What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Pot up chitted peppers - done
Bring compost in to warm and pot up tomato sideshoots - done
Rearrange plants under lights - done for now
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Slug hunt - done
Harvest microgreens, carrots, leek - done plus some PSB

Also trimmed long bits of new growth off the hawthorn and elderberry in the hedges.

Wednesday jobs
Pot up last 2 chitted pepper seeds
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Slug hunt
Harvest carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Pot up last 2 chitted pepper seeds - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Slug hunt - done
Harvest carrots, spinach - done spinach

Also cut grass at allotment, raked out a small fraction of the huge amounts of moss (it was clogging the mower) and tidied the shed.

Very little gardening time today, but I intend to move the peas to the greenhouse to make room for the next lot under lights.

[Penellype]

The peas were moved round yesterday. Also moved the pots of brassica salads (which are flowering) out of the greenhouse for the bees.

Friday jobs (weather permitting)
Slug hunt
Weed 2nd hotbed
Attempt to construct cover for 2nd hotbed
Sow carrot, cucumber, courgette
Pot up tomato sideshoots
Harvest carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Slug hunt - done
Weed 2nd hotbed - no
Attempt to construct cover for 2nd hotbed - done
Sow carrot, cucumber, courgette - no
Pot up tomato sideshoots - done
Harvest carrots, spinach - done

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Take peas to greenhouse

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Check and water plants under cover
Slug hunt
Take peas to allotment and plant
Harvest spinach, PSB, lettuce

At home
Weeding especially drive
Sow carrot, cucumber, courgette, microgreens
Attempt to protect plants from cat (again)
Deadheading
Plant out spinach
Harvest carrots, microgreens

[Nicos]

A concerted effort to weed some flower beds, plant out lettuce and some bedding plants - hopefully before the rains arrive!

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

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

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some including most of new hotbed
Check and water plants under cover - done
Slug hunt - done
Take peas to allotment and plant - taken down but not planted
Harvest spinach, PSB, lettuce - done

At home
Weeding especially drive - no
Sow carrot, cucumber, courgette, microgreens - done except microgreens
Attempt to protect plants from cat (again) - done including putting net on carrot cage
Deadheading - done some
Plant out spinach - no
Harvest carrots, microgreens - done

Also mowed the lawns,

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Garden photos - 1st of month
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim lawn edges
Sow microgreens, salads, pak choi
Plant out spinach, calabrese, kohlrabi, peas
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Garden photos - 1st of month - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim lawn edges - no
Sow microgreens, salads, pak choi - done microgreens
Plant out spinach, calabrese, kohlrabi, peas - done some calabrese
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, carrots, spinach - done

Also spent ages removing cat poo and fetching holly trimmings from the allotment in a desperate attempt to deter the wretched animal, and put up a net to cover the bed where the brassicas are going - this took a lot longer than expected so only the 2 calabrese plants that are staying at home got planted.

Tuesday jobs
Check garden for cat poo
Slug hunt
Sow salads, pak choi
Plant calabrese, kohlrabi, fennel, peas
Pot up 2 chitted tomato seeds
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim lawn edges
Harvest carrots, PSB, spinach, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Check garden for cat poo - done (the holly isn't really working )
Slug hunt - done
Sow salads, pak choi - done
Plant calabrese, kohlrabi, fennel, peas - done
Pot up 2 chitted tomato seeds - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Trim lawn edges - no
Harvest carrots, PSB, spinach, rhubarb - done

Also put some runner bean seeds to soak and trimmed the long shoots off the euonymus hedge

Wednesday jobs
Check for cat poo
Slug hunt
Sow PSB, romanesco, calabrese, kale, turnips, peas, lettuce
Pot up another chitted tomato seed
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Check allotment grass and cut if necessary
Trim lawn edges
Harvest microgreens

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Check for cat poo - done
Slug hunt - done
Sow PSB, romanesco, calabrese, kale, turnips, peas, lettuce - done except peas
Pot up another chitted tomato seed - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Check allotment grass and cut if necessary - trimmed some long bits
Trim lawn edges - done
Harvest microgreens - done plus carrots, kale flowers, spinach and rhubarb

No gardening time yesterday although I did pot up a tomato sideshoot and moved the sprouting dahlias to the growhouse. Someone recommended Vicks vaporub as a slug deterrent so having had my dahlias massacred by slugs last year, I smeared some around the rims of the pots as an experiment.

Friday jobs (weather permitting)
Slug hunt
Move peas to greenhouse
Sow peas
Weeding and horsetail
Trim long bits of allotment hedge
Deadheading
Tidy garage
Harvest salad greens, lettuce, microgreens

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Slug hunt - done
Move peas to greenhouse - done
Sow peas - no
Weeding and horsetail - no
Trim long bits of allotment hedge - no
Deadheading - done some
Tidy garage - no
Harvest salad greens, lettuce, microgreens - done

Also potted up a couple of chitted bean seeds and sowed some more.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

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

At allotment
Slug hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Trim long bits off hedge
Water plants under cover
Harvest lettuce, PSB, spinach, leek

At home
Pot up tomato seedlings and rearrange plants under lights
Sow peas, cucumbers, courgettes, melons, climbing beans
Remove tomato sideshoots
Weeding
Deadheading
Tidy garage
Water plants under cover
Harvest carrots, salad leaves, microgreens

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check and water plants in greenhouse - done
Take peas to greenhouse - no
Feed slugs to chickens - no
Weeding - no

At allotment
Slug hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
Trim long bits off hedge - done
Water plants under cover - done
Harvest lettuce, PSB, spinach, leek - done

At home
Pot up tomato seedlings and rearrange plants under lights - done
Sow peas, cucumbers, courgettes, melons, climbing beans - done peas and beans
Remove tomato sideshoots - done
Weeding - no
Deadheading - done some
Tidy garage - no
Water plants under cover - done
Harvest carrots, salad leaves, microgreens - done

No gardening time today but I did take 3 large tomato plants to my friend's greenhouse as they were growing far too fast in the house.

Tuesday jobs
Slug hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Sow cucumbers, courgettes, melons
Pot up chitted beans
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, carrots, spinach and the first indoor grown french beans

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Slug hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Sow cucumbers, courgettes, melons - done courgettes
Pot up chitted beans - done
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, carrots, spinach and the first indoor grown french beans - done

Also mowed lawns as they were dry enough.

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
slug hunt
weeding and horsetail
deadheading
sow cucumbers, melons, carrots
rearrange indoor plants
take peas and beetroot to my friend's greenhouse
harvest lettuce, microgreens, spinach, kale flowers, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
slug hunt - done
weeding and horsetail - done some
deadheading - done some
sow cucumbers, melons, carrots - done except melons
rearrange indoor plants - done
take peas and beetroot to my friend's greenhouse - done
harvest lettuce, microgreens, spinach, kale flowers, carrots - done

No gardening time today.

Friday jobs (weather permitting)
Slug hunt
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Pot up cosmos seedlings
Sow melons, replacement brassicas
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, leek, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Slug hunt - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Pot up cosmos seedlings - no
Sow melons, replacement brassicas - done plus leeks
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, leek, rhubarb - done spinach, carrot & leek

Also nipped a few long bits off the allotment hedge and thinned parsnips

Weekend jobs

Keep eye on overnight temperatures and close covers if necessary.

At my friend's
Plant out peas
Pot up tomatoes
Weeding

At allotment
Slug hunt
Cut grass if dry enough
Weeding and horsetail
Harvest lettuce, spinach, PSB, rhubarb

At home
Check for cat poo
Weeding
Deadheading
Pot up cosmos, lettuces, peppers, tomato
Sow runner beans
Trim lawn edges if dry
Harvest salad leaves, microgreens and the last of the carrots, check french beans

[Jungle Jane]

This week I need to plant out more potatoes,pot on about thirty marigolds. Sow sweetcorn,runner beans,peas & carrots.