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I was waiting until I had time to upload some pictures to accompany new posts, but that's not going to happen soon. Here's a few updates so I don't forget when things happened. All my first seedlings came up except the chives (but the overwintered pot is sprouting new growth so maybe that doesn't matter).  Lettuces were up a day after sowing but I didn't check on the tray for two days so they got leggy.

They're spending most time in the coldframe house now. Which will soon move into another gardener's hands (hopefully) as I've built a new one! out of another wooden pallet that was lying around. It's larger, sturdier and the door fits squarely in the frame so I won't have to deal with leaks off the roofline all the time. 

Early february it already felt like spring was here- rain and muddy ground, tulips are poking up in my front yard a month early, hellebores are heavy with bloom and forsythia is already brightening the neighborhood. I need to go out and plant the carrots, beets and peas, and start a second sowing indoors.

My fishes are getting a third round of treatment against the parasites in tanks. 33L and the 20H got another dose of Levamisole, which finished it so I used Prazipro in the tenner. I don't know if the worms are all gone. Some of the fishes still have white feces. But the angelfish tank is still unaffected and Laddie's appetite is back, so I'm glad of that.