What I Did Today Archive - 2010

[grahama]

Put my chilli seedlings out into the sun for the first time and loked over my first raised bed plantings and garlic has sprouted. Time for some bird netting very shortly I think.

Graham

[jacob marley]

Sowed a couple of rows of Hurst Greenshaft peas and took delivery of 4 half full bags of grass mowings (dobby Bags )and they are now starting to sweat in compost bin...jacob

[mariell]

phew potted up spring onions, tomatoes, planted onions, weeded. potted up my cucumber seedlings into their forever home and shifted trays about the 2 greenhouses

[Brengirl]

Started cleaning the pond. Interupted dozens of frogs Replaced uv in filter. Moved seedling strawberries from ghouse to outside. Looked and pondered - looked and pondered. Went to Morrisons - cheap cream. Made some butter.

[Jeanied]

Morrisons have cheap cream??? Darn, shop's closed now. Grrr.

[Brengirl]

Morrisons have cheap cream??? Darn, shop's closed now. Grrr.

I would love to share Jeanied. My eldest daughter popped round and I showed her what to do. She was very impressed so I gave her some cream so she could impress her family. It is pure magic!!

[rustylady]

Not much gardening, just a bit of tidying up. Bought some stuff at Wilko's yesterday including a Calamondin Orange for £4. Had the grandsons stay over last night, so spent most of the morning preventing them from destroying the garden. Took them to the park this afternoon to let off a bit of steam. Gone home now, time to relax.

[vegnut]

Did some digging and weeding. I also planted two rows of snowball onions. I still have a half of the pack left, so i gotta find some extra space for them.

[Bren In Pots]

I've potted on my tomatoes, sweet peppers and chillis then this afternoon planted out some broad beans that I'd started of in loo rolls.

[Pies]

Weeded weeded and then weeded some more

Repaired damage done to netting by the snow,i should really have taken the netting off for winter

Started a trial of soaked vs non soaked broad beans

[marathon]

sown a lot of dwarf french beans for the polytunnel
planted some more onion sets as a back up in case my onions grown from seeds fail

put tomato plants in the mini greenhouse whilst the sun was out

[Liza]

I would love to share Jeanied. My eldest daughter popped round and I showed her what to do. She was very impressed so I gave her some cream so she could impress her family. It is pure magic!!

I remember making butter when I was little, cream from top of the milk in a jam jar and a lot of shaking !

How do you do yours Bren ?

[Jeanied]

Started a trial of soaked vs non soaked broad beans

I'd be interested to hear how you got on, Pies - I did a similar trial in the autumn ...

I remember making butter when I was little, cream from top of the milk in a jam jar and a lot of shaking !

How do you do yours Bren ?

How about looking at this thread Liza - the whole drama will unfold for you!
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ter_42532.html

[Newbie]

Planted out 5 free Lillium Landini bulbs, potted up 3 free Dahlia Imperial Palace bulbs, planted Heuchera Tapestry & Kimono, dug up Achilea Terracotta & potted until I find it a new home, moved 6 pots of tulips outside in preparation for planting, planted a load of iris corms, planted out something i'd labelled as "knee high red thing!!" repotted two holly seedlings, binned a load of dead plants, moved my garlic from the GH to the bed where its going to be planted when i have the energy! Time for hot bath now!

[bramble]

Planted my dwarf sweet peas into deep window boxes for to climb up the deck railings. gathered some twigs to train them up as they are starting to put out tendrils.
Sowed some more as I ran out. Planted up two hanging baskets with pansies which add a bit of colour to the garden.
I now have daffs, crocus, hyacinths, polyanthus and mop head primula in blossom. The buds on my plum tree are also beginning to open. All good signs that spring is definitely here.