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  • Week 8, hopefully my greenhouse will arrive and we will make it, i hope anyway
    I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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    • Week 8 will be to: Sow some tomato seeds in garage..



      Week 7: Clear out at least one greenhouse...Done
      Week 6: No matter how cold or wet, I need to weed my garlic bed..Done
      Week 5: Is source a replacement tube for my T5 lights..been putting it off for ages...Done
      Week 4: Is source a replacement tube for my T5 lights..been putting it off for ages...c/f
      Week 3: Do a 5k jog.................Done
      Week 2: Sow some monkey nuts......Done
      Week 1: Take my new Garden Shredder out of the box and assemble it.......Done
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      I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


      ...utterly nutterly
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      • Edit....i will have to change mine but on the plus side i know what i am doing week 9

        I will update you later
        I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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        • Week 8 challenge - Find a space for a cheap 6 x 6 GH and turn it into a dedicated seedling and cutting GH





          The polycarb arrived today so Week 9 challenge is to fit it and move all the seed trays, to free up space in the other GHs.

          Challenges to date:-
          Wk 1 - Sowing Monkey Nuts for the first time in my life!
          Wk 2 - To ask a Tree Surgeon to take down a mature ash tree
          Wk 3 - To find a use for the Tree Slices (12 used to make "cromlechs")
          Wk 4 - To plant 4 bags of daffs and tulips - FAIL - too wet.
          Wk 5 - Convert kennel to chicken coop
          Wk 6 - Build a puppy playground
          Wk 7 - Sow first bucket of carrots
          Wk 8 - Build seedling greenhouse
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          • Week 9 29th February - 6th March

            What will you do in Week 9?

            I shall be "glazing" the seedling GH and filling it with seedlings

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            • Week 9.
              Bought another propagator yesterday so this week I will be sowing all my flower seeds.

              And when your back stops aching,
              And your hands begin to harden.
              You will find yourself a partner,
              In the glory of the garden.

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              • week 9....Go on a shopping spree and buy lots of seeds etc at L!dl, they randomly moved it from today to tuesday, so save a few more pennies, then plant everything and hopefully use the new shears
                I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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                • Week 9, after wanting one for ages I finally went and got myself a crab apple tree
                  The best things in life are not things.

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                  • Week 9 for me is to: Sow tomato seeds indoors (part of an experiment with Week 8)


                    Week 8 will be to: Sow some tomato seeds in garage..Done
                    Week 7: Clear out at least one greenhouse...Done
                    Week 6: No matter how cold or wet, I need to weed my garlic bed..Done
                    Week 5: Is source a replacement tube for my T5 lights..been putting it off for ages...Done
                    Week 4: Is source a replacement tube for my T5 lights..been putting it off for ages...c/f
                    Week 3: Do a 5k jog.................Done
                    Week 2: Sow some monkey nuts......Done
                    Week 1: Take my new Garden Shredder out of the box and assemble it.......Done
                    I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


                    ...utterly nutterly
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                    • Week 10.
                      This week I will be digging over the garden and getting it ready for planting my first early potatoes.
                      I am going to open the drills and fill them with seaweed and rotted leaves and then cover the lot with black plastic for about two weeks.

                      And when your back stops aching,
                      And your hands begin to harden.
                      You will find yourself a partner,
                      In the glory of the garden.

                      Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                      • Week ten, I am still planting my hedge, its slow work as the ground is hard and stony and full of roots and I am not the speediest worker, but its still an achievement
                        The best things in life are not things.

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                        • Week 11.
                          This week I will be sowing all my herbs, spring onions and lettuce.

                          And when your back stops aching,
                          And your hands begin to harden.
                          You will find yourself a partner,
                          In the glory of the garden.

                          Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                          • Well done to all of you who have carried on without me prompting you

                            Week 9 - glazing the seedling house and moving the seedlings in



                            Week 10 - creating more paths and woodchipping them





                            Week 11 - Subdivide more beds to make them easier to manage.
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                            • Looking lovely Veggichicken.
                              I am very envious of all the space you have.
                              I would love to have a bigger garden.

                              And when your back stops aching,
                              And your hands begin to harden.
                              You will find yourself a partner,
                              In the glory of the garden.

                              Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                              • Thank you bramble
                                I'm trying to make it easier to manage with smaller beds and more, wider paths that I can chip, not mow. Still lots of overgrown bits to clear but I'm getting there

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