What I Did Today Archive 2009

[Meschuee]

I planted salad leaf seeds in a pot - if I put them in the garden, they're munched very quickly. Hope to be able to keep an eye on them this way.

The "Atlantic Giant" pumpkin has germinated and the "Bleu de Solaise" leeks in the greenhouse are just beginning to show. I planted some of these straight into the garden yesterday.

Penny

[susiewoosie]

I potted on my tomato plants into 3" pots. Sowed some red brussel sprout seeds, dwarf courgettes, leeks, more carrots and I'm soaking some more parsnip seeds.

I planted out my lettuce, cabbage, dwarf kale and brocolli. Also got the container ready for brussel sprouts.

In the front garden I sorted out a massive big planter, drilled the bottom, chucked in some gravel and crappy soil. Ten I put about 4 - 5" of nice compost and planted 66 little bedding plants. They will be crammed n but hopefiully they will look pretty.

[gojiberry]

Been to Cadbury GC just south of Bristol (fabulous place). Bought some plug plant fushias, a Chinese gooseberry (to replace the one that didn't make it through the winter) and a packet of nastursiums ( new variety on special offer). Couple of things that caught my eye were a patio growbag complete with frame for £20, expensive but would probably last 20 years and a giant reuseable grow bag once again shpuld last for 20 years. Both items very suitable for the container/patio grower.

Ian

[FionaH]

Dug over, manured and raked my new patch where the shed used to be. Why did no one tell me what hard work raking is?! Bought some broad bean plants. Filled newly moved shed

[sewer rat]

At my own place; put up some more pea netting and sowed 500m of Kelvedon Wonder. planted some more onion sets (about 500 I think) and sowed about 200m of Paris Market Carrots. Watered Tunnel and sold some young veg plants (French Beans, Caulis, Hispi Cabbage and Perpetual Spinach)
Then, at Rhynie Walled Garden (the one that needs a lot of work) I planted 50kg of Charlotte potatoes and 50kg Rooster Potatoes. I also ridged up the rest of the main growing area ready to sow Parsnips (three varieties) and Autumn King Carrots

[Newbie]

After doing housework till about 2pm, i ventured into the garden & got a fair amout done also. I howed my 4 raised veg beds as the weeds are growing like mad, erected c.d & tinfoil bird scarers on the pea netting & in the fruit bed, potted on loads of little herb seedlings (basil, lemon balm, sage, corriander, plain parsley and others that i forget!), planted up 2 hanging baskets with my Garten Pearl babies that are just showing tiny flowers and had another seedling shuffle!

[Snadger]

Today I spent a lot longer than expected making a pophole and ladder for my chicks!.....All day in fact.........but now it's finished I am quite pleased with it and I only hope the chicks appreciate the things I do for them!

[maytreefrannie]

I bought a barbeque cover at Aldi for use as a night cover for the little mini-greenhouse thingy - but it was too short (and too wide). Back to fleece and blanket to hopefully protect the little squashes and peppers.

On the bright side, we've got a brilliant cover for the barbeque, once we clean off the dust and grime.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Spent all day taping my polycarbonate panels back into my greenhouse. Great, now I can start growing stuff!!

[selfraising]

Planted out borlotti beans into raised bed with cloche covers. Re-arranged gh to try and get some more space!! Took a risk and moved aubergines into gh. Crimson flowered broad beans have gone outside to harden off. Also brought toms and peppers out of gh during the day but have gone back in tonight. Earthed up spuds in raised bed and also those in growbags which have almost reached the top. Planted out 6 artichoke plants. Dug up some plants that had not survived the winter. Noticed my ornamental rhubarb and angelica are about to flower. Did some weeding and then cleaned pond filter.

[Two_Sheds]

- weeded (another 6 large buckets)
- praised dwarf French beans for being an inch high already on the lotty
- sowed more radish
- sowed gherkins in propagator
- sowed Cobnut butternuts in propagator
- sowed 6 Extra Hatif de Juillet beans into paper pots
- sowed a pack of Double Standard sweetcorn into paper pots (even tho they were rubbish last year)
- watered the new seedlings (we've not had rain for 14 days now) and all the trays
- potted on Bishops Children dahlia again (v.successful from seed)
- continued hardening off 3 trays of nemophila, cornflower & lupins so they can go out next weekend
- finally dug out the grass from the E.border and filled with poppy seeds (thanks Zazen), S.African daisies and irises

[womble]

Yesterday I emptied my office, as I am losing the room to the new little womble that is coming in July, moved my office into the spare room, which means I have no space and now looks like a Woolworths crushed into a corner shop.
I finally got the frame up to make sure the new/old garden wall won't fall over.
Ran out at 10pm as it was getting really cold and brought everything tender in from the greenhouse, went down to -1

[Flummery]

Went to the lottie and earthed up the spuds which have come through the surface in the last few days. I watered everything - it's been very dry here this month. I planted out more summer cabbages and red epicure broad beans and collected some plantain and dandelion (weeds on my allotment! ) for the chickens.
Went home, gave the chickens the weeds - got mugged in the process - and cleaned out the chicken house with *****. It's now airing out in the sun. Collected 3 eggs this morning - one was as big as a supermarket large! Someone's got a wide-eyed stare today!
My sweetcorn, bird's egg beans and cherokee beans are through.

[Florence Fennel]

I've planted out a dozen Greyhound cabbages and I'm about to plant out my runner beans. I've lots of bulbs in containers that have finished flowering, so I'm trying sunflowers in the middle of the tubs. Fingers crossed.

[Meschuee]

I watered the young vegetables, put out the trays and pots of seedlings from the greenhouse to harden off and planted nasturtiums.

Penny