What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Spray whitefly with SMC oil (again)
Check for slugs and caterpillars
Weeding and horsetail
Weed drive
Deadheading
Check tomato plants, remove sideshoots and tops
Sow winter salads
Watering if necessary
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomatoes, florence fennel, blueberries, check for windfall apples

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Spray whitefly with SMC oil (again) - done
Check for slugs and caterpillars - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Weed drive - done
Deadheading - done some
Check tomato plants, remove sideshoots and tops - no
Sow winter salads - no
Watering if necessary - done some
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomatoes, florence fennel, blueberries, check for windfall apples - done except blueberries, also beans

Seriously hampered by timewasters not turning up when they said they would. I therefore spent most of the time waiting for them in the front garden, which was not really where I had planned to be.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check, tie in and remove sideshoots from tomatoes
Check melons and support any new fruit
Lift onions and leave to dry
Weeding
Watering (by hand as we now have a hosepipe ban)

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Remove finished stalks and dead leaves from strawberries
Attempt to cut back elderberry
Cut grass if dry
Watering
Harvest courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes, spinach, potatoes, blueberries

At home
Sow winter salads
Cut back finished stems on indoor tomatoes
Remove sideshoots and tie in greenhouse tomatoes
Weeding
Deadheading
Watering
Harvest calabrese, tomatoes, peppers, blueberries, apples

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Check, tie in and remove sideshoots from tomatoes - done
Check melons and support any new fruit - done
Lift onions and leave to dry - done
Weeding - done quite a lot
Watering (by hand as we now have a hosepipe ban) - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Remove finished stalks and dead leaves from strawberries - done some
Attempt to cut back elderberry - no
Cut grass if dry - done
Watering - done
Harvest courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes, spinach, potatoes, blueberries - done except spinach, also a ripe melon

Also tidied the shed and staked the PSB.

At home
Sow winter salads - no
Cut back finished stems on indoor tomatoes - done
Remove sideshoots and tie in greenhouse tomatoes - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Watering - done
Harvest calabrese, tomatoes, peppers, blueberries, apples - done

Tuesday jobs
Sow winter salads, microgreens
Cook windfall apples with blueberries and freeze
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cut grass edges
Watering
Harvest microgreens tomatoes, beans, spinach, blueberries, check apples, melons

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Sow winter salads, microgreens - done
Cook windfall apples with blueberries and freeze - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Cut grass edges - done at home
Watering - done
Harvest microgreens tomatoes, beans, spinach, blueberries, check apples, melons - done

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Grass edges at allotment
Tidy more strawberry plants
Clear up bits of disintegrated bricks
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomatoes, beans, courgettes, blueberries

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Grass edges at allotment - done some
Tidy more strawberry plants - no
Clear up bits of disintegrated bricks - done
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomatoes, beans, courgettes, blueberries - done

No gardening time today, although I did take photos of the garden and allotment as it was 1st of the month..

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Clear any debris out of water trays ready for weekend rain
Tidy strawberry plants and pot up some runners
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers and melons
Grass edges at allotment
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, salad leaves, calabrese, beans, blueberries, check for windfall apples

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Clear any debris out of water trays ready for weekend rain - done
Tidy strawberry plants and pot up some runners - no
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers and melons - no
Grass edges at allotment - done some
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, salad leaves, calabrese, beans, blueberries, check for windfall apples - done

Also brought in the remaining onions at my friend's as rain was forecast.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding
Cut back nettles
Collect dried pea pods for saved seed
Water greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes, peppers

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Check for caterpillars and slugs
Cut back overhanging elderberry
Continue grass edges
Collect any rain water
Watering if required
Harvest beetroot, tomatoes, cucumber, beans. pink blueberries, check melons

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Collect rain water
Water greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, blueberries, check apples

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Cut back nettles - done some
Collect dried pea pods for saved seed - done
Water greenhouse - done
Harvest tomatoes, peppers - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Check for caterpillars and slugs - done
Cut back overhanging elderberry - done
Continue grass edges - no
Collect any rain water - done
Watering if required - no
Harvest beetroot, tomatoes, cucumber, beans. pink blueberries, check melons - done

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Collect rain water - done
Water greenhouse - done
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, blueberries, check apples - done plus some potatoes

No gardening time today, except for a 7am dash to the allotment to collect rain water. A pity as the weather was nice.

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water
Check for caterpillars and slugs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cover exposed carrot tops with compost
Remove dead clematis
Plant florence fennel
Water greenhouse if necessary
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, microgreens, baby spinach, florence fennel, beans, blueberries, check melons, apples

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Check for caterpillars and slugs - done
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Cover exposed carrot tops with compost - done
Remove dead clematis - no
Plant florence fennel - no
Water greenhouse if necessary - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, microgreens, baby spinach, florence fennel, beans, blueberries, check melons, apples - done, one of the melons was ripe. Also harvested a courgette for soup.

Also potted up some strawberry runners at the allotment and netted several small melons.

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water if any
Check for caterpillars and slugs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Remove dead clematis
Plant florence fennel
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, microgreens, tomatoes, beans, blueberries, check apples, melons.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water if any - done
Check for caterpillars and slugs - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Remove dead clematis - no
Plant florence fennel - no
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, microgreens, tomatoes, beans, blueberries, check apples, melons - done

No gardening time today.

[Penellype]

Thundery showers today restricted gardening to collecting rain water and harvesting lettuce, baby spinach, microgreens, cucumber, tomatoes, beans and blueberries.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Tie in tomatoes
Check leek seed heads to see if seeds are ready
Remove finished peas
Fill self watering trays
Check and harvest tomatoes and melon

At allotment
Collect rain water
Caterpillar and slug hunt
Take more SMC oil and spray whitefly
Cut grass if dry enough (unlikely)
Weeding and horsetail
Plant florence fennel
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, courgettes, beans, beetroot, spinach, pink blueberries, check melons

At home
Collect rain water
Cut grass if dry
Weeding
Deadheading
Pot up strawberry runners
Water greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, microgreens, beans, potatoes, blueberries and the odd ripe strawberry

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Tie in tomatoes - done
Check leek seed heads to see if seeds are ready - done (no)
Remove finished peas - done some
Fill self watering trays - done
Check and harvest tomatoes and melon - done

At allotment
Collect rain water - done
Caterpillar and slug hunt - done
Take more SMC oil and spray whitefly - no
Cut grass if dry enough (unlikely) - no
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Plant florence fennel - no
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, courgettes, beans, beetroot, spinach, pink blueberries, check melons - done

At home
Collect rain water - done
Cut grass if dry - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Pot up strawberry runners - no
Water greenhouse - done
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, microgreens, beans, potatoes, blueberries and the odd ripe strawberry - done except potatoes and beans

Monday was too busy and too wet for gardening, so all I did was collect water and harvest tomatoes, windfall apples and beans.

Tuesday jobs
Slug and caterpillar hunt
Take SMC oil to allotment and spray whitefly
Cut allotment grass if dry (unlikely)
Plant florence fennel
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Water under cover
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, microgreens, blueberries, potatoes, check apples, melons

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs (including Wednesday)
Slug and caterpillar hunt - done
Take SMC oil to allotment and spray whitefly - done
Cut allotment grass if dry - done
Plant florence fennel - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Water under cover - done
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, microgreens, blueberries, potatoes, check apples, melons - done

No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Busy couple of days but managed to do a bit of deadheading and put some home collected pea seeds to soak to see if they are viable. Some are already forming roots.

Sunday and Monday jobs

At my friend's
Remove remaining dead pea plants
Weeding
Watering
Harvest melon, tomatoes

At allotment
Check for slugs and caterpillars
Cut grass edges if dry
Weeding
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, spinach, beans, courgettes, turnip, pink blueberries, check melons

At home
Plant germinated peas
Weeding
Deadheading
Mow lawns if dry
Remove finished lobelia
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, blueberries, check apples

[Penellype]

Sunday and Monday jobs

At my friend's
Remove remaining dead pea plants - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest melon, tomatoes - done

At allotment
Check for slugs and caterpillars - done
Cut grass edges if dry - done some
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, spinach, beans, courgettes, turnip, pink blueberries, check melons - done

At home
Plant germinated peas - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if dry - done back lawn, front is ok for now
Remove finished lobelia - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, blueberries, check apples - done

Tuesday jobs (very limited time)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beans, blueberries, check apples, melons

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beans, blueberries, check apples, melons - done except lettuce and cucumber, also harvested calabrese

Wednesday jobs
Check for caterpillars and slugs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Remove finished lobelia
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, spinach, blueberries, check apples, melons