Homesteading progress continued

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Hello steemit. I hope everyone has had a beautiful Easter weekend!

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I've been trying to get my back garden into a bit better shape,but unfortunately we have only had a day or two that have been dry enough to get outdoors to enjoy it properly.

I managed to get the final brambles up just before good Friday arrived.

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Making way for some little yellow wild flowers to pop up.

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The snow decided to return again through the night so everything is on hold at the moment.

On the upside of the weekend i managed to bag myself a second hand greenhouse, along with pots and a water butt especially for the greenhouse.

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There are some missing pieces of glass,but the greenhouse is standing proud awaiting it's filling of homegrown goodies.

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Which brings me to the tomato and strawberry seedlings that started growing last week.

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These are the tomato plants.

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These are the strawberries, which seem to be progressing a lot slower but i'm hoping i can keep them alive.

We are down to -1 degree in temperature today, but forecast a wopping 13 degrees tomorrow so i should be safe putting things outside to make room for more sowing indoors.

I started a composting heap at the top of the garden but i am not sure if it will need to be contained or left open. I'm hoping to get some palets to make my own container.

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I've also invested in a strimmer and extention lead to get rid of the tufty grass and then re-seed with grass and flowers.

I am awaiting an outdoor enclosure to arrive for Rodney the tortoise,to get him out into the open and get some proper sunshine on his shell :-) looking forward to that day.

I will update with my progress and will have more sprouting plants to show too,all being well :-) until then i shall be sowing seeds and incinerating the big pile of brambles i need to rid of.

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