What I did today - 2019

[Greenleaves]

Over the plots today putting socks on my fence posts, and securing things down

[Chestnut]

Finished pruning both my apple trees, potted up blueberries, picked bits of tape off some cardboard I acquired, sowed some salad, sweet peas, cauliflower and leeks in the GH, all whilst listening to my latest library book ;-)

[Baldy]

Took my stainless steel drum from a dismatled tumbled drier to the plot - half filled with a mix of old compost, wood chippings and soil. In a couple of months it will be a 'feature'. Mate of mine at the plot said - "So you've dropped a stainless steel drum - almost like something from out of space - onto your plot - which looks like the Somme."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuRxjjcPgOo

Takes a lot to dishearten me but he nearly managed it

[Logunner]

Planted 30 rocket 1st earlies in raised beds and containers. Containers in GH and raised beds covered with glass.

[Tripmeup]

Time to get moving again so I sowed some Sweet Pea seeds in greenhouse..
Also sowed some carrots, spring onions and lettuce in the greenhouse..
Potted on some chilli plants and have seed potatoes chatting..

It is a start..😁

[veggiechicken]

I threw out some chatting potatoes - saved from last year as I'm not growing spuds this year. It was part of my "tidy the GH" task for today.
I also potted up some rooted mint cuttings that were picked for mint tea but rooted before I could make it.
Are you still with me???

[veggiechicken]

Over the plots today putting socks on my fence posts, and securing things down

Don't you love it when nobody bats an eyelid at the absurdity of this?

[Tripmeup]

Whilst I say chatting, it was more whispering really.. sounded like "wonder when he's going to put us on the window"

[Runtpuppy]

Today, I got meself an allotment!

[SarrissUK]

Today, I got meself an allotment!

Yay! Congrats!

[Runtpuppy]

Yay! Congrats!

Thanks, Sariss! I've been dancing since yesterday ) I am going to collect horse manure for my pretty little bit of land today.

[SarrissUK]

I pondered going to fetch more horse manure, but it's drizzling outside - you know, the fine, really soaking type of drizzling that's impossible to go out in when you got glasses, as you won't see a thing.

Instead I've stayed in, potted on more tomatoes, kale (my god, I will eat a lot of kale this year!) and cabbages that have germinated nicely... and sowed some flower seeds, more cabbage, salad leaves, lambs lettuce. I'm also making a bird feeder out of an empty hanging basket that I will take up to the allotment.

[Baldy]

Watching the hail and rain from the kitchen window - I had plans today but its chucking it down so hard I don't even think I'll make it to the garden shed / man-cave.

Meh - rugby then...

[Chestnut]

It was chucking it down this morning, so did some domestic paperwork. Went up to the plot for a few hours this afternoon. Ground was still wet so not much I could do, but I did shift a dozen barrow loads of rotted woodchip and weed roots off the car park, in between chatting to fellow plot holders ;-)

[cliffo]

Shifted more soil from driveway to garden. Maybe a tonne and a half left? It’ll be done by March.

Prepared potato bags, but now I realise I never put the potatoes into it...

Speed some peas, as my three year old was showing an interest. Hopefully he’ll remember and still be interested when they germinate.

Not a lot else. Bit of a damp weekend here.