What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Remove yellow brassica leaves - done some
Deadheading - done some
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, check peas, strawberries - done some

Also cut back the nettles and I'm attempting to make some nettle feed with them.

Annoyingly the council stopped the hedge cutting half way down, so they may well do mine today when I am busy with meetings and probably won't have time to clear up the mess.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Collect rain water - done
Harvest beans, carrots - done

Wednesday jobs
Driving past the allotments this morning it looks like the council are cutting the hedge. I will probably therefore have to spend most of the gardening time clearing up the clippings.
Also:
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Remove yellow brassica leaves
Deadheading
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, check peas, strawberries

[Penellype]

Very wet again today so essentials only:

Tuesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month)
Collect rain water
Harvest beans, carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Dig over bed where peas were - done some
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest tomatoes - done some

At allotment
Uncover tomato and courgette plants protected from frost - done
Check plants for wind and frost damage - done
Collect more flood water - done. IBC container is now full again.
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Harvest tomatoes if any, courgette, beans, romanesco, pink blueberries - done

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Start planning for next year - no
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer leeks, carrots - done

Expecting it to rain all day today, so any gardening will be restricted to planning for next year.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Dig over bed where peas were*
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest tomatoes

*I usually do no dig, but my friend's garden is next to fields and there are definite rat runs under the veg garden. I have tried filling them with water, but that doesn't seem to stop more holes from appearing. Apart from the idea of working that near rats (which is probably happening anyway to be honest), the rat runs deprive the plants of water and I have had sections of pea plants die as a result. So I am digging to disturb them as they do not like being disturbed.

At allotment
Uncover tomato and courgette plants protected from frost
Check plants for wind and frost damage
Collect more flood water
Weeding and horsetail
Harvest tomatoes if any, courgette, beans, romanesco, pink blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Start planning for next year
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer leeks, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Check tomatoes for blight - done
Take some lettuces to stables - done
Collect some rotted muck - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Sort out covers for coming cold weather - done
Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, beetroot, romanesco, check peas, strawberries - done except harvested turnip and carrot instead of romanesco.

Thursday jobs
Collect rain water

No chance of any gardening today as everywhere is under water and it is forecast to rain all day. No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Check tomatoes for blight - done
Slug hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Remove dead courgette plant - done
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, beans, leeks, romanesco, check cucumbers, apples - done most plus peppers

Wednesday jobs
Check tomatoes for blight
Take some lettuces to stables
Collect some rotted muck*
Weeding and horsetail
Sort out covers for coming cold weather
Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, beetroot, romanesco, check peas, strawberries

*The muckheap has just been spread so there is some nice black rotted stuff available from the bottom.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Check remaining tomato plants for blight - done
Harvest summer leeks and make soup - no

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water
Check tomatoes for blight
Slug hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Remove dead courgette plant
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, beans, leeks, romanesco, check cucumbers, apples

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Watering and fill self watering trays - done
Harvest tomatoes - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Trim more grass edges - done some
Collect lettuce seeds - done some
Remove bolting pak choi and dead courgette plant - no
Watering - done
Harvest tomatoes, courgette, beetroot, beans, turnips, pink blueberries - done

Also spent nearly 3 hours cutting down the big Sungold tomato plant which had blight. Brought home the bigger tomatoes in the hope that some of them will ripen rather than rot.

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim lawn edges - done
Pot up salad leaves, kale - done kale
Watering - done
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beans, carrots, strawberries, check apples - done

Monday jobs (expecting rain all day)
Collect rain water
Check remaining tomato plants for blight
Harvest summer leeks and make soup

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Trim long grass edges if dry - done some
Find somewhere to put 2 kale plants - no
Remove bolted pak choi - no
Collect lettuce seeds - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, salad leaves, beans, romanesco, strawberries, apples - done

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Watering and fill self watering trays
Harvest tomatoes

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Trim more grass edges
Collect lettuce seeds
Remove bolting pak choi and dead courgette plant
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, courgette, beetroot, beans, turnips, pink blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Trim lawn edges
Pot up salad leaves, kale
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beans, carrots, strawberries, check apples

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs (plus Wed and Thu)
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if dry - done
Cut grass at allotment if dry - done
Trim long grass edges if dry - no
Find somewhere to plant 2 kale plants - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, salad leaves, beetroot, peppers, courgette, beans, check pink blueberries, strawberries, apples - done

Been having carpets fitted downstairs which was a bit like moving house, so very little gardening time. Hopefully I will have more time today.

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim long grass edges if dry
Find somewhere to put 2 kale plants
Remove bolted pak choi
Collect lettuce seeds
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, salad leaves, beans, romanesco, strawberries, apples

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse - done
Harvest tomatoes - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Take spinach seedlings down and plant - done
Trim long grass if dry - no, too wet
Cut grass if dry - no
Cut back nettles in hedge - done
Clear up shredded tomato foliage (from hail storm) - done some
Remove tomato sideshoots - done some
Water if necessary - done
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beetroot, beans, courgettes, turnips, romanesco, florence fennel, pink blueberries - done

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if dry - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, pea shoots, beans, strawberries, apples, check onions - done plus some salad leaves

Also planted out some florence fennel seedlings.

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Mow lawns if dry
Cut grass at allotment if dry
Trim long grass edges if dry
Find somewhere to plant 2 kale plants
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, salad leaves, beetroot, peppers, courgette, beans, check pink blueberries, strawberries, apples

[Penellype]

Very short of time at the moment, but I did manage to pot up some winter lettuce seedlings yesterday.

Weekend jobs (probably including Monday)

At my friend's
Weeding
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Take spinach seedlings down and plant
Trim long grass if dry
Cut grass if dry
Cut back nettles in hedge
Clear up shredded tomato foliage (from hail storm)
Remove tomato sideshoots
Water if necessary
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beetroot, beans, courgettes, turnips, romanesco, florence fennel, pink blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Mow lawns if dry
Watering
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, pea shoots, beans, strawberries, apples, check onions

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Open greenhouse door if sunny - done (and closed again later)
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Trim long grass if dry -no
Cut back nettles in hedge -no
Check tomatoes and remove sideshoots - done some
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest tomatoes, pink blueberries, check strawberries, windfall apples - done except blueberries

Unfortunately I was busy yesterday morning and it became very showery in the afternoon, preventing me from visiting the allotment for any amount of time. We then had a thunderstorm that dumped a load of hail and I spent all the time I had scooping a dustbin full off the nets and tunnel roof and also rescuing a potted tomato plant that had blown over in a sudden gust of wind.

No gardening time today and unlikely to be any tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs (and Tuesday)
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Trim long grass if dry (unlikely) - no
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, beans, courgette, peppers, strawberries, check windfall apples - done plus carrot and romanesco

Rain scuppered any chance of gardening at times when I was free to do it on Monday, and it rained most of the morning today too. I scooped up about 3 dustbins full of water off the paths at the allotment yesterday. Shut the greenhouse and growhouse as it is going to be chilly for the next few nights.

Wednesday jobs
Open greenhouse door if sunny
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim long grass if dry
Cut back nettles in hedge
Check tomatoes and remove sideshoots
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest tomatoes, pink blueberries, check strawberries, windfall apples