We are headed for Scotland today – yeah – a whole week of gardening – I hope the weather improves – looking quite cold and only sunny in the earlier part of the week. Never mind we will be snug in the caravan but better order an extra-large bottle of gas – the central heating is great but obviously it drains the gas quickly.
The Swift engineer will be coming to replace the carpet in the caravan – we had a leak from the radiator when we first put the central heating on – the anti freeze is very sticky so the carpet dried stained and stiff – hence the replacement.
Whilst we are up there I have a long list of jobs one of which is to attend to a different kind of leek and make further in roads in clearing the wild garlic – after having a bit of a google I have found that our wild garlic is actually most likely to be Allium triquetrum – the three-cornered leek – looks like a white bell in flower (good in ham sandwiches they say – no use to us vegetarians then). Spreads like mad and difficult to get rid of it. I was hoping perhaps the rabbits might like to eat it instead of my Delphiniums!
See you in a week. x
where the journey takes me 
I have that weed. We call it onion weed. Nasty thing.
Enjoy your week off!
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It looks really nice and when it was just in a single clump well controlled but after the flood washed it through the garden it is springing up everywhere. I like the name onion weed!
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Sorry to hear you had new work in the cottage! Happy gardening. It is only just barely warming here, but at least no snow.
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Sometimes it feels like it could snow again here – but at last I think we are on the turn and summer s around the corner.
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Hope you had a good week in Scotland. I will be interested to find out what you did with the allium. Sarah x
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Removed most of it – however it was growing again just as quicky behind me!
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Oh my goodness but I envy your wild garlic. I’m forever seeing recipes this time of year for wild garlic, which often goes by the name ramsoms in those recipes, most of them vegetarian. SO many recipes! Ah, one person’s treasure is another’s weed, eh?
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I am actually allergic to garlic – quite ironic we should have so much of it!
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Ah, sorry to hear that. A life without garlic! Ouch.
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I hope your week is going well – it’s cold though isn’t it!
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It was a bit breezy – wind coming from all directions! Just managed to keep the newly planted delphiniums upright.
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