Potatoes, primulas and polar bears!

I have at last got round to putting out my seed potatoes to chit them (make the little shoots come) They are all lined up in the conservatory in egg boxes and one variety seems to be ahead of the other so we shall see what happens when they go into the ground. I am a little late with this as Clare at Summerfete had hers done ages ago! I had to go to the supermarket yesterday and while I was there could not help giving these primulas and iris a new home (I notice Lucy at Attic24 had rescued some primulas form drying up and being forgotten at the supermarket too). They were flowering their socks off and I brought them back, potted them into a wooden pot I had lurking in the shed and they make such a cheerful sight, I am moving them round the house with me to get the benefit as I am not sure how much longer the iris will last. My little planter may not look quite as majestic as Jane's at Snapdragons garden but I plan to follow her lead and in the autumn plant up lots of iris in pretty bowls.

The polar bears I refer to in the title is the latest felted animal I have made. I can not show you as he has no eyes as yet, I need to sew them on, but he is cute and I am quite proud of myself! I will hopefully finish him in the next few days and then I can show him to you. I will be busy all day Saturday though as Shan and I are off to a felt jewellery workshop in Leeds so I will have lots (hopefully) to show you on Sunday too. I am very excited!

I would not believe it if two months ago someone had told me I would be taking photographs of potatoes in spring-that's blogs for you!

These were being unruly and needed tying up!