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  • Friday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Remove finished peas - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Take some buckets of used compost to allotment to top up beds - done
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, romanesco - done

    Also removed the lettuces that I had allowed to go to seed as I have enough seeds and potted up some lettuce seedlings.

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check tomatoes and remove any dead/mouldy bits
    Weeding
    Check self watering trays and fill if necessary
    Harvest tomatoes

    At allotment
    Collect rain water
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Plant out spinach
    Remove dead leaves from brassicas
    Trim long bits of grass if dry
    Check beans and harvest any ripe pods for drying
    Harvest lettuce, beans, tomatoes, courgettes, turnips, leek, check cucumbers

    At home
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Remove finished calabrese
    Water plants in greenhouse and check pots on fence
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, tomatoes, carrots
    Last edited by Penellype; 23-09-2023, 08:23 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
      Check tomatoes and remove any dead/mouldy bits - done
      Weeding - done some
      Check self watering trays and fill if necessary - no
      Harvest tomatoes - no

      At allotment
      Collect rain water - done
      Check tomatoes for blight - done
      Weeding and horsetail - done some
      Plant out spinach - no
      Remove dead leaves from brassicas - done
      Trim long bits of grass if dry - no
      Check beans and harvest any ripe pods for drying - done
      Harvest lettuce, beans, tomatoes, courgettes, turnips, leek, check cucumbers - done except lettuce

      Also cut down the finished hollyhocks.

      At home
      Check tomatoes for blight - done
      Weeding - no
      Deadheading - no
      Remove finished calabrese - done
      Water plants in greenhouse and check pots on fence - done
      Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, tomatoes, carrots - done tomatoes

      Also planted out some lettuces to replace the calabrese and sowed some saved french bean seeds I had put to chit to test viability.

      Monday jobs
      Check tomatoes for blight
      Check for wind damage
      Collect any rain water
      Weeding and horsetail
      Deadheading
      Cut back nettles in hedge
      Water plants in greenhouse and check fence pots
      Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beans, tomatoes
      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 tomatoes for blight - done
        Check for wind damage - done
        Collect any rain water - none
        Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
        Deadheading - done some
        Cut back nettles in hedge - done some
        Water plants in greenhouse and check fence pots - done
        Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beans, tomatoes - done

        Tuesday jobs
        Weeding and horsetail
        Deadheading
        Trim long bits of grass
        Check pots etc and water if needed
        Harvest tomatoes, beans, romanesco
        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
          Weeding and horsetail - done some
          Deadheading - no
          Trim long bits of grass - no
          Check pots etc and water if needed - no
          Harvest tomatoes, beans, romanesco - done plus a courgette

          The weather was unkind - I was expecting a fine morning, but it rained, and I had appointments in the afternoon, so very little got done.

          Wednesday jobs
          Check tomatoes for blight
          Weeding and horsetail
          Deadheading
          Plant out spinach seedlings
          Check everything is secure (gales forecast)
          Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, beans, carrot. leek, check cucumbers
          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 tomatoes for blight - done
            Weeding and horsetail - done some
            Deadheading - done some
            Plant out spinach seedlings - done
            Check everything is secure (gales forecast) - done
            Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, beans, carrot. leek, check cucumbers - done

            Not a lot of time today, but checked for wind damage and harvested tomatoes and beans.

            No gardening time tomorrow.
            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
              Check tomatoes and cut off any mouldy bits
              Weeding
              Fill self watering trays if necessary
              Harvest tomatoes

              At allotment
              Photos (Sunday, 1st of month)
              Collect rain water
              Weeding and horsetail
              Collect any dried bean pods
              Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, romanesco, leek, turnips

              At home
              Photos (Sunday)
              Check tomatoes for blight
              Weeding
              Deadheading
              Water greenhouse plants
              Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, carrots
              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
                Check tomatoes and cut off any mouldy bits - done
                Weeding - done some
                Fill self watering trays if necessary - done
                Harvest tomatoes - done

                At allotment
                Photos (Sunday, 1st of month) - done
                Collect rain water - done
                Weeding and horsetail - done some
                Collect any dried bean pods - too wet
                Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, romanesco, leek, turnips - done

                At home
                Photos (Sunday) - done
                Check tomatoes for blight - done
                Weeding - no
                Deadheading - done some
                Water greenhouse plants - done
                Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, carrots - done

                Very busy this week so updates are likely to be erratic.

                Monday jobs
                Collect rain water
                Pot up calendula, corn salad and french bean seedlings
                Weeding and horsetail
                Deadheading
                Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, romanesco, beans, courgettes, melon
                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
                  Collect rain water - done
                  Pot up calendula, corn salad and french bean seedlings - done
                  Weeding and horsetail - done some
                  Deadheading - no
                  Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, romanesco, beans, courgettes, melon - done

                  No gardening time today.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • That's my out door gardening finished for this season, raised beds just cleared of the last sweetcorn and climbing french beans, just autumn raspberries producing now.

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                    • Very little time today, but managed to cut back the nettles in the allotment hedge and harvest some beans and tomatoes.

                      No gardening time tomorrow.
                      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
                        Collect rain water
                        Weeding and horsetail
                        Deadheading
                        Trim long grass if dry
                        Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, courgettes, melon + 2 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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                        • Friday jobs
                          Collect rain water - done
                          Weeding and horsetail - done some
                          Deadheading - done some
                          Trim long grass if dry - tried but too wet
                          Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, courgettes, melon + 2 strawberries - done

                          Weekend jobs

                          Ay my friend's
                          Check greenhouse tomatoes and remove any mouldy bits
                          Weeding
                          Harvest tomatoes. peppers

                          At allotment
                          Collect rain water
                          Check tomato plants for blight
                          Weeding and horsetail
                          Remove dead brassica leaves
                          Check brassicas for aphids
                          Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, romanesco, check strawberries, melons

                          At home
                          Check tomato plants for blight
                          Weeding
                          Deadheading
                          Mow lawns if dry (very unlikely)
                          Treat carrots, strawberries and heucheras with vine weevil nematodes
                          Harvest tomatoes, peppers, carrots
                          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
                            Check greenhouse tomatoes and remove any mouldy bits - done
                            Weeding - done some
                            Harvest tomatoes. peppers - done tomatoes

                            At allotment
                            Collect rain water - done
                            Check tomato plants for blight - done
                            Weeding and horsetail - done some
                            Remove dead brassica leaves - done
                            Check brassicas for aphids - done - kale removed as almost invisible under a mat of aphids!
                            Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, romanesco, check strawberries, melons - done plus a turnip

                            At home
                            Check tomato plants for blight - done
                            Weeding - done some
                            Deadheading - done some
                            Mow lawns if dry - done
                            Treat carrots, strawberries and heucheras with vine weevil nematodes - done
                            Harvest tomatoes, peppers, carrots - done except carrots

                            Also sowed some kale to either eat as baby plants or grow on in greenhouse depending on what happens.

                            Monday jobs
                            Check tomatoes for blight
                            Cut leylandii in hedge at allotment
                            Cut grass at allotment if dry
                            Weeding and horsetail
                            Deadheading
                            Harvest beans, courgette, tomatoes, peppers, melon, check strawberries
                            Last edited by Penellype; 09-10-2023, 02:58 PM.
                            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 tomatoes for blight - done allotment
                              Cut leylandii in hedge at allotment - done
                              Cut grass at allotment if dry - done
                              Weeding and horsetail - done some
                              Deadheading - no
                              Harvest beans, courgette, tomatoes, peppers, melon, check strawberries - done

                              Forgot to check tomatoes for blight at home, which was a mistake!

                              Tuesday jobs
                              Remove blighty tomatoes at home
                              Check tomatoes at allotment for blight
                              Trim lawn edges
                              Trim long grass edges at allotment
                              Weeding and horsetail
                              Deadheading
                              Decide what to do about upcoming cold nights
                              Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, romanesco, carrots, check strawberries, melons
                              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
                                Remove blighty tomatoes at home - done
                                Check tomatoes at allotment for blight - done
                                Trim lawn edges - done
                                Trim long grass edges at allotment - done some
                                Weeding and horsetail - done some
                                Deadheading -- done some
                                Decide what to do about upcoming cold nights - done
                                Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, romanesco, carrots, check strawberries, melons - done except beans instead of carrots

                                Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
                                Start bringing green tomatoes back from allotment
                                Weeding and horsetail
                                Deadheading
                                Continue planning for next year
                                Harvest melons
                                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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