What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Jungle Jane]

Haven’t sown any yet,it took me hours going through the seeds & making a list of tomatoes,there’s thirty two varieties I’ve narrowed it down to so far & there’s a few old seeds from the seed swaps on here I want to save seeds from to renew the stock…

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done a bit
Tidy greenhouse - no

At allotment
Weeding - done some
Trim long grass - no
(I was going to plant potatoes but holding off as frost is forecast) - no
Harvest spinach - done

Also tidied out the wood shed

At home
Move beans and tomatoes to taller grow lights - done
Pot up chervil - done
Sow peas, basil - done
Weeding - no
Harvest carrots, salad leaves - done

Monday jobs
Bring compost in to warm for tomatoes
Pot up 2 biggest tomato plants
Change bulb in grow light garden
Move peas to greenhouse to make room for germinating ones under lights
Plant potatoes at allotment (under cover)
Harvest carrots, romanesco

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Bring compost in to warm for tomatoes - done
Pot up 2 biggest tomato plants - done
Change bulb in grow light garden - done
Move peas to greenhouse to make room for germinating ones under lights - done
Plant potatoes at allotment (under cover) - done
Harvest carrots, romanesco - done plus a few tiny sprigs of calabrese and some forced rhubarb

Tuesday jobs (Very wet, so only doing indoor jobs!)
Plan April sowings
Sow peas, lettuce, turnips and early greenhouse tomatoes
Harvest carrots

[Vegi potager]

Today I shall return to the forum! (Pretty much 2 years no show...hoping that they got all the bugs worked out on the upgrade by now )

Tomorrow and the next few days:
Prepare pots for the heated prop. Ready for my curbit and squash sowing.
Check that the germinated seeds of all discriptions in the greenhouse are surviving under their extra blanket of bubblewrap overnight and not toasting during the day
Sow some peas and check my other early outdoor sowings are still nicely fleeced, mainly to keep the neighbourhood cats off.
Weed the patio and paths.
Harvest some more greens for lunch. Kales are flowering and they are delicious.
Count the newts in my pond while drinking tea.
Gaze intently at the swift potatoes in pots in the Greenhouse to see if they are poking through yet.
More weeding.
Take delivery of my maincrop spuds and put them to chit until Easter when i can put them in their prepared beds.
Sort out my overwintered herbs in the cold frame, divide and place around the garden.
Ohhh... harvest some mint and dry it for tea.

Spent the last 2 weeks doing all the heavy lifting/ weeding, preparing beds, turning compost heaps and mulching etc. So now I am waiting for the weather to warm a little more for the next round of seed sowing in April. Oh yes and some MORE WEEDING!

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Plan April sowings - done
Sow peas, lettuce, turnips and early greenhouse tomatoes - done plus cabbage
Harvest carrots - no, but harvested some pak choi and mustard flowering shoots instead

Wednesday jobs
Slug hunt
Weeding
Trim strawberry plants
Turn compost at allotment
Harvest salad leaves

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Slug hunt - done
Weeding - done some
Trim strawberry plants - done some
Turn compost at allotment - done
Harvest salad leaves - no

No gardening time today.

[Vegi potager]

Weeded and cleaned the patio and paths.
Took delivery of a new picnic table and benches- will be treating/painting over the next week when there is sunshine.
Put up pop up greenhouse for the seedings to shelter in.
Did happy dance as the "Swift" potatoes are all showing their heads in the glass house. (2 weeks since planting.)
Sowed some peas.

Practiced some macrame! Yesterday I almost had a heart attack at the cost of pea and bean netting, so brought 200m of jute twine for £1. using an old bamboo cane for the top and bottom and approx. 8p worth of twine I took 20 minutes to hand tie a 120x100cm net for the peas sown above. A bit more time and I have more than enough twine for 3 lots of 200x180cm nets for my beans.

[Penellype]

Friday and weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Take germinated peas to greenhouse
Weeding

At allotment
Photos (1st of month on Saturday)
Weeding
Slug hunt
Final decisions required on positions of parsnips and brassicas (struggling*)
Harvest leeks, spinach

*I have grown brassicas in the tunnel for the past 5 years and it needs a rest (too many pests). My problem is that the nets I have to go over the raised beds are not tall enough for things like PSB and romanesco and some of the beds get very wet, which brassicas won't like.

At home
Plant last 6 Lady C potatoes
Plant peas
Pot up Balconi tomato
Move largest 2 Shirley tomatoes to sitting room windowsill
Sow carrots, greenhouse cucumber
Harvest carrots, salad leaves

[Penellype]

Friday and weekend jobs (and Monday)

At my friend's
Take germinated peas to greenhouse - done
Weeding - no

At allotment
Photos (1st of month on Saturday) - done
Weeding - done some
Slug hunt - done
Final decisions required on positions of parsnips and brassicas (struggling*) - done
Harvest leeks, spinach - done plus parsnips

*I have grown brassicas in the tunnel for the past 5 years and it needs a rest (too many pests). My problem is that the nets I have to go over the raised beds are not tall enough for things like PSB and romanesco and some of the beds get very wet, which brassicas won't like.

At home
Plant last 6 Lady C potatoes - done
Plant peas - no
Pot up Balconi tomato - done
Move largest 2 Shirley tomatoes to sitting room windowsill - no, rigged up a taller light instead
Sow carrots, greenhouse cucumber - done carrots
Harvest carrots, salad leaves - done

Also mowed lawns and sowed more spinach as the plants at the allotment are being eaten by slugs. Moved the buckets of onions out of the greenhouse to a cloche to make room for more carrots.

Tuesday jobs
Take peas to allotment and plant
Move next lot of peas to greenhouse and germinating peas under lights
Cut grass at allotment
Sow cucumber, fennel, parsnips, carrots
Decide which flowers to sow
Harvest salad leaves, carrots, brassica flowers

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Take peas to allotment and plant - done
Move next lot of peas to greenhouse and germinating peas under lights - done
Cut grass at allotment - done
Sow cucumber, fennel, parsnips, carrots -no
Decide which flowers to sow - no
Harvest salad leaves, carrots, brassica flowers - done

Also tidied up the front garden.

Wednesday jobs
Sow cucumber, fennel, parsnips, carrots
Decide which flowers to sow
Trim long grass edges
Tidy garage
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Sow cucumber, fennel, parsnips, carrots - done cucumber
Decide which flowers to sow - no
Trim long grass edges - no
Tidy garage - no
Harvest carrots - no

Rain stopped play yesterday although I did manage to plant out some more peas. No gardening time today.

[Jungle Jane]

I need to sow French marigolds & plant the first lot of early potatoes out & all the maincrop. Sow peas & carrots outside. Mow the lawns. My broccolis started flowering now,it’s good seeing all the bees

[Penellype]

Jobs for Easter weekend

At my friend's
Check peas and plant out if big enough
Weeding

At allotment
Continue moving compost out of old hotbed
Make new hotbed if possible
Cut long grass edges
Sow parsnips
Harvest parsnips, leeks, lettuce thinnings

At home
Move compost into correct buckets for carrots and potatoes
Plant Desiree potatoes
Sow carrots, peas, fennel, flowers, microgreens
Tidy garage
Harvest salad leaves, carrots

[Penellype]

Jobs for Easter weekend

At my friend's
Check peas and plant out if big enough - decided to leave them for now
Weeding - no

At allotment
Continue moving compost out of old hotbed - done
Make new hotbed if possible - done
Cut long grass edges - done some
Sow parsnips - done
Harvest parsnips, leeks, lettuce thinnings - done plus spinach and rhubarb

At home
Move compost into correct buckets for carrots and potatoes - done some
Plant Desiree potatoes - no
Sow carrots, peas, fennel, flowers, microgreens - done except fennel
Tidy garage - in progress
Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

Also planted 2 cauliflowers in buckets and replaced the net over the carrot buckets with blowaway shelving as the cat was getting into the carrot cage and using the buckets as litter trays (thankfully not the one I have already sown). This is the next door neighbour's cat (a replacement for the old ginger one which was much better "garden trained" ) and it is an almighty nuisance.

Tuesday jobs
Plant main crop potatoes
Take cauliflowers to allotment
Plant cauliflowers and find a suitable net to cover with
Pot up 4 Shirley tomatoes and 1 sideshoot
Set up taller lights for tomatoes
Sow carrots, fennel, tomatoes
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Plant main crop potatoes - done
Take cauliflowers to allotment - done
Plant cauliflowers and find a suitable net to cover with - done
Pot up 4 Shirley tomatoes and 1 sideshoot - done sideshoot
Set up taller lights for tomatoes - no
Sow carrots, fennel, tomatoes - done tomatoes, also some lettuce
Harvest carrots - done plus spinach

Also trimmed some long grass edges at the allotment.

Wednesday jobs
Check for wind damage
Pot up tomatoes and sort lights
Sow carrots, fennel, salad leaves
Continue tidying garage
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots and possibly the first PSB