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Today's job, while waiting for BT to arrive is to move the hotbin and level the paving slab underneath it, which has been undermined by excavations - I suspect rats
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
Managed to move the hotbin and did my best to fill in the holes with stones and gravel. I doubt it will be enough, but there are traps laid and hopefully the disturbance will persuade the residents to move house! Also potted up mizuna seedlings.
Weekend jobs (weather permitting)
At my friend's
Remove dead pepper plants in greenhouse
Weeding
At allotment
Weeding
General tidy up
Harvest parsnips if reachable (flooded), check PSB
At home
Update next year's sowing and planting plan
General tidy up
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
Monday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Continue with sowing and planting plan - done some
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves - done
Today looks impossibly wet - the garden is under water again after overnight rain with more forecast later today, I dare not walk anywhere except on the paths, and the allotment is best left alone.
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
Yesterday I spent some time working out which buckets and compost I am going to use for things like carrots and potatoes at home. This is more complicated than it sounds because some of the compost that has grown carrots in usually has vine weevils in it and needs resting and treating with nematodes, and some of the buckets don't have holes in the bottom (just around the sides at the bottom) which makes them unsuitable for standing on self watering trays. Some of the compost is several years old and needs spreading on the garden or allotment to make room for fresh compost for potatoes. There is therefore usually a good deal of compost shuffling to plan in order to avoid using compost that grew the same thing last year or the wrong type of bucket.
Wednesday jobs
Check flood level at allotment
Sow microgreens
Harvest carrots, check PSB
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
Thursday jobs
Put some early potatoes to chit for growing in greenhouse - done
Check allotment - done, water level going down slowly
Tidy garage - no
Harvest carrots - no
Also did a little weeding on the drier parts of the allotment.
At my friend's
Remove dead pepper plants from greenhouse - done
Weeding - done some
At allotment
Weeding - done some
General tidy up - no
Harvest parsnip, check PSB - harvested a leek instead of parsnip, PSB almost ready
Also moved some of the sprouting pieces of rhubarb root under the black dalek in the hope that they might produce something edible and trimmed back the nettles in the hedge.
At home
Tidy garage - no
Weeding - no
Take net off carrot cage in case of snow - no
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots - done
Monday jobs
Weeding
General tidy up including garage
Take net off carrot cage
Harvest parsnip, carrots
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
Took the dog for his walk ... today he discovered the canal is wet straight thru the ice and managed to get himself out in a cloud of steam and a spray of water .
Just about finished the ideas for the back garden ... its changed over the months but just about tied it down. Now I just need to clear the greenhouse out and set up my heated bench ready for sowing seeds.
got to take Mrs G to the hospital for an endoscopy ... so thats tomorrow taken care of
ntg
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic
Friday jobs
Remove dead crocosmia leaves - done
Deadheading - done
Weeding - done some
Remove net from carrot cage - done
Harvest lettuce, carrots - done
Also tidied up a bit at the allotment.
Today was a write off as I had men digging a drain in the back garden, which will hopefully remove some of the water next time we have a deluge.
Sunday jobs
At my friend's
Weeding
At allotment
Weeding
Harvest leek, check PSB
At home
Attempt to clear up muddy mess left by men
Move another bucket of carrots to garage
Go to garden centre and buy onion sets if available
Harvest carrots
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
At allotment
Weeding - no
Harvest leek, check PSB - done
At home
Attempt to clear up muddy mess left by men - no
Move another bucket of carrots to garage - done
Go to garden centre and buy onion sets if available - went but very few onion sets and no Sturon so will have to try elsewhere
Harvest carrots - done
Tomorrow Openreach are coming for the 3rd time since Christmas to try to sort a fault on my broadband. They require a 5 hour slot, so depending on what time they turn up I may or may not have any gardening time. It may be too cold anyway.
Monday jobs
Clear up mess left by men
Bring pots of compost in to warm for peppers
Weeding if possible
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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