What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Pot up tomato and flower seedlings - done
Mend parsnip net - no
Plant beetroot - no
Harvest carrots, leeks, microgreens - done carrots, microgreens and spinach

Potting up the plants required a major rearrangement of the grow lights which took far longer than expected! Also sowed 2 courgettes to test viability of seed.

Thursday jobs
Mend parsnip net
Plant beetroot
Sow carrots, lettuce, cucumbers
Weeding and horsetail
Check and water if necessary
Harvest microgreens, carrots, leeks

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Mend parsnip net - done
Plant beetroot - done
Sow carrots, lettuce, cucumbers - no
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Check and water if necessary - done
Harvest microgreens, carrots, leeks - done

No gardening time on Friday although harvested some PSB.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Take lettuce and beetroot to greenhouse
Check and water plants in greenhouse
Weeding

At allotment
Photos Sunday (1st of month)
Weeding and horsetail
Cut grass
Watering
Apply slug nematodes
Harvest lettuce, romanesco, spinach

At home
Photos Sunday
Bring in compost to warm and pot up tomatoes
Move some plants into greenhouse to make room under lights
Sow peas, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers
Mow lawns
Weeding
Watering
Apply slug nematodes
Harvest remaining carrots and check compost for vine weevil
Harvest microgreens, lettuce

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens - done
Take lettuce and beetroot to greenhouse - done
Check and water plants in greenhouse - done
Weeding - done some

At allotment
Photos Sunday (1st of month) - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Cut grass - done
Watering - done
Apply slug nematodes - done
Harvest lettuce, romanesco, spinach - done plus rhubarb

Also sowed some chitted parsnips, beetroot and lettuce.

At home
Photos Sunday - done
Bring in compost to warm and pot up tomatoes - done
Move some plants into greenhouse to make room under lights - done
Sow peas, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers - done peas, carrots, courgettes, PSB and calabrese
Mow lawns - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Apply slug nematodes - done
Harvest remaining carrots and check compost for vine weevil - done found about 50 grubs
Harvest microgreens, lettuce - done plus some baby spinach

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water
Sow cucumbers, melons
Pot up tomato sideshoots
Bring large tomato plants downstairs and construct supports
Weeding
Deadheading
Harvest microgreens, PSB

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Sow cucumbers, melons - done cucumbers
Pot up tomato sideshoots - done
Bring large tomato plants downstairs and construct supports - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Harvest microgreens, PSB - done microgreens

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Pot up tomatoes - done
Take peas to allotment growhouse - done
Rearrange buckets in greenhouse - in progress
Harvest microgreens, spinach

No gardening time tomorrow.

[Jungle Jane]

I need to plant the rest of the potatoes. Pot on the rest of the dahlias. Check if more than one pea has germinated outside,there’s been just one showing in the tub for about a week the first planted potatoes have been showing for about two days I need to get some paint for the sheds,look for a deal on paint

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Put out trays at allotment to catch this evening's rain - done
Plant peas at allotment - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Trim long shoots on allotment hedge - done some
Move carrots out of greenhouse and put up carrot cage net - done
Plan weekend gardening - done
Harvest microgreens, PSB - done

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Water plants in greenhouse
Plant out peas, lettuce and beetroot if ready
Cut back ivy and nettles in greenhouse
Weeding

At allotment
Mulch strawberries
Trim long bits from rest of hedge
Trim long grass
Weeding and horsetail
Harvest lettuce, spinach, leeks, PSB and possibly a beetroot

At home
Apply vine weevil nematodes to pots especially strawberries and heucheras
Pot up tomato sideshoots and seedlings
Rearrange greenhouse shelving ready for tomatoes
Move peas to greenhouse to make room under lights
Sow carrots, melons, french beans, courgette
Feed daffodils and flowers in pots
Harvest microgreens, lettuce, spinach

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Water plants in greenhouse - done
Plant out peas, lettuce and beetroot if ready - done except beetroot
Cut back ivy and nettles in greenhouse - no
Weeding - done some

At allotment
Mulch strawberries - no
Trim long bits from rest of hedge - done
Trim long grass - no
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Harvest lettuce, spinach, leeks, PSB and possibly a beetroot - done except beetroot

Also emptied the old compost out of the raised bed where I am going to make a hotbed for melons.

At home
Apply vine weevil nematodes to pots especially strawberries and heucheras - no
Pot up tomato sideshoots and seedlings - done
Rearrange greenhouse shelving ready for tomatoes - done
Move peas to greenhouse to make room under lights - done
Sow carrots, melons, french beans, courgette - done
Feed daffodils and flowers in pots - done
Harvest microgreens, lettuce, spinach - done

Not much gardening time today

[Penellype]

Had a little more time than expected yesterday and managed to spend 1/2 an hour trimming grass edges at the allotment. Also harvested PSB.

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water if any
Sow courgettes, carrots, peas, cucumbers
Pot up more tomato sideshoots
Apply vine weevil nematodes
Mow lawns if dry
Harvest lettuce, spinach, microgreens, calabrese

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water if any - no rain
Sow courgettes, carrots, peas, cucumbers - done courgettes and carrots
Pot up more tomato sideshoots - no
Apply vine weevil nematodes - no, too sunny
Mow lawns if dry - done
Harvest lettuce, spinach, microgreens, calabrese - done

Also potted up calabrese and rudbeckia seedlings, planted chitted french beans and rearranged all the plants under lights and in the greenhouse to make room. Forgot to mention that on Monday I experimented with making fermented nettle juice for feed.

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water if any
Apply vine weevil nematodes
Sow peas, cucumbers
Weeding and horsetail
Watering if no rain
Trim lawn edges
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, spinach, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water if any - done
Apply vine weevil nematodes - done
Sow peas, cucumbers - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Watering if no rain - done (not much rain)
Trim lawn edges - no
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, spinach, rhubarb - done except rhubarb

No gardening time today.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Collect horse muck from stables and make hotbed for melons
Put new compost bin together and tidy compost area
Plant out peas
Trim lawn edges
Sow romanesco, kohlrabi
Plan weekend garden
Harvest lettuce, spinach

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Collect horse muck from stables and make hotbed for melons - done
Put new compost bin together and tidy compost area - done
Plant out peas - done
Trim lawn edges - done back lawn
Sow romanesco, kohlrabi - no
Plan weekend garden - done
Harvest lettuce, spinach - done

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Weeding
Watering
Plant beetroot

At allotment
Cut grass if dry
Weeding and horsetail
Remove flowers from rhubarb
Turn compost
Watering
Harvest lettuce, leeks, PSB if still edible

At home
Sow romanesco, kohlrabi
Weed paths and drive
Trim front lawn edges
Check fermenting nettle juice and strain if ready
Tidy garage
Watering
Harvest spinach

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens - no, forgot
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Plant beetroot - no

At allotment
Cut grass if dry - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Remove flowers from rhubarb - done
Turn compost - done about half
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, leeks, PSB if still edible - done lettuce, plus spinach

At home
Sow romanesco, kohlrabi - done, plus cabbage and pak choi, and put some runner beans to soak
Weed paths and drive - no
Trim front lawn edges - done some
Check fermenting nettle juice and strain if ready - done, not ready
Tidy garage - done some
Watering - done
Harvest spinach - done

Also planted out a couple of tomatoes in quadgrow in greenhouse and rigged up supports.

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water
Feed slugs to chickens
Take germinated peas to my friends greenhouse
Sort plants under lights and move some to greenhouse
Tie in clematis
Weeding
Harvest lettuce, leeks, spinach

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Feed slugs to chickens - done
Take germinated peas to my friends greenhouse - no
Sort plants under lights and move some to greenhouse - done
Tie in clematis - done
Weeding - no
Harvest lettuce, leeks, spinach - done except leek

Tuesday jobs
Fill dustbins with water from yesterday's deluge
Take peas to my friend's greenhouse
Take peas to allotment
Put some courgette seeds to soak as previously sown ones are not germinating
Go to garden centre and get compost, bedding plants and seeds
Sow peas, replacement PSB
Check plants under lights and move some to greenhouse to make room
Harvest lettuce, spinach

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Fill dustbins with water from yesterday's deluge - done
Take peas to my friend's greenhouse - done
Take peas to allotment - done
Put some courgette seeds to soak as previously sown ones are not germinating - done
Go to garden centre and get compost, bedding plants and seeds - done
Sow peas, replacement PSB - done PSB
Check plants under lights and move some to greenhouse to make room - done some
Harvest lettuce, spinach - done

Also mulched some of the strawberry plants at the allotment.

Wednesday jobs
Collect water
Take more plants out to greenhouse and make space
Pot up 2 sickly tomatoes in attempt to save them
Take fuchsia cuttings
Finish turning compost at allotment
Empty some compost out of hotbin
Water plants under cover
Harvest spinach