What I Did Today Archive 2009

[sallym]

Been to plot and finished digging Asparagus bed and 2 potato beds. Also dug a pit for climbing beans, lined with lots of wet cardboard and refilled. All my muscles aching like Billyo, but very pleased. Plot starting to look like a proper one now even though theres still lots to do.

[pigletwillie]

[QUOTE=janeyo;382808]

On the way home from work I went to my wifes boss's home and planted, a tad late I know, 300 mixed narcicus and a big bag full of crocus and tulips.

Hope he /she knew you were going or they could be in for a big shock PW! lol

I have keys chuck.

Today I am cooking the old girl pancakes, pancakes and more pancakes. Later I may sow some seeds.

[selfraising]

Today I have sown 12 modules with Celeriac Prinz and my two new mini greenhouses have arrived....hooray more growing space!!

[MaureenHall]

Today I've moved loads of garden "stuff" out of my conservatory and into the greenhouse where it belongs. Put up 2 pasting tables as temporary space for the seed trays etc, pricked out some dahlias, gazania, and something else that my friend didn't know the name of but thinks it's something like "Goblia" (can't find it in the books but it's a pretty flower) and sowed some Marigolds that I got from Two-sheds last year

[Flummery]

Today I've moved loads of garden "stuff" out of my conservatory and into the greenhouse where it belongs. Put up 2 pasting tables as temporary space for the seed trays etc, pricked out some dahlias, gazania, and something else that my friend didn't know the name of but thinks it's something like "Goblia" (can't find it in the books but it's a pretty flower) and sowed some Marigolds that I got from Two-sheds last year

Godetia? Lovely frilly pink petals. A friend of mine grows it every year.

[MaureenHall]

No, definitely not Godetia, it's a sort of yellow chrysanth type flower, very pretty. I might be able to identify it better once it's got some decent leaves (and it flowers!)

[Welsh Wizard]

Sowed a new batch of coriander (Slowbolt variety)as we use a lot of it. It is on a north facing windowsill, along with one batch sowed about a month ago, which is starting to get decent size true leaves. I plan to keep sowing the coriander regularly as we just cant get enough for stirfries, Thai dishes and just about everything else that we cook...

[Printemps]

Garden-wise I pruned my grapevine but had to re-stack a load of logs so far too tired to do anything else!

Welsh Wizard - can you tell me the name of the slowbolt coriander you've just sown?

[jogette]

Today I planted 3 blackcurrants, 2 red currants, 4 gooseberries and started to get my first raised bed ready to receive the strawberries that are anxiously waiting 2 rows rasps already in, done on Friday.
I tidied and cleared the weeds and started to peg out the new path (straight this time). Prepared three sites for my Lidl fruit trees which I'll need to bring up to the allotment.
Over the weekend my OH finished my fence/windbreak and the permanent bean poles and today he stapled some of the green scaffolders mesh to the windbreak so hopefully I won't have any more wind casualties this year.

Still have more trees to plant this week... and my friend and I have just taken on another plot - but this one has a shed and conservatory - oh joy!!
Feeling tired but very happy, but oh my hands are so sore - have been digging and weeding for 4 days now.

[magz.mccarthy]

today i daydreamed some more about potato planting on saturday. i wish the evenings were longer already so i could go to the plot after work and fuss over the onions and garlic! Oh, and I turned the seedlings on my windowsill so they grow back straight again.

[janeyo]

Watered everythignn in the greenhouse and coldframe.

Potted on some savoy cabbages that got I accdentally dropped a brick on. Only lost 3 (so far). I could almost hear them remonstrating...

Sowed a pot of chived and popped it in the greenhouse.

Found some slugsin some achillea plants in the greenhouse so planted them out. They have 2 chances.

Will pot chillis and aubergines on later.

Took fleece off the peach tree in the greenhouse the otherday and have now noticed some tiny buds coming yay

It's cold here todaybrrrrrrr

[jacob marley]

Had a good morning on the plot this morning .
Sowed a double row of Broad Bean's Extra Precoce A Grano Violette !! any body grown them (seemed a good idea when looking in Catalogue).
Planted 2 row's of Eschalottes Grises. shallots.
Planted a double row of Golden Gourmett shallots.
so we are away this is the first day planting....jacob

[coreopsis]

Following Rat's advice as when to start(I'm afraid I'm behind you folks a couple of weeks) I sown celeriacs(Giant Prague and Monarch) and chillies(Jalapeno).The trays are on the windowsill in the dining room(west facing).
Now I have to stop myself from poking the compost to see if they germinated

[FionaH]

Re potted manky garlic and shallots into pots with more holes! Sowed more muselburgh leeks. Sowed parsnips in loo rolls

[Flummery]

Did some module sowing. Some clumps of spring onion and a tray of peas - Veitch's Western Express - from a seed-swap with Lancashire Lad (Guess what peas I swapped!)
Also had a bit of a tidy-up in the greenhouse to make room for them. It looks a little less like a battlefield now!