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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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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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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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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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 carrotsLast edited by Penellype; 06-04-2024, 09:43 PM.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Friday jobs
Finish turning compost at allotment
Plant Desiree potatoes at home
Weeding
Mulch perennials
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, rhubarb
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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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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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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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