What I Did Today Archive 2009

[FionaH]

Potted on chillis aubergines and pepperrs too! Planted out parsnips in loo rolls. Planted jersey Royals in grow bags. Split and potted New Zealand grass.

[ardroil]

re potted garlic as the roots were running riot out of the bottom of the pots they were in,
potted on into 3" tubs "white squash"
then i realised i hadint sewn any flower seeds yet
the fruit and veg and salad has taken over my brain,
so i done 4 trays of flowers
now im of to buy more flower seeds
so happy shopping for me tonight

[sewer rat]

Today I rotavated a new bed outside the polytunnel and edged it with timber that was lying about - it's approx 30 sq. metres. Edged one side with some parsley plants but not yet 100% decided what I'll put in it. Did think about strawberries but it ain't big enough for them all and I want them all in one place.
Then the build-it bug hit and I set about constructing a mini greenhouse / coldframe using two fully glazed doors I got from a flood damaged house a while back, so that meant moving all my blue barrels of water (soon to be seaweed feed) and attaching the frame to the shed.
Job done, I went up to the walled garden, had a natter with the sous-chef, then collected my first sowings of lettuce, spring onions, rocket and mizuna, returned to the polytunnel and planted them into their final growing positions.
Checked on my mixed salad CCA bed- all germinating away quite happily

[SarzWix]

Well I've had quite a productive day today I've sown my last lot of tomatoes, mostly the ones for other people - Sungold, Gartenperle, Black Cherry, and Tamina; some HSL peppers - Soror Sarek; Celery - Greensleeves; Marigolds - Citrus Mixed; Lettuces & leaves - Salad Bowl, Mini Green, Lakeland, Set, Colour Shades Mixed; and, more Broad Beans - Crimson Flowered.

Really pleased with myself, plus, the OH has finally set up the heater in the g/house and taken out my big tray of tomatoes and chillis

[Vixen218]

Greenhouse Collapse

Well today I had to take down my greenhoouse frame...
a couple of years ago i brought a plastice walk-in greenhouse that ripped that year and i had to remove the covering... I have up until today been using the frame as it is but this morning i wake to see that it has collapsed... therefore i have dismantled the frame and sweepede the are it was on and have tried to rearange the various plants that were on the shelving to not much success...

[sharonr]

Nothing on the veg patch, just checked peas, beans and lettaces. fruit trees are starting to shoot.
Just mowed half the lawn.

[snakeshack]

Today i put together the last of my 16 raised beds on the lottie planted 40 tomatoes in the propagator ,planted out leeks & lettuces,and dug over 6 raised beds (again).

[greendean]

still trying to create more space for growing things up the allotment. seived a load of soil whilst its dry ready to mix with compost for patio bags

pricked out into pots- tomatoes and chillies. pricked out into modules- brunswick onions
got some grow bags from aldi and some modules from wilcos. washed some pots out.

[FionaH]

Sowed sorrel fertilised onions and garlic

[selfraising]

Today I decided to take more perennial herbs out of their pots, trimmed the roots back and re-planted in fresh compost. Gave some plants a bit of a watering and potted up a few more seedlings.

[Herbie]

Pricked out some kale and spinach seedlings into modules. Planted out some radish seedlings.

[Snadger]

Sowed about 8 large pots of annual flowers to use in my ornamental kitchen garden. Larkspur,Nastutiums,Verbena, Sunflowers, Marigolds and 3 others (having a geriatric moment)
Thats the majority of my alliums, brassicas and Annual flowers sown now. Sowed 5 pots of differing tomatoes last night which are now in propagator.
Hopefully I'll get my various peppers and celery sown next week!

[MaureenHall]

Sowed some beetroot and radish at the allotment. Put some beer traps under the fleece that's protecting my broad beans. Let the baby chicks have their first taste of sunshine this afternoon in the garden (safe inside a big dog cage!)

[sewer rat]

Its all coming together finally - confirmation that my 150kg seed tatties will be delivered next Thursday. my two pallets of compost are arriving Tuesday, my onion sets should arrive the same day and the outstanding seed order by next Friday at the latest.
Today was also box day - this weeks boxes contain some or all of the following - Potatoes, carrots, onions, chard, broccoli, winter cabbage, kale, beetroot, celeriac and garlic.

[SarzWix]

What i did today was - not much! Had a fairly bad night's sleep last night so I didn't bother sowing carrots or putting spuds in pots, maybe tomorrow... Spent most of the day Vine watching instead