What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Snoop Puss]

Sympathy like there, Penellype.

[Penellype]

I did manage to find time to replace the cover over the hotbed with a sheet of plastic over some hoops. I can't use my clips on these hoops as they are too wide, so I have trapped the plastic between the layers of wood forming the sides of the bed and that will have to do. No doubt I will discover whether or not it works next time it is windy.

Wednesday jobs
Weeding including hotbed
Check seeds for germination
Cut back perennials
Remove finished carrot bucket from greenhouse
Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding including hotbed - done some
Check seeds for germination - done
Cut back perennials - done some
Remove finished carrot bucket from greenhouse - done
Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary - done

No gardening today (snowing) and busy with meetings tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Continue tidying greenhouse
Weeding
Clear soil ready for onions

At allotment (currently flooded)
Check for germination in hotbed
Weeding if possible
Harvest leek, PSB

At home
Pot up germinating tomatoes and peppers
Plant very early potatoes in greenhouse (prepared to lose these)
Cut down finished pepper plants
Plan sowings for remainder of month
Harvest salad leaves, carrots, pepper

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Continue tidying greenhouse - no, flooded
Weeding - no, too wet
Clear soil ready for onions - no, too wet

At allotment (currently flooded)
Check for germination in hotbed - done
Weeding if possible - no, flooded including access to hotbed
Harvest leek, PSB - done PSB

At home
Pot up germinating tomatoes and peppers - done
Plant very early potatoes in greenhouse (prepared to lose these) - done
Cut down finished pepper plants - done
Plan sowings for remainder of month - done
Harvest salad leaves, carrots, pepper - done

Monday jobs (Stuck in the house waiting for people AGAIN.)
Check for germination in trays
Sow 1st lot of early peas (Meteor)
Weed hotbed if possible
Harvest microgreens

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Check for germination in trays - done
Sow 1st lot of early peas (Meteor) - done
Weed hotbed if possible - managed 10 minutes then it started to rain
Harvest microgreens - done

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Continue weeding hotbed
Sow salad leaves, microgreens
Feed fruit bushes
Harvest microgreens, carrots, PSB if flooding allows, first forced rhubarb

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Continue weeding hotbed - done some
Sow salad leaves, microgreens - done
Feed fruit bushes - no
Harvest microgreens, carrots, PSB if flooding allows, first forced rhubarb - done

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
Continue weeding hotbed
Feed fruit bushes
Tidy garage
Harvest leeks, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Continue weeding hotbed - done some
Feed fruit bushes - done
Tidy garage - done some
Harvest leeks, carrots - no

Thursday jobs
I was supposed to have a meeting today but it was cancelled.
Continue weeding hotbed
Continue tidying garage
Harvest leeks, carrots

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Continue weeding hotbed - done some
Continue tidying garage - done some
Harvest leeks, carrots - done

Friday jobs
The main job today is to attempt to make a better cover for the hotbed, which is currently covered by a sheet of plastic over hoops, trapped between the layers of wood that make up the sides of the raised bed. This is very awkward to access.
My idea is to get 2 pieces of wood the length of the bed and roll the edges of the plastic round them and nail it on, then fix spring clips to the wood at one side to clip round the hoops. Hopefully that will be easier to open, won't blow away and can be removed and rolled up to store over summer.
I have got the wood etc, so this is going to test my dodgy DIY skills to the limit.

[Penellype]

Got the hotbed cover made, so now I just have to see how it performs in a gale...

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Move pea supports and clear ground for onions
Weeding

At allotment
Weeding
General tidy up
Harvest PSB

At home
Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary
Move germinating peas under lights
Sow tomatoes for indoors
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Move pea supports and clear ground for onions - done
Weeding - done some

At allotment
Weeding - done some
General tidy up - done some
Harvest PSB - done

At home
Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary - done
Move germinating peas under lights - done
Sow tomatoes for indoors - no
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots - done

Also planted a bucket of Lady C potatoes in the greenhouse.

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Sow indoor tomatoes
Plant 2 buckets of onions at home
Weeding
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Sow indoor tomatoes - no
Plant 2 buckets of onions at home - done
Weeding - no
Harvest carrots - done

Tuesday jobs
Make cover for 2nd hotbed
Sow tomatoes and lettuce to replace ones eaten by slugs
Try to make a cover for apricot tree (flowering)
Weeding
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Make cover for 2nd hotbed - done
Sow tomatoes and lettuce to replace ones eaten by slugs - done
Try to make a cover for apricot tree (flowering) - done
Weeding - done some
Harvest carrots - no, but did harvest some forced rhubarb.

The weather today is comprehensively dreadful and all I will be able to do is check that the covers over the hotbeds are still in place when it stops raining.

[Penellype]

I did manage to sow a 2nd batch of Meteor peas yesterday, but that was all.

No gardening time today, and I would probably need a snorkel anyway.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs (weather permitting)
Check allotment flood level
Open and shut covers
Weeding
Attempt to trim longest bits of grass
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB