What I did today 2012-2014

[Noosner]

After reading more of the wonderful Joy Larkcom's 'Grow your own Vegetables' last night, had a brainwave about how to turn our shed (with the corrugated plastic roof) into a sort of giant cold frame that you gain access to from underneath. Could hardly get to sleep with the excitement!

[VirginVegGrower]

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Did Hazel need cutting if she's over the hill?

So far today I have wrapped up my seedlings and fetched my compost. I am sowing inside and be damned with the snow! Gardeners World tonight too. I live somewhere warm, I live somewhere warm, I live...

[horticultural_hobbit]

Sown the final, last chance saloon, chilli and pepper seeds. Will be left to their down devices for a couple of weeks on window sills as i'm now fed up with the heated prop. I have more luck-through fluke-with window sills. Potted up the ten baby seedlings from the very first sowing.

My thanks to Barleysugar, her nigels outdoor chilli was sown with gusto

Trying again with sweet mini red after failure and not having sown it for a few years.

[marcofez]

Went to lottie to check on the polythene I laid out on some beds had not blown away! All is ok Check also the various seedlings coming through in the polytunnel. Took apart another pallet for the wood to be used as frames for cloches hopefully!!

[mrgrower]

Spent the morning in the snow blanking of the main water inlet as it had been illegaly spliced into and a tap attached the pipe running off to the other taps had come away and was spewing water everywhere. We where told if the council came out they will just turn the water off and will only reconect when they have the money to do it and we would not be allowed to do it ourselves once turned off as they would need to send out a qualified plumber. So rather than wait it has just cost me £35 to get all the bits needed to sort it out. Mind you there is an old guy who will be giving up his plot soon so I have been told that if he does give up his plot, as payment I can have his greenhouse as it is a self built one that will not be able to take down.

[Martin H]

I'm so excited ... I've just become an allotment holder again!
I went down the site today, signed the papers and got the key to the gate!!

The plot I took needs, ahem, a certain amount of work. And several skips as well, if only it were possible to get them onto the site. So it's going to be fun. I plan to put pictures of progress in my profile, if the snow stops I'll take some tomorrow.

[traceys plot]

my strawberry pot

[sally fran]

Repaired another raised bed and then dug out some more soil from the greenhouse site. Still digging out stuff that's good enough to sift and put on the beds. I'm really glad I made my big wheely soil sifter - so much easier than my little old round one.

[Likac66]

Today I stood in the kitchen looking out on 8inches of snow, thinking of all the things I had planned to do this weekend.

*sigh*

[Nes]

Just placed an order for two apples (cybele and meridian) and a fig (doree) from dtb - half price this weekend, presumably because they should have been planted by now. Also getting a free apple tree (Charles Ross) and carrot seeds from them just for spending £x Planning on training the apples as stepovers in the garden, and putting the fig in a large sunk pot at the front of the house to get some shelter and sun.
Has anyone got experience with any of these varieties? Did try to get info about taste and reliability, but would be good to hear from anyone here

[Bigmallly]

Has anyone got experience with any of these varieties? Did try to get info about taste and reliability, but would be good to hear from anyone here

Put that question on the "Fruity" section Nes & I'm sure you will get some response.

[scorpius]

Bitterly cold wind here, too cold to be outside sowed some peppers, re-potted oregano, looked at seed packets.
On a plus note, from yesterday, collected a rhubarb crown (got off freecycle )

have got some strawberry plants to collect as well!

[Feral007]

Nothing in the garden today. But lots of cooking, and something of ours in everything I cooked. And same again tomorrow! I'd love to say that it was all ours. But not going to happen for a bit. Tis great to smell the food and know that, of everything that is cooked, eaten or frozen to eat, there is something we grew in it. Feels great, smells better!

[Tripmeup]

Yesterday I planted in bags my chitted Red Duke of York, King Edward and Golden Wonder spuds..
Only a few of each as will be doing my main planting in the ground when weather allows...

[PyreneesPlot]

Sowed more chillies, aubergines, peppers and tomatos indoors, plus turnips, lettuces and radishes outside and some flowers.
Forked out the mole tunnels from the pea spot and covered with plastic to warm.
Spread muck on two beds after forking out the weeds.
Lifted all the remaining parsnips as they are resprouting.