What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Check tomatoes for blight - done
Take some lettuces to stables - done
Collect some rotted muck - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Sort out covers for coming cold weather - done
Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, beans, beetroot, romanesco, check peas, strawberries - done except harvested turnip and carrot instead of romanesco.

Thursday jobs
Collect rain water

No chance of any gardening today as everywhere is under water and it is forecast to rain all day. No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Dig over bed where peas were*
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest tomatoes

*I usually do no dig, but my friend's garden is next to fields and there are definite rat runs under the veg garden. I have tried filling them with water, but that doesn't seem to stop more holes from appearing. Apart from the idea of working that near rats (which is probably happening anyway to be honest), the rat runs deprive the plants of water and I have had sections of pea plants die as a result. So I am digging to disturb them as they do not like being disturbed.

At allotment
Uncover tomato and courgette plants protected from frost
Check plants for wind and frost damage
Collect more flood water
Weeding and horsetail
Harvest tomatoes if any, courgette, beans, romanesco, pink blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Start planning for next year
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer leeks, carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Dig over bed where peas were - done some
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest tomatoes - done some

At allotment
Uncover tomato and courgette plants protected from frost - done
Check plants for wind and frost damage - done
Collect more flood water - done. IBC container is now full again.
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Harvest tomatoes if any, courgette, beans, romanesco, pink blueberries - done

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Start planning for next year - no
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer leeks, carrots - done

Expecting it to rain all day today, so any gardening will be restricted to planning for next year.

[Penellype]

Very wet again today so essentials only:

Tuesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month)
Collect rain water
Harvest beans, carrots

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Collect rain water - done
Harvest beans, carrots - done

Wednesday jobs
Driving past the allotments this morning it looks like the council are cutting the hedge. I will probably therefore have to spend most of the gardening time clearing up the clippings.
Also:
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Remove yellow brassica leaves
Deadheading
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, check peas, strawberries

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Remove yellow brassica leaves - done some
Deadheading - done some
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, check peas, strawberries - done some

Also cut back the nettles and I'm attempting to make some nettle feed with them.

Annoyingly the council stopped the hedge cutting half way down, so they may well do mine today when I am busy with meetings and probably won't have time to clear up the mess.

[Penellype]

The council did cut the hedge yesterday and I managed to rake up the worst of the mess just before it got dark.

Friday jobs
Pick off any bits of hedge that are stuck to nets
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim long grass edges if dry enough
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, beetroot, romanesco, carrots, leeks, check cucumbers, beans, strawberries

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Pick off any bits of hedge that are stuck to nets - done
Weeding and horsetail - done a little
Deadheading - no
Trim long grass edges if dry enough - no
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, beetroot, romanesco, carrots, leeks, check cucumbers, beans, strawberries - done some plus a few pods of peas

Also spent some time changing the way I tie the hollyhocks to the hedge as they had broken the original string. They grow 8 - 10ft tall and fall over if not tied back.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse
Remove any finished greenhouse plants
Harvest tomatoes, windfall apples

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Trim grass edges if dry enough
Cut grass if dry
Tidy shed
Harvest tomatoes, beetroot, turnips, romanesco, check for late pink blueberries

At home
Weeding especially drive
Deadheading
Cut down finished perennials
Mow lawns if dry
Water greenhouse plants
Tidy garage
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, leeks, beans

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse - done
Remove any finished greenhouse plants - no
Harvest tomatoes, windfall apples - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Trim grass edges if dry enough - no
Cut grass if dry - done (too wet really, but necessary)
Tidy shed -no
Harvest tomatoes, beetroot, turnips, romanesco, check for late pink blueberries - done some

At home
Weeding especially drive - done some
Deadheading - done some
Cut down finished perennials - done some
Mow lawns if dry - done
Water greenhouse plants - done
Tidy garage - no
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, leeks, beans - done some

Monday jobs
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim long bits left from council cutting roadside hedge
Bring home loppers
Attempt to prune weigela bush
Harvest tomatoes, beans, carrots, check peas, strawberries

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim long bits left from council cutting roadside hedge - done
Bring home loppers - done
Attempt to prune weigela bush - done (sort of)
Harvest tomatoes, beans, carrots, check peas, strawberries - done

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water
Slug hunt
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, carrots

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Slug hunt - done
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, carrots - done

After loads of rain yesterday and over night, both garden and allotment are far too wet to do anything with.

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water
Put away water trays (bins full)
Slug hunt in accessible areas
Check plants in greenhouse and water if necessary
Harvest tomatoes, carrots, beans

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Put away water trays (bins full) - done
Slug hunt in accessible areas - done
Check plants in greenhouse and water if necessary - done
Harvest tomatoes, carrots, beans - done

No gardening time today, but I must cover the courgette and tomatoes with bubble wrap this evening.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Uncover plants when frost melts
Assess frost damage
Remove any dead plants
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cover plants again in evening
Harvest tomatoes (if any), peppers

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Uncover plants when frost melts - done
Assess frost damage - done, courgette not looking happy
Remove any dead plants - no
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Cover plants again in evening - done
Harvest tomatoes (if any), peppers - done

Weekend jobs (busy Saturday, weather permitting)

At my friend's
Check greenhouse plants
Weeding if possible
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, windfall apples

At allotment
Cover and uncover plants both nights
Weeding if possible
Tidy shed
Harvest romanesco, tomatoes, courgettes, beetroot, turnips

At home
Weeding if possible
Deadheading
Sort front border and plant new plants and bulbs
Tidy garage
Harvest tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, leeks

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs + Monday

At my friend's
Check greenhouse plants - done
Weeding if possible - no
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, windfall apples - done

At allotment
Cover and uncover plants both nights - done
Weeding if possible - done some
Tidy shed - no
Harvest romanesco, tomatoes, courgettes, beetroot, turnips - done

Also took the net off the blueberries.

At home
Weeding if possible - done some
Deadheading - done some
Sort front border and plant new plants and bulbs - no
Tidy garage - no
Harvest tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, leeks - done carrots and tomatoes, also a few beans

No gardening time yesterday.

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Tidy garage
Harvest tomatoes, carrots, leeks, turnip