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  • Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Take peppers and melons to greenhouse - done
    Plant out beetroot - done
    Weeding - done some
    Watering - done

    At allotment
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Trim long bits off hedges - done some
    Tie in hollyhocks - done
    Plant courgettes - done
    Trim grass edges -no
    Spray currant scale insect with neem oil - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, spinach, leeks, strawberries - done plus a baby kohlrabi

    Also emptied one of the compost bins by mulching the bed for the courgettes.

    At home
    Check for cat poo - done
    Weed drive - done
    Collect seed from bolted salad greens - no
    Move peas to greenhouse - done
    Deadheading - done some
    Pot up cosmos, brassicas - done some
    Tidy garage - - done a bit
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas and the first new potatoes from the greenhouse - done

    Monday jobs
    Check for cat poo
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Turn compost at allotment
    Trim grass edges
    Remove dead bluebell foliage
    Sow beetroot, kohlrabi
    Pot up lettuce, kale
    Collect brassica seed
    Put up pea supports at allotment
    Decide what to do with melons (intended bed nowhere near ready)
    Tidy garage
    Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries
    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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    • Monday jobs
      Check for cat poo - done
      Weeding and horsetail - done some
      Deadheading - done some
      Turn compost at allotment - done
      Trim grass edges - done some
      Remove dead bluebell foliage - done some
      Sow beetroot, kohlrabi - done beetroot
      Pot up lettuce, kale - done kale
      Collect brassica seed - done
      Put up pea supports at allotment - no
      Decide what to do with melons (intended bed nowhere near ready) - struggling
      Tidy garage - done some
      Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries - done plus lettuce

      Also took 50 litres of water to allotment and watered everything.

      Tuesday jobs
      check for cat poo
      Weeding and horsetail
      Deadheading
      Trim grass edges
      Remove dead bluebell foliage and rhubarb leaves
      Sow kohlrabi
      Pot up lettuce
      Put up pea supports
      Take peas and summer leeks to allotment and plant
      Decide what to do with melons
      Finish tidying garage
      Remove finished winter salads and replace with cosmos
      Watering
      Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, lettuce, salad leaves and the first baby cauliflower
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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      • Tuesday jobs
        check for cat poo - done
        Weeding and horsetail - done some
        Deadheading - done some
        Trim grass edges - done some
        Remove dead bluebell foliage and rhubarb leaves - done some
        Sow kohlrabi - no
        Pot up lettuce - done
        Put up pea supports - done
        Take peas and summer leeks to allotment and plant - done
        Decide what to do with melons - no
        Finish tidying garage - done
        Remove finished winter salads and replace with cosmos - no
        Watering - done
        Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, lettuce, salad leaves and the first baby cauliflower - done

        Wednesday jobs
        Several appointments today which may mean very little gardening time, depending on how things go.
        Check for cat poo
        Weeding and horsetail
        Deadheading
        Sow kohlrabi
        Remove winter salads and plant cosmos
        Decide what to do with melons
        Mow lawns
        watering
        Harvest peas, spinach and just possibly the first tomato (Baconi red, sown in January and grown on the windowsill).
        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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        • Wednesday jobs
          Check for cat poo - done
          Weeding and horsetail - no
          Deadheading - no
          Sow kohlrabi - no
          Remove winter salads and plant cosmos - done
          Decide what to do with melons - sort of
          Mow lawns - no
          watering - done
          Harvest peas, spinach and just possibly the first tomato - done spinach

          Also potted up the leek seedlings, which were looking hungry in their modules.

          No gardening time today but I intend to harvest peas, strawberries and tomato.
          Last edited by Penellype; 08-06-2023, 07:29 AM.
          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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          • Managed to sow some kohlrabi and cut the back lawn yesterday as well as harvesting peas, strawberries and a tomato.

            Friday jobs
            Cut grass at allotment
            Weeding and horsetail
            Deadheading
            Rearrange plants in greenhouse
            Plant cucumbers and tomatoes in greenhouse
            Plant rudbeckia
            Put up fruit cage net
            Feed blueberries
            Watering
            Plan weekend gardening
            Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, peas, spinach, check cauliflowers

            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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            • Just picked our first peas that I grew in the greenhouse.

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              • Friday jobs
                Cut grass at allotment - done
                Weeding and horsetail - done some
                Deadheading - no
                Rearrange plants in greenhouse - done some
                Plant cucumbers and tomatoes in greenhouse - no
                Plant rudbeckia - done
                Put up fruit cage net - done
                Feed blueberries - no
                Watering - done
                Plan weekend gardening - done
                Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, peas, spinach, check cauliflowers - done except spinach, also harvested a kohl rabi and some new potatoes

                Weekend jobs
                At my friend's
                Major adjustment required to perimeter fence
                Weeding
                Plant runner beans, tomatoes, possibly leeks and melons
                Watering

                At allotment
                Remove and put away cover over hotbed
                Stake tomatoes in hotbed
                Take cucumbers and peppers down and plant
                Trim grass edges
                Trim hedges and nettles
                Remove dead bluebell foliage
                Weeding and horsetail
                Put up net over cherry and blueberries
                Feed blueberries
                Watering
                Harvest lettuce, spinach, peas, strawberries, possibly baby fennel. Check cauliflowers.

                At home
                Remove cover from outdoor tomatoes
                Plant tomatoes and cucumbers
                Move melons to greenhouse
                Move begonias outside
                Dispose of pile of dead overwintered plants
                Mow front lawn
                Feed blueberries, tulips
                Weeding
                Deadheading
                Watering
                Harvest salad leaves, peas, spinach, tomato
                Last edited by Penellype; 10-06-2023, 08:14 AM.
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • Weekend jobs
                  At my friend's
                  Major adjustment required to perimeter fence - done
                  Weeding - done some
                  Plant runner beans, tomatoes, possibly leeks and melons - done beans
                  Watering - done

                  At allotment
                  Remove and put away cover over hotbed - done
                  Stake tomatoes in hotbed - done
                  Take cucumbers and peppers down and plant - done
                  Trim grass edges - done some
                  Trim hedges and nettles - done
                  Remove dead bluebell foliage - no
                  Weeding and horsetail - done some
                  Put up net over cherry and blueberries - done
                  Feed blueberries - done
                  Watering - done
                  Harvest lettuce, spinach, peas, strawberries, possibly baby fennel. Check cauliflowers.- done, also a bolted baby beetroot.

                  Also planted tomatoes in hotbed and brought an old bale of hay from the stables to mulch with (I may regret this if it produces lots of grass or harbours slugs!) Mulched the onions and the tomato and peppers in the growhouse with it.

                  At home
                  Remove cover from outdoor tomatoes - done
                  Plant tomatoes and cucumbers - done
                  Move melons to greenhouse - done
                  Move begonias outside - done
                  Dispose of pile of dead overwintered plants - no
                  Mow front lawn - no
                  Feed blueberries, tulips - done blueberries
                  Weeding - done some
                  Deadheading - no
                  Watering - done some
                  Harvest salad leaves, peas, spinach, tomato - done plus the rest of the greenhouse new potatoes

                  Having done so much over the weekend, I cant believe how much there is still to do:

                  Monday jobs
                  Check for cat poo (now targetting tomatoes)
                  Weeding and horsetail
                  Deadheading
                  Remove dead bluebell foliage
                  Sow lettuce
                  Dispose of dead plants
                  Check strawberries and move any ripening ones to greenhouse
                  Take excess tomatoes to my friend's
                  Plant tomatoes, peppers and leeks at my friend's
                  Take melons to allotment and plant
                  Mow front lawn
                  Empty bottom of hotbin
                  Prune white currant, apple
                  Watering
                  Harvest remaining spinach at allotment and make soup
                  Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, peas, strawberries, check cauliflowers
                  Last edited by Penellype; 12-06-2023, 07:02 AM.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • I’ve only planted out eight of my tomato plants so far,loads more to plant out. Loads of peppers to plant out,just planted one so far. Make teepees & plant runner beans. Plant out courgettes & squash. Put straw around the sweetcorn I planted yesterday,give it a good water first,hoping for rain,we had a really light rain earlier but it didn’t settle,just hit the ground & dried on the patio straight away
                    Location : Essex

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                    • All was going well until about 10.30am yesterday morning when I had a problem with my electricity and had to spend the rest of the day at home waiting in for an electrician to phone. He finally came and fixed the issue at 6.30pm.

                      Monday jobs
                      Check for cat poo (now targetting tomatoes) - done
                      Weeding and horsetail - done a little
                      Deadheading - done some
                      Remove dead bluebell foliage - done some
                      Sow lettuce - no
                      Dispose of dead plants - no
                      Check strawberries and move any ripening ones to greenhouse - no
                      Take excess tomatoes to my friend's - no
                      Plant tomatoes, peppers and leeks at my friend's - no
                      Take melons to allotment and plant - done one
                      Mow front lawn - no
                      Empty bottom of hotbin - no
                      Prune white currant, apple - no
                      Watering - done
                      Harvest remaining spinach at allotment and make soup - harvested, but ended up in the freezer due to no cooking facilities
                      Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, peas, strawberries, check cauliflowers - done

                      Tuesday jobs
                      Check for cat poo
                      Weeding and horsetail
                      Deadheading
                      Remove dead bluebell foliage
                      Sow lettuce
                      Dispose of dead plants
                      Check strawberries and move any ripening ones to greenhouse
                      Take excess tomatoes to my friend's
                      Plant tomatoes, peppers and leeks at my friend's
                      Plant remaining melon
                      Mow front lawn
                      Trim lawn edges
                      Empty bottom of hotbin
                      Prune white currant, apple
                      Tie in tomatoes and remove sideshoots
                      Watering
                      Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, spinach, peas, kohlrabi, strawberries, check cauliflowers
                      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                      • Tuesday jobs
                        Check for cat poo - done
                        Weeding and horsetail - done some
                        Deadheading - done some
                        Remove dead bluebell foliage - done
                        Sow lettuce - no, but did sow peas for pea shoots
                        Dispose of dead plants - no
                        Check strawberries and move any ripening ones to greenhouse - no
                        Take excess tomatoes to my friend's - no
                        Plant tomatoes, peppers and leeks at my friend's - no
                        Plant remaining melon - done
                        Mow front lawn - no
                        Trim lawn edges -no
                        Empty bottom of hotbin - no
                        Prune white currant, apple - no
                        Tie in tomatoes and remove sideshoots - done
                        Watering - done
                        Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, spinach, peas, kohlrabi, strawberries, check cauliflowers - done except kohlrabi (ate a baby cauliflower instead)

                        Also put up a cane wigwam and planted the remaining melon and constructed a net cover for the area outside the tunnel door as I need extra space for brassicas - most of the nets over the raised beds are not tall enough for PSB and romanesco.

                        Wednesday jobs
                        Check for cat poo
                        Weeding and horsetail
                        Deadheading
                        Sow lettuce
                        Dispose of dead plants
                        Check strawberries and move any ripening ones to greenhouse
                        Take excess tomatoes to my friend's
                        Plant tomatoes, peppers and leeks at my friend's
                        Mow front lawn
                        Trim lawn edges
                        Empty bottom of hotbin
                        Prune white currant, apple
                        Watering
                        Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, spinach, peas, kohlrabi, strawberries, check cauliflowers
                        Last edited by Penellype; 14-06-2023, 08:33 AM.
                        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                        • Ive written a list
                          I’ve got these things to do this week -
                          Plant courgettes
                          Plant squash
                          Plant tomatoes - planted twelve so far
                          Plant peppers - planted two so far
                          Put up teepees & plant the runner beans
                          Sow broccoli,carrots & lettuce - I’m late doing this,it’s hard getting time but we’ll see how it goes
                          Direct sow nigella in a couple of pots,also see what other flower seeds I’ve got
                          Plant some tomatoes with my carrot flowers
                          Earth up the potatoes that need it.
                          Thin all the grapes,pears,plums & apples
                          Location : Essex

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                          • Wednesday jobs
                            Check for cat poo - done
                            Weeding and horsetail - done some
                            Deadheading - done some
                            Sow lettuce - done
                            Dispose of dead plants - no
                            Check strawberries and move any ripening ones to greenhouse - no
                            Take excess tomatoes to my friend's - no
                            Plant tomatoes, peppers and leeks at my friend's - no
                            Mow front lawn - no
                            Trim lawn edges - no
                            Empty bottom of hotbin - no
                            Prune white currant, apple - no
                            Watering - done
                            Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, spinach, peas, kohlrabi, strawberries, check cauliflowers - done

                            Very little gardening time today but I hope to:
                            Check for cat poo
                            Plant out peas
                            Take tomatoes and courgettes to my friend's
                            Plant at least peppers at my friend's
                            Check tomatoes, tie in and remove sideshoots
                            Watering
                            Harvest peas, cauliflower, strawberries
                            Last edited by Penellype; 15-06-2023, 09:19 AM.
                            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                            • Very little gardening time today but I hope to:
                              Check for cat poo - done
                              Plant out peas - no
                              Take tomatoes and courgettes to my friend's - done
                              Plant at least peppers at my friend's - done
                              Check tomatoes, tie in and remove sideshoots - no
                              Watering - done
                              Harvest peas, cauliflower, strawberries - done

                              Friday jobs (I do not expect to manage all of these jobs)
                              Check for cat poo
                              Take extra car load of water to allotment
                              Plant out peas
                              Tie in tomatoes and remove sideshoots
                              Rearrange buckets and plant tomatoes and calabrese
                              Weeding and horsetail
                              Deadheading
                              Mow front lawn
                              Trim lawn edges
                              Check and trim hedges
                              Empty bottom of hotbin
                              Prune white currant
                              Plant tomatoes, melons and leeks at my friend's
                              Watering
                              Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, spinach, cauliflower, peas, strawberries, check redcurrants
                              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                              • Friday jobs
                                Check for cat poo - done
                                Take extra car load of water to allotment - done
                                Plant out peas - done
                                Tie in tomatoes and remove sideshoots - done
                                Rearrange buckets and plant tomatoes and calabrese - done tomatoes
                                Weeding and horsetail - done some
                                Deadheading - no
                                Mow front lawn - no, decided to leave for now as it is mostly weed flowers which the bees are enjoying.
                                Trim lawn edges - no
                                Check and trim hedges - no
                                Empty bottom of hotbin - no
                                Prune white currant - done
                                Plant tomatoes, melons and leeks at my friend's - no
                                Watering - done
                                Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomato, spinach, cauliflower, peas, strawberries, check redcurrants - done

                                Also rearranged the buckets now that the cauliflowers have been eaten, so that the newly planted tomatoes use that space.

                                Weekend jobs
                                At my friend's
                                Plant tomatoes, melons and leeks
                                Feed older tomatoes
                                Weeding
                                Watering

                                At allotment
                                Weeding and horsetail
                                Check and trim hedges
                                Plant some of the winter brassicas
                                Continue mulching with hay
                                Watering
                                Check redcurrants, raspberries and cauliflowers, harvest if ready
                                Harvest lettuce, peas, strawberries, kohl rabi, fennel and possibly new potatoes

                                At home
                                Check for cat poo
                                Put out trays to catch any rain water
                                Weeding
                                Deadheading
                                Empty bottom of hotbin
                                Trim rear lawn edges
                                Pot up last 3 peppers
                                Dispose of dead plants
                                Watering
                                Harvest salad leaves, tomatoes, spinach, peas, strawberries and possibly the first framberry
                                Last edited by Penellype; 17-06-2023, 08:17 AM.
                                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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