What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take peppers to greenhouse - done and planted
Plant out runner beans - done
Feed greenhouse tomatoes - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Find a different way of stopping birds eating the raspberries - ordered some poles and a very large net
Plant florence fennel - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Take down courgettes and cucumber - done courgette
Remove some bolting spinach - done some
Trim long bits off hedges - done some
Watering if necessary - done
Harvest peas, strawberries, raspberries (if any left), check cauliflowers, red and black currants - done, also a florence fennel and a kohlrabi

Also put up some mesh for the next lot of peas.
The extremely unusual weather (hot February, cold June) has resulted in me having to scrap my planting plan and completely re-do it.

At home
Move more plants around - in progress
Weeding - done some
Deadheading- done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries, check calabrese - done, also a carrot and the first nearly ripe indoor tomato

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water
Slug hunt
Sow PSB to replace plants eaten by snail
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach

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Friday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Check chitting beans for roots - done - nothing happening
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Big rearrangement of plants - done some
Plant 2 tomatoes in greenhouse pots - done
Plant out french beans - done
Watering if required - done
Harvest lettuce, peas, cauliflower, spinach, strawberries, check raspberries, beetroot - done

Also trimmed some long bits of grass and sowed some late carrots.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Take peppers to greenhouse
Plant out runner beans
Feed greenhouse tomatoes
Weeding
Watering

At allotment
Find a different way of stopping birds eating the raspberries
Plant florence fennel
Weeding and horsetail
Take down courgettes and cucumber
Remove some bolting spinach
Trim long bits off hedges
Watering if necessary
Harvest peas, strawberries, raspberries (if any left), check cauliflowers, red and black currants

At home
Move more plants around
Weeding
Deadheading
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries, check calabrese

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Slug and snail hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim long grass edges if dry - done some
Sow kale, pak choi - done
Watering if required - done
Harvest peas, cauliflower, spinach, a couple of beans, strawberries, check raspberries - done except kohlrabi instead of cauliflower, also a baby carrot

Also removed the first batch of spinach, which had well and truly bolted.

Very busy yesterday with no gardening time.

Friday jobs
Collect rain water
Check chitting beans for roots
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Big rearrangement of plants
Plant 2 tomatoes in greenhouse pots
Plant out french beans
Watering if required
Harvest lettuce, peas, cauliflower, spinach, strawberries, check raspberries, beetroot

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Slug and snail hunt - done
Trim long grass edges if dry - no but did manage to mow the back lawn
Sow kale, pak choi - no
Pot up lettuces - done some
Water plants under cover - done
Harvest lettuce, florence fennel, turnips (if ready), strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries - done

Also did some weeding and deadheading, which I forgot to put on the list and fed the allotment potatoes.

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water
Slug and snail hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim long grass edges if dry
Sow kale, pak choi
Watering if required
Harvest peas, cauliflower, spinach, a couple of beans, strawberries, check raspberries

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Finish tidying garage (man coming to look at woodworm tomorrow) - done
Move some plants to greenhouse or growhouse - done
Net blackcurrants - done
Sow late peas - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas, spinach, strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries - done Plus some new potatoes

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water
Slug and snail hunt
Trim long grass edges if dry
Sow kale, pak choi
Pot up lettuces
Water plants under cover
Harvest lettuce, florence fennel, turnips (if ready), strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Pot up tomatoes in greenhouse - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Slug hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Trim long grass edges - done some
Check blackcurrants and net if necessary - need netting soon
Watering - done
Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, check beetroot, raspberries - done plus one redcurrant

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Plant cucumber in greenhouse - done
Pot up peppers no
Shuffle indoor plants - done some
Tidy garage - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries - done

Also put some dwarf beans to chit as the slugs are eating the climbing ones.

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water
Finish tidying garage (man coming to look at woodworm tomorrow)
Move some plants to greenhouse or growhouse
Net blackcurrants
Sow late peas
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas, spinach, strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Take horsetail to tip - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - no
Put up fruit cage net - done
Watering - done
Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries. Check raspberries - done

Also moved the buckets of onions and planted out tomatoes under a cloche, and planted some beans in a pot near the arch as both were simply too big to leave any longer. The beans were supposed to go to the allotment, but as the last lot I planted there was simply a snail snack, I decided on a change of plan.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Pot up tomatoes in greenhouse
Weeding
Watering

At allotment
Slug hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Trim long grass edges
Check blackcurrants and net if necessary
Watering
Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, check beetroot, raspberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Plant cucumber in greenhouse
Pot up peppers
Shuffle indoor plants
Tidy garage
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Take horsetail to tip
Weeding
Deadheading
Put up fruit cage net
Watering
Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries. Check raspberries

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading and remove dead bulb foliage - done some
Trim long grass edges - done some
Take biggest 2 romanesco plants to allotment and plant - done
Shuffle indoor plants again - done
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, spinach, peas, strawberries - done

Unlikely to have much gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Finish cutting back hedge above wood shed - done
Move buckets of onions to where apricot was - no
Cover soil to keep it warm (and keep the cat off) - no
Monitor evening temperature and cover potatoes with fleece if necessary - decided it was just about ok
Water if necessary - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries - done

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading and remove dead bulb foliage
Trim long grass edges
Take biggest 2 romanesco plants to allotment and plant
Shuffle indoor plants again
Watering
Harvest lettuce, spinach, peas, strawberries

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Finish cutting back elderberry - done some
Take lettuces to allotment and plant - done
Apply nematodes if not too sunny - done
Feed indoor tomato plants - done
Watering - done
Harvest spinach, peas, bean, check strawberries - done bean and strawberries

Also took the potted apricot tree to the allotment and put it in the tunnel, where it has one last chance to produce something edible next year (which will be its 8th year).

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
The original plan was to plant out some of the tomatoes and move the rest to the greenhouse, but tonight's forecast temperature from some of the models is 2 so I am holding fire and hoping the indoor ones don't get burnt from being too close to the lights.
Weeding and horsetail
Finish cutting back hedge above wood shed
Move buckets of onions to where apricot was
Cover soil to keep it warm (and keep the cat off)
Monitor evening temperature and cover potatoes with fleece if necessary
Water if necessary
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Plant some of the tomatoes in greenhouse - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Photos (Saturday - 1st of month) - done
Apply slug nematodes if they arrive - no, too sunny (!)
Find a small piece of bird netting to use as a snail barrier round beans - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Cut grass if dry - done
Trim grass edges - done some
Watering if necessary - done
Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, possibly turnips and/or kohlrabi - done except turnips

Also cut off quite a lot of elderberry from the top of the west hedge

At home
Garden photos (Saturday) - done
Apply slug nematodes if they arrive - no, too sunny
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if not too wet - done
Plant bedding plants if not too wet - done
Plant tomatoes under cloche if not too wet - no
Sow beetroot, replacement courgettes, possibly replacement PSB (3rd time for each) - done except PSB
Rearrange plants under lights - done
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries, one french bean, check peas - done salads and 2 strawberries

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Finish cutting back elderberry
Take lettuces to allotment and plant
Apply nematodes if not too sunny
Feed indoor tomato plants
Watering
Harvest spinach, peas, bean, check strawberries

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Slug hunt - done
Go to tip and dispose of horsetail - done
Apply slug nematodes if arrive - not here yet
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Take runner beans to my friend's greenhouse - done
Water plants under cover - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, peas, strawberries - done

Also trimmed some long grass (with secateurs) and cut back some of the nettles, ash and elder branches in the hedge.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Plant some of the tomatoes in greenhouse
Watering

At allotment
Photos (Saturday - 1st of month)
Apply slug nematodes if they arrive
Find a small piece of bird netting to use as a snail barrier round beans
Weeding and horsetail
Cut grass if dry
Trim grass edges
Watering if necessary
Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, possibly turnips and/or kohlrabi

At home
Garden photos (Saturday)
Apply slug nematodes if they arrive
Weeding
Deadheading
Mow lawns if not too wet
Plant bedding plants if not too wet
Plant tomatoes under cloche if not too wet
Sow beetroot, replacement courgettes, possibly replacement PSB (3rd time for each)
Rearrange plants under lights
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries, one french bean, check peas

[Penellype]

Potted up the chitted beans yesterday as they were forming roots.

Friday jobs
Slug hunt
Go to tip and dispose of horsetail
Apply slug nematodes if arrive
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Take runner beans to my friend's greenhouse
Water plants under cover
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, peas, strawberries

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Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Pot up self-seeded antirrhinums and lobelia - done
Plant tomatoes in tunnel - done
Take some tomatoes to my friends greenhouse - done
Cut off flowering grass stems that are not in flooded area - no, but did manage to trim the drive side lawn edge
Sow more climbing beans to replace ones eaten by slugs - put to chit
Decide what to sow instead of carrots eaten by slugs - no
Sow lots more courgettes to replace ones that won't germinate (1 from 10 so far) - no
Re-do planting plan to take account of slow early growth and floods - no
Take 10 deep breaths and try not to cry
Harvest bolting spinach, bolting beetroot, peas and a few strawberries - done

Progress was interrupted by discovering woodworm in the garage roof.

No gardening time tomorrow.