What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Managed a few minutes at the allotment yesterday to harvest some spinach and pull out a handful of horsetail. Also potted up some tomato sideshoots.

Thursday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Check for aphids, slugs and lily beetles
Trim long grass edges
Sow carrots, beetroot
Check chitting beans and pot up if roots showing
Put some edging round centre bed in tunnel
Water if necessary
Harvest carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Check for aphids, slugs and lily beetles - done
Trim long grass edges - no
Water if necessary - no
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots - done except carrots, also harvested some spinach.

Unlikely to have much time for gardening today.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Take germinated peas to greenhouse - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Trim long grass - cut the grass
Check for slugs - done
Watering - done
Harvest spinach, leeks, rhubarb - done

Also tidied away the plastic covers that had been shoved in the wood shed.

At home
Check seeds and beans for germination - done
Pot up more tomatoes, kohlrabi - done
Sow last lot of carrots - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim front lawn edges - done
Hoover up willow tree seeds (not my tree!) - done
Check for lily beetles, aphids and slugs - done
Tidy garage - done some
Watering - done
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, remaining carrots, kale flower shoots - done, although not all the carrots

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Check for aphids, slugs and lily beetles
Trim long grass edges
Water if necessary
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Check chitting runner beans and pot up any that have rooted - done
Pot up more tomatoes and sideshoots, check other seedlings - done
Shuffle plants under lights as some are getting too tall - done
Sow melons - done
Plant out peas - done
Check for aphids, slugs and snails - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Continue tidying garage - no
Check plants and water if necessary - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, spinach - done

Also removed about 10 lily beetles from the fritillaries

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take germinated peas to greenhouse
Weeding
Watering

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Trim long grass
Check for slugs
Watering
Harvest spinach, leeks, rhubarb

At home
Check seeds and beans for germination
Pot up more tomatoes, kohlrabi
Sow last lot of carrots
Weeding
Deadheading
Trim front lawn edges
Hoover up willow tree seeds (not my tree!)
Check for lily beetles, aphids and slugs
Tidy garage
Watering
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, remaining carrots, kale flower shoots

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Check chitting runner beans and pot up any that have rooted
Pot up more tomatoes and sideshoots, check other seedlings
Shuffle plants under lights as some are getting too tall
Sow melons
Plant out peas
Check for aphids, slugs and snails
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Continue tidying garage
Check plants and water if necessary
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Check for aphids, slugs and snails - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Sow lettuce, courgettes - done plus cucumbers
Pot up tomatoes, calabrese - done
Continue tidying garage - done some
Check plants and water if necessary - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, spinach - done except carrots

No gardening time today.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Check for aphids, slugs and snails - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Mow lawns - done
Remove finished PSB - done
Sow beans, lettuce - put beans to chit
Pot up basil, tomatoes - done basil
Tidy garage - done some
Harvest leeks, carrots, rhubarb - done plus lettuce and salad leaves

Also trimmed some long grass edges at allotment.

Wednesday jobs
Check for aphids, slugs and snails
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Sow lettuce, courgettes
Pot up tomatoes, calabrese
Continue tidying garage
Check plants and water if necessary
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Cut lawns and allotment grass if dry - done allotment
Trim roadside hedge - done
Check for aphids, slugs and snails - done
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - no
Remove finished PSB - no
Sow carrots, beans, lettuce, peas - - done carrots and peas
Water plants under cover - done
Harvest leeks, carrots, spinach, rhubarb - done carrots and spinach

Tuesday jobs
Check for aphids, slugs and snails
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Mow lawns
Remove finished PSB
Sow beans, lettuce
Pot up basil, tomatoes
Tidy garage
Harvest leeks, carrots, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Pot up 2 tomato plants in greenhouse - done
Weeding - no

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Slug hunt - done
Trim long shoots off roadside hedge - no
Remove finished PSB - no
Trim grass edges - no
Harvest spinach, leeks, rhubarb - done spinach

Also planted out a row of peas that were getting too big to leave and removed some raspberry suckers.

At home
Check for aphids and remove - done
Check greenhouse for snails - no
Pot up calabrese, more tomato sideshoots - done
Sow carrots - no
Weeding - done some
Harvest microgreens, carrots - done

The weather was again unhelpful and I had much less gardening time than anticipated.

Monday jobs
Cut lawns and allotment grass if dry
Trim roadside hedge
Check for aphids, slugs and snails
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Remove finished PSB
Sow carrots, beans, lettuce, peas
Water plants under cover
Harvest leeks, carrots, spinach, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Check for aphids again and remove - done
Slug and snail hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Pot up tomato sideshoots, calabrese - done tomato
sow carrots, courgettes, french beans, broccoli, romanesco - done except carrots
Harvest carrots, leeks, PSB, rhubarb - done except rhubarb, plus a couple of small french beans (grown indoors)

Also trimmed the long shoots off the west hedge at the allotment. It was all going really well until lunchtime, then it decided to rain for most of the afternoon.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Pot up 2 tomato plants in greenhouse
Weeding

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Slug hunt
Trim long shoots off roadside hedge
Remove finished PSB
Trim grass edges
Harvest spinach, leeks, rhubarb

At home
Check for aphids and remove
Check greenhouse for snails
Pot up calabrese, more tomato sideshoots
Sow carrots
Weeding
Harvest microgreens, carrots

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Check for aphids again and remove - done
Slug and snail hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Pot up remaining Balconi tomatoes, parsley, rudbeckia - done
Rearrange plants under lights - done
Check sowing list and catch up - checked list and sowed fennel and leeks, more to do
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, lettuce, carrots - done

Also rearranged the carrot cage and put self watering trays under the buckets.

Friday jobs
Check for aphids again and remove
Slug and snail hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Pot up tomato sideshoots, calabrese
sow carrots, courgettes, french beans, broccoli, romanesco
Harvest carrots, leeks, PSB, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Check for aphids and remove - done
Slug and snail hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Pot up remaining Balconi tomatoes, parsley, rudbeckia - no
Rearrange plants under lights - no
Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach and the last of the PSB - done except PSB

Forgot to add garden photos to the list as it was 1st May - done. Yesterday was utterly chaotic but at least I now have water, both hot and cold. The men set off the burglar alarm (the main panel is next to the water heater that leaked) and I was stuck in the house all afternoon waiting for the alarm engineer to come and reset it.

Thursday jobs
Check for aphids again and remove
Slug and snail hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Pot up remaining Balconi tomatoes, parsley, rudbeckia
Rearrange plants under lights
Check sowing list and catch up
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, lettuce, carrots

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Attempt to remove aphids on greenhouse strawberries - tried, will need more attention
Slug and snail hunt - done
Check state of flooding at allotment - water has mostly drained away now
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Trim long grass if dry - done some
Pot up remaining Balconi tomatoes, parsley, rudbeckia - no
Rearrange plants under lights - no
Harvest salad leaves - no, but did harvest some rhubarb

Wednesday jobs (workmen restricting gardening time)
Check for aphids and remove
Slug and snail hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Pot up remaining Balconi tomatoes, parsley, rudbeckia
Rearrange plants under lights
Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach and the last of the PSB

[Penellype]

I did manage to pot up 2 of the 4 Balconi tomatoes, but anything that involves getting dirty is difficult as I have no water at all until tomorrow. Having waited in all morning for the scaffolding, I got an email at lunchtime from the roofers saying they had had to cancel the installation. I rang their office and found that they went into administration last week! It could have been worse - the job could have been left half done, so I probably had a lucky escape!

Tuesday jobs
Attempt to remove aphids on greenhouse strawberries
Slug and snail hunt
Check state of flooding at allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim long grass if dry
Pot up remaining Balconi tomatoes, parsley, rudbeckia
Rearrange plants under lights
Harvest salad leaves

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check for germination in greenhouse (peas and leeks) - done
Weeding - no

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - no
Slug hunt - done
Trim more grass edges - no
Harvest salad leaves, PSB, leeks, rhubarb - done

At home
Weeding - done some
Sow carrots, cucumbers, courgettes - done
Pot up Balconi tomatoes - no
Mow lawns if dry - done
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots - done

Extremely hard to get anything much done due to a combination of the ongoing fallout from the water leak and appalling weather today. Everything is now flooded again.

Gardening tomorrow will depend on when the scaffolding arrives for repairs to my roof, and how quickly the water recedes in the garden and allotment. Hopefully I will get time to pot up the Balconi tomatoes, which are getting desperate.