inoperable and I start chemotherapy next week.
Bring it on there is no way that I will allow you horrid pieces of crap to mess up my life as I fully intend to be on my allotment this year and for many years to come.
Now I am home I can start some seeds off/