What I did today 2022

[annie8]

Moved my strawberry plants apart to give them a bit more space, moved some rocket to another bed. The rest of the day spent planning for my flower beds, what needs moved, where I’m going to put the plants currently in the greenhouse and trying to remember what is where. Need to calm my enthusiasm to sow lots of seeds I don’t have any space left.

[rary]

Raked the potato bed and to heat it up a bit, covered with black weed membrane, while raking the soil I uncovered several worms, happy to see those, especially after finding three flatworms recently

[annie8]

Pricked out about 10 tomatoes. Bit earlier than I would want to but they were looking leggy.

[ameno]

Carried the big bag of shreddings to the allotment.
Used some bags of manure to fill some of the raised beds and large planters.
Dug over the patch were I'll plant my onions.

[katyhasclogs]

Yesterday rather than today, but we started a really good tidy-up in the garden.

Pulled up the old plants including the failed carrots (carrot fly) and discovered that the parsnips weren't actually a complete failure! Shelled some dried runner beans which we might try to grow. Pruned the two-timer raspberries and cut back dead bits of the flowering plants in the border. Some weeding.

It felt good to be out there again!

[Bren In Pots]

Emptied my H/propagator next sowing will be cucs and courgettes in a few weeks time.

Removed self seeded Land cress from what will be my parsnip area.

[ameno]

Fed all of my fruit plants in the back garden with poultry manure.

[annie8]

Annoyed to discover that the red cherry and gardeners delight seeds i planted were use before 2021. That might explain the poor germination. So I stuck the rest of the seeds in and we will hope I get enough germinating from that

[Nicos]

Finally dry enough to do the first cut of the lawns at the front of the house.
(The back of the house however is now about 10” long and sopping wet again after last night’s rain.)

[Plot70]

I tried running the rotavator over the parsnip patch. The ground was a bit wet and the manure was not fully rotted. It was hard going.

[ameno]

Spread some compost on what will be my potato bed.
Planted all of my onion sets. About 120.

[Gearoid]

Potted up my sweet and Cayenne peppers. I also sowed a couple of tomatoes.

[peanut]

Finished making my triple bay compost bin from pallets and old concrete slabs. I am knackered but chuffed to bits that it is done

[ameno]

Trimmed the tussocky grass around the edges of my allotment paths.
Spread some more manure.
Sieved out some more soil from the communal compost bin (dumping pile) to fill my new raised bed.

[Nikkinak]

I tidied up the pond in the garden at home.
Sowed some luffa seeds - first time trying them. 🌱