What I did today 2022

[Bren In Pots]

Moved seedlings around and potted on Kales and last of the sunflowers.

[Mr Bones]

Switched off the garage freezer and consolidated into the kitchen freezer (own frozen produce is running down now..).
Had a call from the rabbit poo man so started a new (large) batch of compost on the lotty.

[ameno]

Inspected the allotment fruit trees for frost damage.
The plum is probably 50-70% lost, but it never had many blossoms this year in the first place.
The pear tree probably has some 80-90% of open flowers dead, but the ones still in bud seem to be fine, which accounts for over half of the total, and it does have an awful lot of flowers this year, so I should still get a decent crop.
The akebia vines are maybe 60% dead, but there are still quite a few which seem to be okay.
Also, one of the grape vines has lost of a few of its early shoots to frost.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on my Tom's including the few spares I have.

[ameno]

Pulled out the kale plants, and dug over the patch where they were.

[ameno]

Repotted some of my pepper plants. They're coming along well.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on some more mixed lettuce then planted pre-chitted parsnips.

[ameno]

Well, I've just checked the apricot trees, and I can now confirm I've lost pretty much the entire crop. There are a few flowers at the tip of one of the trees which are still good, so hopefully they will pollinate, but the dozens of fruitlets which were developing before the frosts are all dead, without exception. I had a good fruit set for the first time ever, too...
I fear my attempts to reduce the frost damage may have done more harm than good...

[Mark Rand]

Moved half the contents of the compost bin to a raised bed for further processing.

Edged the pocket handkerchief back lawn, then used some of the trimmings to turf the patches where Bailey the Guide Dog Brood Bitch had killed the grass over winter.

Moved tomatoes, chillies and cucumbers around in the greenhouse. Want to move some to their final homes, but worried about frosts still.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on pansies, camomile, basil and coriander.

[SarrissUK]

I have finally got around to digging the last trench for the greenhouse base, and lay down gravel with concrete mixed in to make it level (not an easy job when there's a natural slope!). I've put the metal lengths together too, so now I just need to make sure it's square. It looks like it's not 10x10ft as I was told, but more like 12x10.5ft! Beast!
I realised today that we'll need to paint the fence before I put the greenhouse up too, or I won't be able to get to it. I've promised our elderly neighbour I will paint the fence our side (it's her fence).

[annie8]

Potted on some tomatoes then spent time trying to work out how to squeeze all the pots on my windowsills. Also sowed courgettes and squash seeds.

[quanglewangle]

Last night earthed up the Charlotte potatoes, which are just through, because there seemed to be a chance of late frost.

[Sweet savory]

Planted delikett peas in their loo rolls into the raised bed at home having actually thought about how to support and protect them first. They are next to the bird feeders.
Planted up last tub of spuds sarpo axona. I have 2 of them left which I will pop into a space on the plot where it will not be shaded by the sweetcorn.

[Bren In Pots]

Moved gutter sown peas and kale seedlings under cloches. More potting on.