What I Did Today Archive - 2010

[Mrs Dobby]

Today we were at the plot early for a DEFRA insection of our beehives, along with our beekeeping partners (Pat and Colin from the plot over the way from ours) and our friend who helped us get started with the bees!

The inspection went well, all 3 hives passing with no problems, and whilst we were doing the inspections we found lots of queen cells, so after locating the queens we were able to split the hives to take our total number of hives from 3 to 7!

The original queens were put into new brood boxes (in the same place in the apiary as they were already in) with the flying bees, a bit of brood and a feeder to help them draw out the foundation and get restarted. The existing frames that were removed containing queen cells were split into 4 hives with 3 to 5 frames of brood and at least 4 queen cells in each hive, plus the stores in the super frames that the colonies had already collected, and these were moved into our new apiary, so we've now got 7 hives, assuming the queens hatch and areable to get properly mated over the next few weeks!

Back to work tomorrow, so not much chance to spend time on the plot for me until Wednesday, but Mr D will be on the plot on Monday and Tuesday day, before working in the evening!

[grahama]

More weeding today, but on a better note I potted on my chillies and planted out some turnip, beetroot, spring onion, lettuces and herbs.

Raspberries sprouting well and onions and garlic doing well. A good time but I hope the frosts keep away !!

[Snadger]

Today was a good, productive day! I got all my quota of flower seeds sown (about 10 lots) and both red and green Shiso started in modules. Also sowed a couple of Pumpkins.
Managed to stretch the hosepipe to the greenhouse No2 and gave the bed soil a thorough soaking in preperation for planting out in it next week. The chooks have been in there all winter so the soil should be adequately fertilised.
Rest of the day was spent chopping wood (my old shed) into pieces small enough to burn in my woodburner. The timber is piled on the area where my beans are to go and I will soon be needing that area.

[NewbieGardenerRow]

I think the problem was cold and wet and planting too soon. I always use last year's crop!

Ahhh yes ..when I think about it I actually sowed them indoors last year when I got my new mini greenhouse for my birthday at the end of March. Don't laugh I had it put up in front of my patio door in the dining room!!!!
The beans came up in no time. This year because of the hot spell we had (was that summer???) I sowed them in the mini greenhouse outside.
This time they are on my kitchen windowsill as well as the seeds I sowed yesterday.
Courgettes (all green bush freebies from magazine)
Pumpkin (Jack O lantern also from magazine)
Cucumbers (Tasty King)
I'll try again with my home grown beans next year Flummery (assuming I get some...fingers crossed)
Thanks for the advice.

[Mick O]

So far today have potted on chillies ( scotch bonnet, hot mexican, ring of fire). Taken side shoots from tomatoes ( caro rich, money maker). Some of these have several sets of flowers so will probably be ready when I am away.(good planning). Am now going out to spray broad beans with organic spray. The red/ purple flowered ones are flowering well now. will also plant sweet peas out.
Mick

[jacob marley]

Planted a row of Sprout plants (Darkmor) this time and bunged another 25 barrow loads of lawn mowings on the compost heap thats 4 and half full now...jacob

[sagegreen]

Lit a log fire! I'm sure it must be colder up-country than here (west Cornwall), but the fire was roaring in the pub lunchtime and I got used to the warmth!

[winstonwobble]

Potted on four different types of tomatoes into 3" pots potted on some cucumbers and corrgettes also loads of bazil and coreiander 30 plus cabbages put them out side the greenhouse with a dozen sprout plants and twenty caulis hopefully they will be planted out in to a bed in a couple of weeks

[sewer rat]

Planted out tomatoes, cukes and first batch of chillies in tunnel. Pricked out and potted on two trays each of Dahlia flowered Zinnia and Chinese Asters,
Sowed last batch of broad beans - 3 double rows of 16ft), planted out calabrese (x 50), planted out Edzell Blue tatties (3 kg)
At Castle garden, sowed red cabbage, PSB, planted two fruit trees (one apple, 1 Plum), one blackberry bush, planted out calabrese (x 30), summer cabbage (x 30), savoy cabbage (x 40) and dug over some more of the old tattie patch

[binley100]

Nothing growing wise.............too bl@ddy wet

[Gurberly]

Potted on some tomatos and some sweet peppers. Spent ages inside the greenhouse watching the rivulets of water run down the panes of glass... fascinating

At least the five water butts are full

G

[Liza]

Yesterday I planted out beetroot , weeded two onion beds, garlic and salad beds.

Swore at Mr Mole.

Dug over another bed for sweetcorn.

Started off two gallons of Shirls fruit T bag wine.

[Professor Peabody]

Today I have harvested radishes and salad leaves; sowed spring onions and sweetcorn and planted out runner beans and cabbages. Dad weeded all the beds.

Also spotted baby gooseberries on both my bushes so am very excited about that.

[jacob marley]

I emptied the last of last years compost out on to where the Kidney beans are going to be 13 barrow loads on a patch 2 yards by 10 yards a bit thick on but who cares i like Kidney beans...jacob

[Newbie]

Today i mowed the lawn, spread clippings around the fruit trees to keep the weeds down, earthed up my Pink Fir Apple Spuds, forked over what will be the pea & bean bed and planted out 12 Feltham first pea seedlings grown in modules. Sowed another batch of peas - Canoe, and first batch of Beetroot - Burpees Golden. Then it got too cold so i went inside to warm up, may even bake some cakes next!

Also baked an Apple & Ginger cake and knocked up a batch of Raspberry, Blueberry & Rhubarb Schnapps!