The 'What I Did Today' Archive - 2007

[Shortie]

Not very much from me today - just some weeding in the back garden

[Pumpkin Becki]

Picked 4 tomatoes today from the plants grown at home (rather than at the allotment) - they are finally starting to ripen

[wellie]

Picked four very very ripe Brown Turkey Figs, a green courgette that had visually eluded me previously, and a huge truss of Tigarella Toms, that may well get to being famous photographically for the Virtual Show, or not.....
Thank you for listening,

[heebiejeebie]

Took up old slabs, chiselled out loads of roots from the tree by the side of the house, put weed suppressant membrane down and laid new path. Blogged.

[sewer rat]

Dug up more Charlotte, Nicola and Edzell Blue tatties. Picked another 25 courgettes, made up 12 veg boxes for deliveries and got order ready for catering company for 6am delivery tomorrow - 10 kg Onions (washed), 10kg Edzell Blue tatties (washed) and selected the following for picking first thing - 12 cucumbers, 20 large courgettes, 12 lollo rossa type lettuce, 12 crisphead lettuce (and a bunch of Paris Market carrots as a trial)

[Farmer_Gyles]

potted on last couple of tomato plants
potted on the last of the lettuce, swede, celery
pinched out tomatoes - will pay much more attention to pinching out next year
pulled a few weeds from the carrot patch - was only recently dug over and weeded so hardly any weeds there
tidied up old seed trays / plugs etc

good news:
- another batch of strawberries showing - green but good size
- celery growing fast now
- carrot, radish, beetroot all coming on well
- one rhubarb plant doing well, now has 6 stalks and could be pickable soon

i'm still feeling proud!

[Flummery]

Seriously tidied old hedge. Pulled HEAPS of toms, some peppers, a courgette (roasted veg tonight!) and our first parsnip from the loo roll method. The best parsnip I've ever grown - I shall certainly do them like this next year. Oh how I wish I liked them!

[Snadger]

A bit more stone masonary carried out on wood burning stove surround in greenhouse. Could only go so high as wall becomes unstable. Once it's dry tomorrow I hope to finish building the flue!
Been asked by a few allotment holders when I'm moving in? I'll have to get myself a huffy bed first I suppose!

[sewer rat]

Early morning deliveryto catering company then back to field and picked forty odd courgettes (first yellow ones to follow possibly tomorrow or day after) dug up some more Nicola and Edzell Blue tatties, weeded cauliflowers (one big 'un ready now, heaps by next week if the weather holds ?) weeded savoy and winter cabbages, started weeding parsley and radish drills.
I had forgotten the joy of weeding beds when you can see the weeds wither before your very eyes in the heat

[Hazel at the Hill]

Last night I spent an hour and a half stringing a carrier bag full of runner beans for the freezer. It is now full.

Tonight I picked a carrier bag full of runner beans. Half a bag to next door neighbours, half to go to the accountants tomorrow.

Now anyone who calls at my house goes away with not only a slice or two of marble cake, but a portion of beans.

Runner beans look to crop for weeks to come

Also picked a freezer bag full of climbing french beans (no idea where these will fit in the freezer ), and a couple of portions of dwarf french beans.

(note to self: pause and remember this moment when about to sow beans next year, and adjust number of seeds accordingly. Downwards.)

[heebiejeebie]

Weeded in the rain for two hours, got most of the garden stuck on my shoes despite trying not to stand in the beds. Loved every sopping wet, slurpy minute of it.

[JennieAtkinson]

We cut the grass for the first time with the sit on mower and the petrol strimmer. I did the strimming - can hardly move my right arm now. Garden looks very nice, and all done in an hour.

Emptied a tub of Charlottes for dinner (again disappointing yield), picked a head of broccoli and some carrots. Finished off dinner with an enormous plate each of strawberries. What a year for them.

[Farmer_Gyles]

a wet day - watered toms in the greenhouse - checked sweetcorn (not ready yet) - ate another raspberry (the plant only produces one at a time) - picked another pound or so of runners and had them for dinner with sausages and mash (must grow own spuds next year!)

[Vegmonkey]

Did a little more weeding today and put in the foundations for the wall which will be built tomorrow i hope...if i get round to it. Picked up a hundred bricks from freecycle. Took some pics of the chili plant for the blog although twas a little dark to be much good. Choped up and bagged the half, well, completely dead pumpkin and courgette plants - a complete disaster this year!

[Winged one]

Pinched out the growing tips of the tomato plants in the back garden (which grew from our compost so an unexpected boon!), to allow the ones which have started to fruit to ripen. Then picked up the toddler on a number of occasions so that she could reach the hanging basket of cherry toms to pull and eat them - ok great for her but I think our squashed tom and linguine dinner ain't going to happen after all this year for me and OH.

Will be back at the plot to harvest the yellow onions and probably the garlic at the weekend, now that the red ones are dry at home on the ladder and can be stored. And OH is promising to strimmer the back end of the plot so that we can dig it for next year and I can put the winter brassicas (which I ordered yesterday as plugs) somewhere in a couple of weeks time.