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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Continue planning for next year - done some
    Harvest tomatoes, beans - done

    No gardening time tomorrow

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Check remaining tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - no
    Deadheading - no
    Harvest tomatoes, beans - done

    Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Continue planning for next year
    Harvest tomatoes, beans

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Slug hunt - done
    Remove blighted Garden Pearl and Sungold tomatoes at allotment - done
    Remove pest damaged leaves from leeks - done some
    Remove damaged courgettes in tunnel - done
    Move trays of strawberries to growhouse to protect from rain - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, salad leaves, beetroot, beans, romanesco - done

    Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water
    Check remaining tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest tomatoes, beans

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Weeding - done some
    Water greenhouse if necessary - done
    Harvest tomatoes - done

    At allotment
    Collect rain water - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done, looks likely
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Trim long grass if dry enough - done some
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beetroot, beans, courgettes, romanesco - done except romanesco, plus a couple of ripe strawberries

    Also managed to cut the grass.

    At home
    collect rain water - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Remove finished tomato plant - no
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, tomatoes - done

    Also mowed the lawns.

    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water
    Slug hunt
    Remove blighted Garden Pearl and Sungold tomatoes at allotment
    Remove pest damaged leaves from leeks
    Remove damaged courgettes in tunnel
    Move trays of strawberries to growhouse to protect from rain
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, salad leaves, beetroot, beans, romanesco

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Cut grass if dry (unlikely) - no, too wet
    Plan weekend gardening - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, cucumber, tomatoes, beans, calabrese - done plus pea shoots and a couple of small turnips

    Also cut back brambles and nettles in the allotment hedge.

    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Weeding
    Water greenhouse if necessary
    Harvest tomatoes

    At allotment
    Collect rain water
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Trim long grass if dry enough
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beetroot, beans, courgettes, romanesco

    At home
    collect rain water
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Remove finished tomato plant
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, tomatoes

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Collect rain water if any - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Harvest tomatoes, courgette, beans, check romanesco, peas - done plus salad leaves, lettuce, pea shoots and microgreens

    Also sowed some corn salad and plated some violas after a trip to the garden centre.

    No gardening time yesterday.

    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Cut grass if dry (unlikely)
    Plan weekend gardening
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, cucumber, tomatoes, beans, calabrese

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Collect rain water if any - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Slug hunt - done (also found a toad )
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Trim grass edges at allotment if dry - done some
    Watering if necessary - no
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, check peas, romanesco - done plus the last of the apples and some microgreens

    Very little gardening time today due to electrician in the house. Collected loads of rain water and harvested beans, tomatoes and a cucumber.

    Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water if any
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest tomatoes, courgette, beans, check romanesco, peas

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Bring in onions before it rains - done
    Weeding - done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest tomatoes - done

    At allotment
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Continue cutting back elderberry - done some
    Grass edges - no
    Collect more lettuce seed - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, courgettes, calabrese, check peas, romanesco - done

    At home
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Empty bottom of hotbin - done
    Trim lawn edges - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, cucumber, tomatoes, check windfall apples - done

    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water if any
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Trim grass edges at allotment if dry
    Watering if necessary
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, check peas, romanesco

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Check tomato plants for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Plant out winter lettuce - done
    Trim lawn edges - no
    Cut more elderberry - done some
    Start thinking what is going where next year - made a start
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, peas, courgettes, peppers, beans - done plus calabrese

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Bring in onions before it rains
    Weeding
    Watering
    Harvest tomatoes

    At allotment
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Continue cutting back elderberry
    Grass edges
    Collect more lettuce seed
    Watering
    Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, courgettes, calabrese, check peas, romanesco

    At home
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Empty bottom of hotbin
    Trim lawn edges
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, cucumber, tomatoes, check windfall apples

    Leave a comment:


  • Penellype
    replied
    Friday jobs
    Check tomato plants for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Plant out winter lettuce
    Trim lawn edges
    Cut more elderberry
    Start thinking what is going where next year
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, peas, courgettes, peppers, beans

    Leave a comment:


  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Lawn edges - no
    Cut back more elderberry - done some
    Collect more lettuce seed - done
    Remove dead leaves from brassicas including ones infested with leaf miner - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, pea shoots, beetroot, beans, kohlrabi, check apples, peas - done

    No gardening time today
    Last edited by Penellype; 07-09-2023, 07:56 AM.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Mow lawns - done
    Cut back elderberry at allotment - done some
    Sow lettuce seed to test viability - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, turnip or kohlrabi, carrots, check windfall apples, peas - just tomatoes and an apple.

    Wednesday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Lawn edges
    Cut back more elderberry
    Collect more lettuce seed
    Remove dead leaves from brassicas including ones infested with leaf miner
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, pea shoots, beetroot, beans, kohlrabi, check apples, peas

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Check greenhouse window opener and adjust if necessary - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Mow lawns - no
    Sow microgreens - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, pea shoots, cucumber. tomatoes, courgette, check peas, windfall apples - done

    Also trimmed some long grass at the allotment and collected some lettuce seed.

    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Mow lawns
    Cut back elderberry at allotment
    Sow lettuce seed to test viability
    Watering
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, turnip or kohlrabi, carrots, check windfall apples, peas

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Lift remaining onions and put to dry - done
    Weeding - done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest tomatoes - done

    At allotment
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - - done some
    Tie in cucumber - done
    Trim brambles in hedge - done
    Cut grass if dry - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, calabrese, leeks, courgettes, check peas - done

    At home
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding - no
    Deadheading - done some
    Sow calendula - done
    Mow lawns if dry - no
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, peppers, windfall apples - done

    Also attempted to mend the automatic window opener in the greenhouse - the gas tube had fallen off the window. No idea if I have got the setting right.

    Monday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Check greenhouse window opener and adjust if necessary
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Mow lawns
    Sow microgreens
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, pea shoots, cucumber. tomatoes, courgette, check peas, windfall apples
    Last edited by Penellype; 04-09-2023, 08:33 AM.

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Garden photos (1st of month) - done
    Collect rain water - done
    Check tomato plants for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - no
    Deadheading - no
    Plan weekend gardening - done
    Water greenhouse plants if necessary - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, beans, calabrese, windfall apples, check cucumbers, peas - done plus a carrot

    Also sowed some spinach as new seed had arrived

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Lift remaining onions and put to dry
    Weeding
    Watering
    Harvest tomatoes

    At allotment
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Tie in cucumber
    Trim brambles in hedge
    Cut grass if dry
    Watering
    Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, calabrese, leeks, courgettes, check peas

    At home
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Sow calendula
    Mow lawns if dry
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, peppers, windfall apples
    Last edited by Penellype; 02-09-2023, 04:51 PM.

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