What I did today 2012-2014

[Bigmallly]

Just got in from Lottie. I'm wrecked. All timber supports in place in the kite, it's going nowhere. Made 2 timber door frames to take half doors, hopefully it will keep the pesky foxes at bay, then again maybe not. Made 1 gate, 2nd to make. Called to shop on way home & picked up hinges & bolts for the gates. No piccies due to flat battery on the phone.

[arronb]

Been the lottie this afternoon, fine sunny day! No wind, great! I finished off weeding a patch I needed to finish about a metre squared, then dug the area over, cultivated it and finely raked it all over to make room for my 1st sowing of carrots and red/white onion sets.

[rustylady]

Pricked out my Sungold seedlings into individual pots. Bit early as they are very small, but after granddaughter tipped the pot onto the floor I thought it was the only way to salvage them.

[veggiechicken]

Planted 2 apple trees and a greengage - after having a massive clearance of what used to be the chicken run. Still a long way to go

[Snadger]

Watered my tom seedlings that are grown from last years self saved seed. Quite a few haven't taken including freshly gathered pepper seed.
Went to the allotment with the initial intention of just sorting chooks out. Noticed my brassica and flowers are just starting to germinate in the greenhouse.
As I was leaving I noticed one of the allotment holders had been cleaning there chooks out again and there was a big pile of straw. He told me he'd tried to set light to it without success and i said i would be able to use it as a mulch.
The outcome was that he told me that whenever I spotted the pile at the top of his plot I could just take it.
I scrounged a wheelbarrow and carted three heaped barrow loads to my plot and spread them........I'm not proud!

If he doesn't want to add organic material to his plot because it looks untidy and he doesn't realise the good it will do...............so be it!

[scorpius]

Planted 2 apple trees and a greengage - after having a massive clearance of what used to be the chicken run. Still a long way to go
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Oh no VC, how come you havent chickens anymore?

[veggiechicken]

Oh no VC, how come you havent chickens anymore?

Haven't had any for about 4 years even though I would like to. Its not practical now as I live in 2 different parts of South Wales. When I was down to one chook she'd come with me in the car. I was amazed at how quickly she would adjust to free-ranging in a new place each time

[Feral007]

Was talking seeds with someone on fb, so ended up planting seeds for pak choi and miners lettuce, leeks, broad beans, red cabbage, cauliflower, wombok, mizuna, mibuna,komatsuma, kale, then planted out 6 broccoli seedlings I bought.
Then potted up some herbs for a friend who has bought her first house. Hope they take.

Pulled a coupe of bits of grass out of last years raised garden. Hardly anything coming thru in the way of weeds, but the ground is so soft under the light mulch, I could dig with my fingers to plant the seedlings. I do like no dig, it's awesome!

ETA: Can't help laughing at the thought of you driving around with a chook in your car VC!

[stella]

Planted some seeds at last

[Bren In Pots]

Sown another pinch of Spring onion seeds.

[veggiechicken]

Planted a peach tree in the GH and 3 more Rocket potatoes in flower buckets. It seems particularly cold today even though its supposed to be 4C. We're having a heatwave, a tropical heatwave............
EDIT - Also did some clearance on one of the paved areas - so no nagging today

[Yorkshire.Dave]

Sown a few spring onion seeds and planted another batch of moruga scorpion now the seeds have been between damp tissue for a week hand have started splitting.

[Likac66]

Been up the lottie and very pleased to see the snow had all gone (our back garden is still covered!). Put together a large plastic storage box which was cheap and boy does it show. If anyone wants to rob that it wouldn't take much too pull it apart!

Had a peep under the cloches and there are definitely radishes coming through. Wahoo! My first seedlings in the ground. I'm not sure about the carrots as there seemed to be loads of tiny little seedlings poking through that I suspect are just weeds, not carrots. Oh well - did I mention my radishes had germinated?!

I also had some onions that I sown in the autumn and had left overwintering in modules. There weren't very many - maybe about 20 or so - but I planted them in as well.

I dug out a few random big brambles left but by then it was getting cold so I came home.

In the greenhouse I potted on some plum tomatoes, sweet peppers and cayenne peppers. All the tomato and pepper plants are very very slow this year.

I also planted some PSB and Musselburgh leeks into modules and pots and have left them outside to germinate. I wonder if they would be better in the coldframe?

Looks like the purple podded peas I planted about 10 days ago are just coming through.

We had some deliciously sweet peppers from the supermarket this week - Sunbite "pepperinos" so I saved a few seeds and have planted those this afternoon.

[Florence Fennel]

Potted on some Black Russian toms. Moved the snow from atop the netting on two raised beds - it's poleaxed the hoops so another project to do when it's a bit warmer because my goodness it's cold outside.

[traceys plot]

potted on 2 bigger tomato plants about 8/9 true leaves. planted shallots out. in gh chillis and some basil