What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[burnie]

My garden is proving to be very low maintenance, only greenhouse jobs for me this weekend, watering and doing the tommies armpits being the main thing and munching on peas and strawberries.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens (including the one I found in my kitchen last night) - done
Take compost and 2 melon plants to greenhouse - done
Pot up 3 peppers - done
Tie in tomatoes and remove sideshoots - done for now
Weeding - done some
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse - done

At allotment
Collect rain water - done
Take melon to put in growhouse - done
Plant out tomatoes - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Continue cutting down bolting spinach, harvest leaves - done some
Cut grass if dry (very, very unlikely) - no
Harvest peas, cauliflower, beetroot, possibly potatoes, check strawberries and raspberries - done except beetroot and potatoes

At home
Empty drip trays so plants don't drown - done
Remove finished Meteor peas - done
Plant cucumbers - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done including a lot of fritillaries and veronica
Put net up on fruit cage (weather permitting - not yet urgent) - no
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas, french beans, tomatoes, check strawberries - done

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Cut grass at allotment if dry
Lawn edges at home
Sow late peas, salads
Tie in clematis
Check fence pots and water if required
Harvest salad leaves, beetroot, tomato, peas, french beans, spinach, new potatoes, raspberries, strawberries and possibly another cauliflower

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done quite a bit
Cut grass at allotment if dry - done
Lawn edges at home - no
Sow late peas, salads - done peas
Tie in clematis - done
Check fence pots and water if required - done
Harvest salad leaves, beetroot, tomato, peas, french beans, spinach, new potatoes, raspberries, strawberries and possibly another cauliflower - done except spinach

Also potted up some fuchsia cuttings.

Tuesday
Royal Ascot week severely reduces gardening time hence the flurry of activity yesterday!
Move french beans outside to make room for pepper plant on windowsill
Pot up last pepper plant
Sow salad leaves
Weeding
Trim lawn edges
Watering if it doesn't rain
Harvest peas, spinach, raspberries, strawberries

[Penellype]

Tuesday
Move french beans outside to make room for pepper plant on windowsill - done
Pot up last pepper plant - done
Sow salad leaves - no
Weeding - done some
Trim lawn edges - done some at allotment
Watering if it doesn't rain - done
Harvest peas, spinach, raspberries, strawberries - done

Wednesday
Remove old cauliflower stems and plant beetroot
Apply slug nematodes at allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Trim more lawn edges
Watering
Harvest salads, tomatoes, cauliflower, peas, spinach, raspberries, strawberries

[burnie]

I've covered the outside Strawberry bed with netting as there's signs of redness in the fruits, grass could do with cutting, but it's too hot now, maybe later.

[Penellype]

Wednesday
Remove old cauliflower stems and plant beetroot - done
Apply slug nematodes at allotment - done
Weeding and horsetail - done a little
Trim more lawn edges - done some
Watering - done
Harvest salads, tomatoes, cauliflower, peas, spinach, raspberries, strawberries - done

Also mowed the lawns at home.

Thursday
Very little time for gardening today and it looks likely to be wet.
Harvest peas, cauliflower, new potatoes, raspberries, strawberries

[Penellype]

Thursday
Harvest peas, cauliflower, new potatoes, raspberries, strawberries - done

Managed to harvest the above before the rain set in for the day and it was still drizzling in the evening when I went to the allotment to collect the water.

Friday
Collect rain water
Weeding especially in tunnel
Plant leeks
Plan weekend gardening
Harvest salad leaves, tomatoes, spinach, peas, cauliflower, raspberries, strawberries

[Mr Bones]

Need to turn the compost. It's been going for almost a fortnight so depending on its temperature I might be able to hoik it over into the tin bay to slowly finish. I have another 1/2 trailer load of rabbit poo waiting plus bags full of greens at the ready. The peas have finished cropping so can be chopped into the next batch and the perennial kale has gone bonkers (6 foot tall and very dense foliage) so will stand to be cut right back.

[Penellype]

Friday
Collect rain water - done
Weeding especially in tunnel - done most
Plant leeks - no
Plan weekend gardening - done
Harvest salad leaves, tomatoes, spinach, peas, cauliflower, raspberries, strawberries - done

Also did some deadheading and finished trimming the lawn edges.

Weekend jobs
A major problem at work looks likely to seriously deplete gardening time, especially away from home.

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Weeding
Check tomatoes and remove any sideshoots
Watering (greenhouse) and fill self watering trays

At allotment
Collect any water
Plant melon in growhouse
Plant leeks
Weeding and horsetail
Cut down more spinach
Harvest peas, cauliflower, peas, raspberries, strawberries

At home
Move peas outside to make room for next lot under lights
Pot up broccoli and calabrese and make space
Empty excess water out of drip trays
Weeding
Deadheading
Remove finished peas
Harvest peas, salads, tomatoes, strawberries

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens - done
Weeding - done some
Check tomatoes and remove any sideshoots - done some
Watering (greenhouse) and fill self watering trays - done

At allotment
Collect any water - done
Plant melon in growhouse - no
Plant leeks - no
Weeding and horsetail - no
Cut down more spinach - done some
Harvest peas, cauliflower, peas, raspberries, strawberries - done

At home
Move peas outside to make room for next lot under lights - done
Pot up broccoli and calabrese and make space -no
Empty excess water out of drip trays - done
Weeding - no
Deadheading - no
Remove finished peas - no
Harvest peas, salads, tomatoes, strawberries - done

Monday (work permitting)
Take french beans to allotment
Plant leeks, romanesco, melon
Pot up broccoli ad calabrese
Adjust netting on courgette bed to cover turnips only, as courgettes are flowering
Trim long grass edges near raised beds
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Remove more spinach and finished peas
Harvest beetroot, lettuce, tomatoes, peas, cauliflower, potatoes, raspberries, strawberries

[Penellype]

Monday
Take french beans to allotment - done
Plant leeks, romanesco, melon - done except melon
Pot up broccoli ad calabrese - no
Adjust netting on courgette bed to cover turnips only, as courgettes are flowering - done
Trim long grass edges near raised beds - done some
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Remove more spinach and finished peas - done some spinach
Harvest beetroot, lettuce, tomatoes, peas, cauliflower, potatoes, raspberries, strawberries - done except potatoes

Tuesday jobs (work permitting)
Plant melon
Pot up broccoli and calabrese
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim more grass edges
Harvest tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, raspberries, strawberries

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Plant melon - no
Pot up broccoli and calabrese - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim more grass edges - done some
Harvest tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, raspberries, strawberries - done except potatoes, also peas and red currants

Also watered everything

Wednesday jobs (work and heat permitting)
Fill self watering trays
Plant melon
Cut grass at allotment and finish trimming edges
Deadheading
Pot up cosmos
Finish cutting down spinach
Watering
Harvest raspberries, strawberries, peas, cauliflower, potatoes, tomatoes

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Fill self watering trays - done
Plant melon - no, decided it was better left until it isn't so hot
Cut grass at allotment and finish trimming edges - done grass and some edges
Deadheading - no
Pot up cosmos - no
Finish cutting down spinach - done some
Watering - done
Harvest raspberries, strawberries, peas, cauliflower, potatoes, tomatoes - done

Also pruned white currant and harvested some of the fruit.

Thursday
Busy day today and likely to be very hot, so gardening will be limited.
Mow lawns
Finish cutting down spinach
Watering
Harvest peas, tomatoes, raspberries, strawberries, red currants

[Penellype]

Thursday
Mow lawns - done plus edges at home
Finish cutting down spinach - done
Watering - done
Harvest peas, tomatoes, raspberries, strawberries, red currants - done plus a cauliflower and a cucumber from my friend's greenhouse

Also planted the melon at the allotment as it was desperate

Friday (weather permitting)
Add self watering inserts to drip trays under carrots
Trim long bits of grass at allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
(Hide from thunderstorms )
Watering if required (unlikely)
Harvest peas, salad leaves, raspberries, strawberries, possibly cauliflower, check beans, cherry
Check allotment hedges and trim long bits

[Penellype]

Friday
Add self watering inserts to drip trays under carrots - done
Trim long bits of grass at allotment - done most
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
(Hide from thunderstorms ) - fortunately storms missed York
Watering if required (unlikely) - done
Harvest peas, salad leaves, raspberries, strawberries, possibly cauliflower, check beans, cherry - done peas, raspberries and strawberries
Check allotment hedges and trim long bits - done

Weekend jobs
Likely to be windy/very windy and wet at times so this may be ambitious

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers
Plant melons in hotbed
Weeding
Fill self watering trays
Harvest cucumber

At allotment
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Plant leeks, romanesco
Water trees in pots unless very wet
Harvest cauliflower, raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, redcurrants, blackcurrants, check peas, courgettes and cherry

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Plant peas, cosmos
Harvest salad leaves, peas, strawberries, white currants, framberries, check french beans, tomatoes
Freeze excess fruit!