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  • Tuesday jobs
    Finish grass edges at allotment - done
    Put out a tray of water for hedgehog that appears to be living under my acer tree - done
    Bag up yesterday's potato harvest - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, couple of strawberries, blueberries, couple of late raspberries - done

    Wednesday jobs (busy at work)
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Watering
    Harvest cucumber, beetroot, salad leaves, possibly courgette
    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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    • Wednesday jobs
      Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
      Deadheading - no
      Watering - done
      Harvest cucumber, beetroot, salad leaves, possibly courgette - done except courgette, plus beans and carrots

      Busy all day today.
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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      • Managed to find time yesterday to spray the brassicas with potato water and harvest some beans, a courgette and some blueberries.

        Friday jobs
        Weeding and horsetail
        Deadheading
        Sow spring cabbage
        Support developing melons
        Plan weekend gardening
        Watering
        Harvest cucumber, beans, spinach, blueberries, check peas
        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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        • Friday jobs
          Weeding and horsetail - done some
          Deadheading - done some
          Sow spring cabbage - done
          Support developing melons - done
          Plan weekend gardening - done
          Watering - done
          Harvest cucumber, beans, spinach, blueberries, check peas - done

          Weekend jobs

          At my friend's
          Feed slugs to chickens
          Check and tie in greenhouse plants
          Weeding
          Remove finished peas
          Fill self watering trays
          Watering
          Harvest cucumbers, beans, courgettes, first few onions

          At allotment
          Weeding and horsetail
          Cut grass if dry
          Plant kale
          Trim strawberries
          Watering
          Harvest lettuce, cucumber, courgette, beans, beetroot, spinach, blueberries, possibly raspberry

          At home
          Weeding and deadheading
          Sort mess in garage (caused by getting green bin out for hedge trimmings)
          Trim strawberries
          Plant kale
          Rearrange carrot buckets to accommodate kale
          Mow lawns of dry
          Watering
          Harvest lettuce, cucumbers, beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, blueberries
          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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          • Weekend jobs

            At my friend's
            Feed slugs to chickens - done
            Check and tie in greenhouse plants - done
            Weeding - no
            Remove finished peas - done some
            Fill self watering trays - done
            Watering - done
            Harvest cucumbers, beans, courgettes, first few onions - done except courgettes

            At allotment
            Weeding and horsetail - - done some
            Cut grass if dry - no
            Plant kale - no
            Trim strawberries - no
            Watering - done
            Harvest lettuce, cucumber, courgette, beans, beetroot, spinach, blueberries, possibly raspberry - done except blueberries

            At home
            Weeding and deadheading - done some
            Sort mess in garage (caused by getting green bin out for hedge trimmings) - no
            Trim strawberries - no
            Plant kale - done
            Rearrange carrot buckets to accommodate kale - done
            Mow lawns of dry - done
            Watering - done
            Harvest lettuce, cucumbers, beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, blueberries - done

            Also potted up some lettuce seedlings

            Monday jobs
            Collect water from overnight deluge
            Empty drip trays so plants don't drown
            Weeding and horsetail
            Deadheading
            Tidy strawberry plants
            Harvest spinach, beans, peas, blueberries, check tomatoes
            Last edited by Penellype; 17-08-2020, 10:34 AM.
            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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            • Monday jobs
              Collect water from overnight deluge - done
              Empty drip trays so plants don't drown - done
              Weeding and horsetail - done some
              Deadheading - done some
              Tidy strawberry plants - done some
              Harvest spinach, beans, peas, blueberries, check tomatoes - done except peas and beans. Harvested the first Sungold tomatoes, about 3 weeks later than usual.

              Also picked loads of caterpillars off the (shredded) nasturtiums and planted kale at the allotment.

              Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
              Collect water
              Weeding and horsetail
              Deadheading
              Sort out more strawberry runners
              Cut grass at allotment if dry (no chance)
              Harvest peas, beans, spinach, cucumber, blueberries
              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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              • Tuesday jobs
                Collect water - done
                Weeding and horsetail - no
                Deadheading - no
                Sort out more strawberry runners - no
                Cut grass at allotment if dry - no
                Harvest peas, beans, spinach, cucumber, blueberries - done plus a couple of slug-damaged tomatoes from my friend's greenhouse

                Also sprayed the brassicas with potato water again.

                Wednesday jobs (weather and work permitting)
                Collect water
                Weeding and horsetail
                Deadheading
                Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, spinach
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • Wednesday jobs
                  Collect water - done
                  Weeding and horsetail - no
                  Deadheading - no
                  Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, spinach - done plus a carrot

                  Trimmed the top bits of the leylandii hedge at the allotment instead.

                  No gardening time on Thursday although I did collect water from overnight rain and harvest courgettes, beans, beetroot, lettuce and cucumbers.

                  Friday (weather and work permitting)
                  Check for wind damage
                  Trim back and tidy up indoor tomatoes
                  Weeding and horsetail
                  Deadheading
                  Harvest beans, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, blueberries, check peas
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • Friday
                    Check for wind damage - done, temporarily repaired fruit cage, picked up fallen blueberries, restaked leaning tomatoes, tied up fallen peas, picked up windfall apples and shut (locked) garage door which had been forced open 4 inches at the bottom!
                    Trim back and tidy up indoor tomatoes - no
                    Weeding and horsetail - no
                    Deadheading - no
                    Harvest beans, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, blueberries, check peas - done except spinach, plus a few late raspberries and some beans

                    Also collected rain water at allotment once the gales had died down a bit.

                    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

                    At my friend's
                    Check for wind damage
                    Check greenhouse plants
                    Fill self watering trays
                    Weeding
                    Remove old peas
                    Harvest beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, courgette

                    At allotment
                    Check for wind damage
                    Collect rain water
                    Weeding and horsetail
                    Cut grass if dry (unlikely)
                    Harvest lettuce, beetroot, cucumber, spinach, beans, one strawberry

                    At home
                    Check for wind damage
                    Take protected plants out of garage
                    Weeding
                    Deadheading
                    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, potatoes, peas, check strawberries
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • Weekend jobs

                      At my friend's
                      Check for wind damage - done (cover ripped off polytunnel)
                      Check greenhouse plants - done
                      Fill self watering trays - done
                      Weeding - done some
                      Remove old peas - done some
                      Harvest beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, courgette - done

                      At allotment
                      Check for wind damage - done
                      Collect rain water - done
                      Weeding and horsetail - done some
                      Cut grass if dry (unlikely) - no
                      Harvest lettuce, beetroot, cucumber, spinach, beans, one strawberry - done

                      At home
                      Check for wind damage - done
                      Take protected plants out of garage - done
                      Weeding - no
                      Deadheading - done some
                      Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, potatoes, peas, check strawberries - done

                      Monday jobs (work permitting)
                      Collect rain water
                      Batten down hatches for more gales tomorrow
                      Cut grass at allotment if dry
                      Check lawns and cut if needed, if dry
                      Weeding and horsetail
                      Deadheading
                      Go to tip
                      Harvest lettuce, cucumber, peppers, spinach, carrot, blueberries
                      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                      • At some point I may have to bite the bullet and either go into a shop or click and collect, I really need to finish painting the 2 summerhouses with wood preserver, off to scour 'tinternet for ideas.

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                        • Monday jobs
                          Collect rain water - done
                          Batten down hatches for more gales tomorrow - done
                          Cut grass at allotment if dry - done
                          Check lawns and cut if needed, if dry - done
                          Weeding and horsetail - done some
                          Deadheading - done
                          Go to tip - done
                          Harvest lettuce, cucumber, peppers, spinach, carrot, blueberries - done some

                          Tuesday jobs
                          Collect rain water
                          Check for wind damage
                          Stay indoors!
                          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                          • Tuesday jobs
                            Collect rain water - done
                            Check for wind damage - done
                            Stay indoors! - mostly

                            Also harvested a bag of spinach and a couple of carrots

                            Wednesday jobs
                            Collect rain water
                            Check for wind damage
                            Weeding and horsetail
                            Harvest lettuce, cucumber, salad leaves, beetroot, spinach, 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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                            • So, jobs that need to be done:

                              1) Finish filling the last raised veg bed which has completed the 'terracing' / levelling of the veg garden
                              - postponed Monday because of the weather
                              - postponed Tuesday waiting for grocery delivery then grandson's birthday gifts and soil too wet to sieve
                              - postponed Wednesday as spent too much time on this forum

                              2) Install the pond
                              - postponed Monday because of the weather
                              - postponed Tuesday waiting for grocery delivery then grandson's birthday gifts and couldn't be asked
                              - postponed Wednesday as spent too much time on this forum

                              3) Clear shed out ready for delivery of replacement
                              - postponed Monday because of the weather
                              - postponed Tuesday waiting for grocery delivery then grandson's birthday gifts and trying to organise new concrete base by telephone (where are all the builders?)
                              - postponed Wednesday as spent too much time on this forum

                              Quite a productive week for me
                              East Berkshire

                              There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.

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                              • Wednesday jobs
                                Collect rain water - done
                                Check for wind damage - done
                                Weeding and horsetail - done some
                                Harvest lettuce, cucumber, salad leaves, beetroot, spinach, carrots - done except decided on cabbage instead of spinach.

                                Thursday jobs (very little time)
                                Harvest beans, courgette, beetroot, peppers, check peas
                                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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