Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Ocelot Spleens Jan 2021 7:47pm, 10 Jan 2021 29,704 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I have..never done very well..it has to experience a winter too...might have missed the boat this year....
Cerrertonia Jan 2021 7:55pm, 10 Jan 2021 13,603 posts	0 Cerrertonia Any time before March will be fine for Garlic. They don't like to be waterlogged, so might actually be better holding off for a while if you've had the levels of rain we've had recently.
rf_fozzy Jan 2021 8:44pm, 10 Jan 2021 12,600 posts	0 rf_fozzy If garlic likes a hot summer, then grow it in your greenhouse. Or get a propagator/planter/cold frame/similar with a clear/transparent lid. And just keep it well watered, but not waterlogged.
MarkyMarkMark (3M) Jan 2021 8:54pm, 10 Jan 2021 13,952 posts	0 MarkyMarkMark (3M) Ooh - garlic in the greenhouse is a genius idea Fozzy! I planted it a couple of years on the trot in the veg bed using cloves from Lidl! Year 1 was pretty good. Year 2 was wetter & cooler, and the crop was very disappointing. Off to Lidl for a bulb later this week with the rest of the groceries, now!
Angus Clydesdale Jan 2021 12:25am, 11 Jan 2021 21,646 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Eynsham, new potatoes in bags. Brilliant. Do it!
Garfield Jan 2021 8:24am, 11 Jan 2021 14,921 posts	0 Garfield I like the idea of new potatoes in bags too.
gardengirl Jan 2021 11:23pm, 11 Jan 2021 19 posts	0 gardengirl Thanks for the garlic advice. Long warm summers aren’t really a thing around here so I might try some in the greenhouse and some in a raised bed under a cloche / cold frame.
Gus Jan 2021 1:01am, 17 Jan 2021 1,748 posts	0 Gus As a newbie(ish) gardener in sunny Scotland is there anything I should be planting/pruning this month, snow and frost permitting?
Columba Jan 2021 8:36pm, 17 Jan 2021 20,771 posts	0 Columba Raspberries grow well in Scotland (so I am told). Also tayberries and loganberries.
Dvorak Jan 2021 8:46pm, 17 Jan 2021 21,779 posts	0 Dvorak You can hardly stop them in Scotland Another place they grow well is around Caceres in Spain (halfway down the Portuguese border). Unlikely as it sounds, it has quite a Scottish climate seemingly.