What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Watering - done
Harvest beetroot, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, blueberries - done plus potatoes

Also removed finished peas.

Thursday was again very busy at work although I did manage to cut the rear lawn, water the garden and allotment and harvest a cucumber.

Friday jobs (work permitting)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cut front lawn if dry
Remove pea net
Tie in tomatoes
Remove finished cauliflower stalks and apply garlic powder to bed
Cut down finished raspberry canes and tie in new ones
Watering
Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, blueberries

[Peteyd]

I like to format that Penellype uses so i might just nick that!

Weekend jobs
Cut front and back grass
Cut lower leaves off tomatoes
plant up basil and mint cuttings
plant up coriander plants
sweep greenhouse

just how much of that i will actually achieve remains to be seen!

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Cut front lawn if dry - no
Remove pea net - done
Tie in tomatoes - done some
Remove finished cauliflower stalks and apply garlic powder to bed - no
Cut down finished raspberry canes and tie in new ones - no
Watering - done
Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, blueberries - done plus some peas

Also moved cold frame in preparation for cutting rear hedge

Weekend Jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding
Cut back nettles
Tie in cucumbers and tomatoes
Fill self watering trays
Watering
Harvest cucumber

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Remove finished cauliflower stalks and apply garlic powder to bed
Cut down finished raspberry canes and tie in new ones
Watering
Harvest cucumbers, beans, blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Mow front lawn
Harvest potatoes, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, pepper, blueberries, windfall apples

[Peteyd]

I like to format that Penellype uses so i might just nick that!

Weekend jobs
Cut front and back grass - Done
Cut lower leaves off tomatoes - Done
plant up basil and mint cuttings - Nope
plant up coriander plants - Nope
sweep greenhouse - Nope

just how much of that i will actually achieve remains to be seen!

Plan for the week
Plant up basil, Mint and coriander
Sweep greenhouse
Trim Rosemary and take cuttings

[Penellype]

Weekend Jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Cut back nettles - done (for now)
Tie in cucumbers and tomatoes - done
Fill self watering trays - done
Watering - no (rain)
Harvest cucumber - done

Also fed slugs and caterpillars to chickens

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Remove finished cauliflower stalks and apply garlic powder to bed - done
Cut down finished raspberry canes and tie in new ones - done some
Watering - done
Harvest cucumbers, beans, blueberries - done plus a courgette and some peas

Also sowed some spinach and removed about a dozen small white caterpillars from the calabrese in the tunnel

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Mow front lawn - done
Harvest potatoes, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, pepper, blueberries, windfall apples - done

Also watered the fence pots and trimmed the lawn edges and some of the strawberries

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Check for caterpillars on brassicas
Trim more strawberries and peg down some runners
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, blueberries

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Check for caterpillars on brassicas - done
Trim more strawberries and peg down some runners - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, blueberries - done plus potatoes

Very busy yesterday - all I had time to do was dash to the allotment, collect the small amount of rain water, pick off a few caterpillars and harvest cucumbers and beans.

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cut rear hedge if dry (very unlikely)
Check brassicas for caterpillars
Trim more strawberries
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, peas, beans, blueberries

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - no
Cut rear hedge if dry (very unlikely) - done
Check brassicas for caterpillars - done
Trim more strawberries - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, peas, beans, blueberries - done most

Once it became clear that the hedge was in fact dry enough, everything else had to take a back seat.

Thursday jobs (very little time)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Check brassicas for caterpillars
Watering
Harvest beans, peas, courgettes, cucumbers, leek, blueberries

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some horsetail
Deadheading - no
Check brassicas for caterpillars - done
Watering - done
Harvest beans, peas, courgettes, cucumbers, leek, blueberries - done

Friday jobs
Cut grass at allotment if dry
Move water bin in garage and clean behind
Fill water bin to create space in water butt (heavy rain expected over weekend)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Watering
Harvest lettuce, pepper, courgette, blueberries, check tomatoes

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Cut grass at allotment if dry - done
Move water bin in garage and clean behind - done
Fill water bin to create space in water butt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, pepper, courgette, blueberries, check tomatoes - done

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding
Fill self watering trays
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers
Harvest cucumbers, check tomatoes

At allotment
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Check for caterpillars
Harvest cucumbers, beans, courgette

At home
Pot up lettuces
Deadheading
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, peppers, check tomatoes

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Weeding - no, too wet
Fill self watering trays - done
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers - done
Harvest cucumbers, check tomatoes - done

At allotment
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
Check for caterpillars - done
Harvest cucumbers, beans, courgette - done plus peas

Also deadheaded the buddleia and cut down some of the finished raspberry canes

At home
Pot up lettuces - done
Deadheading - done some
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, peppers, check tomatoes - done plus potatoes

Also cut the back lawn and pruned the minarette pear

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cut front lawn
Check pots and water if required
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beans, blueberries

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Cut front lawn - done
Check pots and water if required - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beans, blueberries - done

Wednesday jobs (workmen here most of day)
Deadheading
Weeding
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, courgettes, beans

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Deadheading - done some
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest tomatoes, courgettes, beans - done

The workmen rang to say they would be late so I managed to steal half an hour at the allotment and finished cutting down the raspberry canes, also weeded the drive.

Thursday - far too busy for any gardening, just harvested cucumbers, beans, leeks and blueberries.

Friday jobs
Deadheading
Weeding
Check brassicas for caterpillars
Check and tie in tomato plants, remove sideshoots
Plan weekend gardening
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, peas, beans, potatoes, blueberries

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Deadheading - no
Weeding - no
Check brassicas for caterpillars - done
Check and tie in tomato plants, remove sideshoots - done some
Plan weekend gardening - done
Watering - not required
Harvest tomatoes, peas, beans, potatoes, blueberries - done

Also (somewhat surprisingly) collected rain water, as there was persistent light rain for much of the day.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Fill self watering trays
Watering
Harvest onions, tomatoes

At allotment
Check for caterpillars
Weeding and horsetail
Trim grass edges if dry
Remove tomato sideshoots
Harvest beans, cucumbers, potatoes, blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Trim euonymus
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and one late strawberry

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Fill self watering trays - done
Watering - done
Harvest onions, tomatoes - done

At allotment
Check for caterpillars - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Trim grass edges if dry - done some
Remove tomato sideshoots - no
Harvest beans, cucumbers, potatoes, blueberries - done plus a courgette

Also tied in new raspberry canes.

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim euonymus - done
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and one late strawberry - done plus windfall apples and a pepper

Also sowed some spinach.

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Dig out bottom of hotbin
Sow winter salad leaves
Remove tomato sideshoots
Trim more grass edges
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumbers, beans, peas, potatoes, blueberries, check tomatoes

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Dig out bottom of hotbin - done
Sow winter salad leaves - no
Remove tomato sideshoots - done some
Trim more grass edges - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumbers, beans, peas, potatoes, blueberries, check tomatoes - done

Today I did a bit of deadheading and harvested lettuce, peas, beans, pepper and cucumber but otherwise it was damp and drizzly much of the time and the dry spells were when I was working.

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
Garden photos (1st of month)
Weeding and horsetail
Check for caterpillars
Tidy shed
Grass edges
Mow lawns if dry
Watering
Harvest beans, blueberries, check tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes