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Hm. Seems implausible that they can grow fast enough to bear fruit before the year is out.

Also I hoped they would grow to cover an ugly wall. I see now that may not come to pass.

I planted raspberry canes a couple of months ago (along with other soft fruit) - everything else is starting to wake up (buds, leaves emerging) but the raspberries are still just sticks.

When will they start to grow? Will they start to grow from the ground (new stems), or out of the existing stems? And why can't I find the answer to these questions anywhere on the net?

Eta - Don't think they're dead, as when I scrape the stem it's nice and green underneath.

Thanks! It's a great colour. I always think the undercoat thing is nonsense and then I'm always filled with regret for not buying the right colour undercoat.

What colour paint is that? It's very fetching.

Finally getting good germination. :) Apparently the trick is to wrap your seed tray in plastic, and then leave it on the radiator.

I watched one where the couple spent 20k to get their old patio taken up and a new patio put in. The new patio was nicer, but Christ.

I guess a lot of the money goes on doing things quickly/buying established and mature plants?

Welp, looks like another few weeks of nocturnal frost. I guess the seeds I started outside aren't going to make it.

Can you lob a load of low-growing (wild)flower seed (clover, selfheal, creeping thyme, etc.) down instead? Better for the bees and looks good even if the growth is uneven, unlike lawn.

Real Seeds
Chiltern Seeds
Tamar Organics

All very speedy through the post.

Lettuce and peas, plus wanted to get some flowers going for transplant. All on windowsills indoors or in a dark, unheated lean-to. It's the lack of light that's the problem, for sure.

It looks like the end of Feb is supposed to be mild, but then who knows what's going to happen in march?

All my seedling have either failed to come up, or come up and then died spectacularly. That answers the question of whether seeds will germinate in erratic temperatures with almost no light. I'm up north and we've been oscillating from -3 to +7C from one day to the next.

I guess it was too early to start trying. Will wait until at least end of Feb for the next lot.

If I had this door I'd sit in the hallway admiring it all day.

The glass does need repairing, and like you say, it's worth getting someone in who'll do a proper job to do that. So get the glass repaired (and cleaned, if you feel like you can't do that yourself - but could you not cut some supportive material to size, and brace one side while cleaning the other?), get the door draft proofed and put the rest off indefinitely.

You could fit posts to the face(s) of the wall and then fit trellis to those. Would need to use shims to get it centred and it might all look a bit ugly. But I would think definitely sturdy enough, especially as you only want a 2-3ft trellis.

Do you have a model number for the callipers, please? I am finally getting around to replacing the brakes for hydraulic ones, only to find that no one makes hydraulic post-mount callipers (for lower-end brakes/shifters).

We've been in for three months and we still haven't unpacked anything. Or made steps towards purchasing basic furniture items (although I am looking at lamps now. Got to enhance that empty hovel vibe!).

Also thinking of getting a toaster. Is there a four slice toaster that will fit 1.5 inch slices?

Shropshire prune. Small, hardy, will cope with soaking, nice blossoms and you (or the birds/insects) can eat the fruit.

I feel like I achieve all these things using just a normal pressure cooker and knowing how long rice takes to cook.

My dad goes one step further and uses a diy pressure cooker (by stacking 1-2 pans filled with water atop the cooking pan).

I'm so curious as to whether the fancy cooker could possibly be better in some way, but don't think I'll ever know.

Oh wow, you're generating serious heat!

I've got loads of cardboard in there (spent a day at work shredding), but will start adding more and see if it brings the temp up. Thanks!

But I've got rivers of condensation running down the inside/starting to run down the outside. Seems like it needs way more air than what a 2mm gap will provide.

I know it says there's no need to mix, but I might give it a bit of a fluff to work some air in there while I still can. Wish I had room for a normal compost heap, but I've got a tiny garden.

Are you putting the contents you removed back through a second time? Are they not usable at all?

OK, I might do this. Have already fully opened the vent - there's an awful lot of condensation.

Have had hotbin going for less than two weeks - it's hovering around 0C outside, inside the bin it's 22C! And today I decanted approx 1L of clear, golden liquid. Should have taken a photo - it looked like olive oil. I think this means it's working??

Deeper sink.

Looks fab. Maybe I'll go for a bit of cork in the living room.

But hang on. Is this £40 a sqm cork?

I don't know - rice doesn't sound too terrible, and the texture would be about right.