What I Did Today Archive 2011

[sewer rat]

At the estate garden I work at on a Thursday, after some general estate work, I dug over and replanted strawberry beds in fruit cage which were seriously weed ridden and overcrowded, and then marked out the shape and size of the new veg beds - about doubling in size the area available

[Potstubsdustbins]

Started to jet wash my patio's Big Big mistake, within 5 mins I was wetter than the patio.

Think I will wait for the wind to die down.

Colin

[Jamesy_uk]

Checked on my seeds today and as I have borrowed a section of my Parents garden and greenhouse to use so I am seed mad.
On the windowsills currrently growing I have:

15 moneymaker tomatoes
15 brussel sprouts
10 Leaf spinach
10 Cabbage
5 Jalapeno Chilli
5 sweet Pepper
16 Runner beans
15 Strawberry's (4 varieties)
4 blueberry's (2 different varities) to plant out
4 Raspberry plants
15 Kelevedon Wonder Pea's

In addition I have some Pentland Javelin and Maris Peer Potato's to go in at the weekend after I have dug in some compost.

P.S I am going to buy a cheap chest freezer for storage after blanching and preparing these vegetable's /fruits what I don't giveaway, I can't quite eat that much

[janeyo]

prepared about half the bed for the spuds to go in... will hopefully do the other half tomorrow

[Newton]

I didn't know it was possible to grow raspberries on a windowsill? Can you?

[rustylady]

Cut the lawn with a little "help" from my friend Star. It's really suffered this winter (never was meant to be a bowling green though). Looking much better now.

[roosky]

With snow on the ground, I stayed inside and planted 20 tomato seeds - Gardener's Delight. They will spend their lives inside, on the window sill - no self-respecting tomato would survive outside in my garden, this far north !

[A Life Less Simple]

Have checked and had a poke at the seeds and plants already going and started some parsnips to chit. I've also started off some carrot seeds from an old packet in the same way as the parsnips to see if they come to life

[binley100]

Sowed another shedload of seeds.... went to work and on the way popped into Wilkos, a grape vine, red gooseberry ,asparagus and seed trays followed me out, walked past the Works and six packets of seeds pleaded to go with me, Poundland and some plant pots joined in the fun .....I think I may have a problem

[timethatthetaleweretold]

hehe, sounds like Fantasia, binley.

I sowed a big tray of back-up tomatoes in the propagator - to back up the ones i sowed in January.

loads of Latah (saved seeds from last year's fruit)
some Galina, Red Cluster Pear and Amish Paste.

Also, collected a bag-full of shells from the beach, crushed them with a hammer and added the resulting chalky stuff to my compost bins.
This should do everything "Rockdust" claims to do. (or at least add a few minerals).

[A Life Less Simple]

Sowed another shedload of seeds.... went to work and on the way popped into Wilkos, a grape vine, red gooseberry ,asparagus and seed trays followed me out, walked past the Works and six packets of seeds pleaded to go with me, Poundland and some plant pots joined in the fun .....I think I may have a problem

Sounds like my idea of a shopping trip!!

[chucks]

Built a snowman.

And bought some onion sets as my seeds failed to germinate on the windowsill.

[lottieanne]

Built a snowman.

Brilliant.....

[Jelliebabe]

I have caught up on some sowing that I have neglected!

I did cape gooseberries, parsnip in loo rolls (quite a few in each as its old seed), peas, brussel sprouts, flower sprouts, more chillis, more tomatoes, peppers, artichoke, leeks in a bucket ....

Think I need a sit down..

[Two_Sheds]

- dig a couple hours weeding
- topped up some raised beds with very good quality homemade compost
- put all the hardening-offs outside in the sunshine, then back indoors at dusk
- watered & misted all the houseplants
- sowed some more HH annuals in the heated prop
- and some radishes & carrots in pots in the cold gh
- chitted some more peas for direct sowing (Profita)
- pruned some fuchsias & buddleja
- distributed some frogspawn at school
- refereed the first Garden Club of the year
- direct sowed some chitted sweet peas, sowed others in root trainers