What I did today 2024.

[Bren In Pots]

A new thread for a new year.

Here's last years thread for comparison :-

What I did today 2023. - The Grapevine (growfruitandveg.co.uk)

[ameno]

A few days ago, I dug up my unwanted plum tree and gave it away.
Today, I planted my new pear tree in its place.
I also finished building my new raised pallet bed, lined the sides with plastic sheeting, and started filling the bottom with garden waste.

[Bren In Pots]

Tidied the GF, collected twigs and branches from the last storm. Cut down my autumn bliss raspberries and tied blackberries to their wires.

[rary]

This morning I dug out several raspberry cains from the decorative side of the garden, then planted some daffodil bulbs, by the time I was ready to replant the raspberries it was heavy rain, so only got five of them replanted with several still to do. In the greenhouse I installed a heating cable into the raised bed, where I now intend sowing some lettuce and rocket, till I can get some tomatoes planted.

[Containergardener]

Had a greenhouse sort of overwintering things from very cold weather, they are out in the rain for now.
Sowing of seeds.
Light rain on and off but heavier now.

[MelanieSW]

Tidied the remaining paths on the allotment and put down more bark chips. Sowed more peas as only a handful of the autumn sown ones were still there.
And fixed the gap in the fence in the garden.

[ameno]

Spent a couple days digging out my strawberry bed, which had become inundated with couch grass. I transplanted the good strawberries to a temporary home, and cleared all of the couch. Next I plant to swap the top 3 inches or so of soil for that of another bed and then replant the strawberries (you're probably thinking it would be easier just to move the strawberry bed, but this bed is only suitable for shallow-rooted permanent planting, due to its proximity to a grape vine and raspberries, so it basically has to remain a strawberry bed).

[peanut]

Made a start pruning the apple trees, could only do what I could reach whilst standing as the ground is way too sodden for a ladder and we've more rain to come!
Pruned one rose, more to do.

[Mark Rand]

Grafted a few peppers, chillis and tomatoes.

[MelanieSW]

Finally sowed various varieties ofonions, leeks, chillies, aubergines, salad and some flowers for pollinators like cosmos, echinacea and delphinium.

[Mark Rand]

Gave the pocket handkerchief lawn its first cut of the year, then dug up a couple of hedge stumps. Hope to do a few more tomorrow before it starts raining.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted up the last of my assorted lettuce seedlings.

[Containergardener]

Do you just have one per pot?

[Bren In Pots]

CG in all I've potted up 48 seedling one in each module, they'll stay in there until I plant them in garden beds, troughs and buckets. Usually 3-4 to a bucket, treating them as cut and come again.

[Containergardener]

Thanks . I've only done salad as cut and come again in big troughs not in the ground. Id fear for their lives with the slugs.