What I did today 2022

[bikermike]

That plot is amazing Mr Bones...

I got a nice portion of Broccoli (calabrese) today, and some leeks.

did a bit of weeding.

I have 8 bags of compost to add to the beds, bit I'm waiting for the bean test to show it's free of aminopyralid.

[ameno]

Yesterday I dug out my old red gooseberry plants (which I had too many of), and replaced them with the new green gooseberry (Invicta) which I had layered.
I also pruned the blackcurrant and apples in the back garden.

Today I cut back the lavender at the allotment ready for digging out, and cleared the dead crocosmia leaves from under it. I have new plans for that section, so both the lavender and crocosmia have to go.

[ameno]

Weeded the asparagus bed.
Dug out the blackberry plant I don't want anymore (it cropped well, but the taste was sub-par and the plant itself too large and very thorny).
Dug up the new gooseberry plant I made by layering my current one back in the spring. I shall plant it in its new space tomorrow.

[Mr Bones]

Wow Mr. B that's beautiful!

I see you've taken all the lower leaves off the cabbages. Is this to keep the pigeons away, or another reason?

They've stopped growing now so less hiding places for slugs and less surface area to catch the wind.

[Martin H]

Wow Mr. B that's beautiful!

I see you've taken all the lower leaves off the cabbages. Is this to keep the pigeons away, or another reason?

[peanut]

For the last few days we've been topping up the wood chip paths. It all looks neat and tidy for now but I'm sure the blackbirds will soon change that..

That is stunning.

[Nicos]

Loads of weeding near the front door.
Planted out the pansies in the window boxes .

[ameno]

Planted out a potted akebia at the allotment.
Tidied up the strawberry bed (weeding and cutting off the dead leaves).
Rigged up wires for the new grape vines I planted last year.

[Bren In Pots]

Very nice Mr Bones.

Yesterday I tidied my GH pulling up Marigolds and moving around my lettuce pots removing tired looking leaves, in the beds pulled up bolted chard then bagged up more leaves.

[ameno]

For the last few days we've been topping up the wood chip paths. It all looks neat and tidy for now but I'm sure the blackbirds will soon change that..

That's significantly neater and tidier than my plot... And even my plot is neater and tidier than most of my neighbours'. Our site is a bit wild.

[quanglewangle]

Just stunning Mr Bones

[Mr Bones]

For the last few days we've been topping up the wood chip paths. It all looks neat and tidy for now but I'm sure the blackbirds will soon change that..

[Plot70]

The compost was fine.
It was the crop that was grown in it that was naughty.
The root balls broke down instantly at the first sniff of frost.
They were started in some things that looked like tea bags that do not decompose. I still keep finding them.

[Nicos]

Had to chuckle at you mentioning the naughty compost Plot!

[ameno]

Dragged a half waterbutt full of soil to its new location, and did a little weeding.