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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs (not a lot of time)
    Plant out florence fennel, kohl rabi and lettuces
    Deadheading
    Mow lawns if possible
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Check for slugs and snails - done
    Check for horsetail and remove any fruiting spikes - done
    Sow beetroot, carrots - no
    Harvest salad leaves, PSB, carrots - done except PSB

    Loads more rain yesterday and the garden and allotment are more flooded than ever. Visitors today too, so unlikely to get much done in the garden and no gardening time tomorrow either.

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Check nets at allotment and replace any that have been blown about - done
    Check greenhouse for snails - done
    Sow cucumber - done
    Harvest carrots - no, but did harvest some microgreens

    Also managed a bit of weeding and to cut back some of the longest grass that was on dry land.

    Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Check for slugs and snails
    Check for horsetail and remove any fruiting spikes
    Sow beetroot, carrots
    Harvest salad leaves, PSB, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Replace fleece over onions with chicken wire - done
    Weeding - no, too wet and windy

    At allotment
    Weeding - no, too wet and windy
    Harvest leeks, PSB, parsnip - no

    Did manage to replace the nets blown about by the gales (twice)

    At home
    Rearrange plants under lights - done
    Feed overwintered pots - done
    Sow cucumber (for greenhouse), calabrese - done calabrese
    Weeding - no, flooded
    Harvest carrots - done

    Busy week this week and I was hoping for the forecast dry day today, but it is raining again.

    Monday jobs
    Check nets at allotment and replace any that have been blown about
    Check greenhouse for snails
    Sow cucumber
    Harvest carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Weeding - done some
    Replace hotbed covers with nets (warm and gales forecast) - done
    Pot up strawberries - done
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, PSB - done

    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Replace fleece over onions with chicken wire
    Weeding

    At allotment
    Weeding
    Harvest leeks, PSB, parsnip

    At home
    Rearrange plants under lights
    Feed overwintered pots
    Sow cucumber (for greenhouse), calabrese
    Weeding
    Harvest carrots
    Last edited by Penellype; 06-04-2024, 09:43 PM.

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs (weather permitting)
    Weeding
    Replace hotbed covers with nets (warm and gales forecast)
    Pot up strawberries
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, PSB

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Weeding - done some
    Sort out taller lights for tomatoes - done for now
    Take peas to allotment - done and planted
    Tidy garage - no
    Harvest bolting carrots and make soup - done
    Harvest spinach - done

    No gardening time today.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding - done some
    Sow peas - done plus turnips, parsnips and spinach
    Sort out taller lights for tomatoes - no
    Tidy garage - no
    Harvest PSB, carrots, spinach - done except spinach

    Also potted up 2 Shirley tomatoes.

    Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Weeding
    Sort out taller lights for tomatoes
    Take peas to allotment
    Tidy garage
    Harvest bolting carrots and make soup
    Harvest spinach

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Garden photos (1st of month) - done
    Pot up Balconi tomatoes - done
    Sow flowers (cosmos, rudbeckia, marigolds), microgreens - done
    Weeding - done a little
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots - done also leeks and a couple of kale leaves.

    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding
    Sow peas
    Sort out taller lights for tomatoes
    Tidy garage
    Harvest PSB, carrots, spinach

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check greenhouse peas for germination - done
    Weeding - done some (the chickens seem to have done some for me!)

    At allotment
    Weeding - no
    Slug hunt - done
    Harvest spinach, PSB - done PSB

    At home
    Finish planting potatoes - done
    Mulch perennials - done
    Weeding - done some
    Trim long bits off euonymus hedge - done
    Mow lawns if dry - done
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots - done

    Also rearranged the pots on the front fence.

    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Garden photos (1st of month)
    Pot up Balconi tomatoes
    Sow flowers (cosmos, rudbeckia, marigolds), microgreens
    Weeding
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Finish turning compost at allotment - done
    Plant Desiree potatoes at home - done some
    Weeding - no
    Mulch perennials - done some
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, rhubarb - done

    Also constructed a frame for a proper cover for the potatoes at the allotment and took down a couple of spare buckets of compost to mulch the beds in the tunnel.

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check greenhouse peas for germination
    Weeding

    At allotment
    Weeding
    Slug hunt
    Harvest spinach, PSB

    At home
    Finish planting potatoes
    Mulch perennials
    Weeding
    Trim long bits off euonymus hedge
    Mow lawns if dry
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Finish turning compost at allotment
    Plant Desiree potatoes at home
    Weeding
    Mulch perennials
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, rhubarb

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Turn compost at allotment - done some
    Put Strulch on perennials - done strawberries
    Remove raspberry suckers - done
    Weeding - done some
    Plan April sowings - done
    Harvest microgreens, salad leaves, PSB, carrots - done some plus some bolted cabbage

    No gardening time today.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Pot up kohl rabi - done
    Sow peas - done
    Plant potatoes at allotment - done
    Put Strulch on perennials - no
    Weeding - done some
    Harvest microgreens, PSB, carrots - done carrots

    Wednesday jobs
    Turn compost at allotment
    Put Strulch on perennials
    Remove raspberry suckers
    Weeding
    Plan April sowings
    Harvest microgreens, salad leaves, PSB, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Go to garden centre and get Strulch - done
    Pot up kohl rabi - no
    Harvest carrots - done

    Tuesday jobs
    Pot up kohl rabi
    Sow peas
    Plant potatoes at allotment
    Put Strulch on perennials
    Weeding
    Harvest microgreens, PSB, carrots

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