What I did today 2012-2014

[Snadger]

Dug over a bed for my swedes to be planted in and some more sown in situ. Just dug it,raked it amd limed it, didn't get time to do any planting!

[rustylady]

Planted out the french beans at last.

[Two_Sheds]

- took a few groups out to the Wildlife Garden at lunchtime. They're getting very good at finding & identifying the creatures: mating snails, Red Admiral caterpillars on the nettles, hoverflies, newts, frogs, worms, millipedes, centipedes and a HUGE black cocoon which was full & twitching before half term, and is now EMPTY ! Possibly a hawk moth

- emptied the compost from the rotted stuff: lost a lot of beans, corn & squashes. It was too cold for too long

- planted more beans
- planted out sweet peas & lots of other pretties
- cut & chopped alfalfa & comfrey (and weeds) and left on soil surface as a nutritious mulch
- emptied out November's sacks of semi-rotted leaves, and mixed them with grass clippings (to speed up decomposition) and repacked them in black sacks, tucked away under the shrubs
- started sowing brassicas
- and carrots (late, to beat the fly)

[horticultural_hobbit]

Planted one bag of experimental onion sets-75 pence from wilkos and looked lonely in the shop-still have another bag to go.

Broadcast sowings of more carrots. Both purple and orange.

[veggiechicken]

Took delivery of the "free" dwarf pear from GYO mag's offer last month

Potted up more tomatoes for the GH
Barrowed enough soil from next door's garden to half-fill 2 pallet crates
Still recovering

[Rigel]

Sowed some more French beans and cut and come again salad leaves.
Found final places for some strawberries and marigolds I had lying around.
Planted some chard out.
Realised I've forgotten to write what went where in my 'extra' sowings of various leafy things. No idea if the things sprouting are veg, weeds or leftover flowers yet.
Also realised it's time to stop sowing, as I'm almost out of space & soil. Still have about 12 tomato plants to deal with though, at least they are too small to worry about yet!

[horticultural_hobbit]

Potted up the classroom chillies: Purple patio sizzle, purple beauty, nigel, and spanish mammoth pepper.

Roots were started to escape across the classroom.

These are the 'top' set performers. Must therefore check the ones in the Wendy house to see if any of the middle set can be promoted.

[RedThorn]

made an outdoors table

[RedThorn]

And a little side table from a pallet

[redser]

Well not today but last night, I ate my first tomato It was such a surprise. I thought I noticed a little turning at the weekend and then there she was. Lovely. Its Maskotka so it's turned out a good early variety as promised.

[darcyvuqua]

Plot watered more strawberries planted out weeded planted out some parsnips sowed carrots and spring onions weeded harvested salad weeded planted my blueberry in the ground


And if you did not see I harvested my first worth while salad

[VirginVegGrower]

Spent lunch in the poly (hung them to dry), planted more toms, pulled some onions, watered and fed. Planted more oca. Harvested broadies and onions. Sown peas in gutters. Having late lunch, then I will sow more beans. Where to put the lablabs?!

[binley100]

Oca.............where the 'eck am I going to put that?....will it be ok in big pots ?, does it need loadsa depth like spuds ?

[VirginVegGrower]

Oca.............where the 'eck am I going to put that?....will it be ok in big pots ?, does it need loadsa depth like spuds ?

Don't ask me - blame the exotic lady Zazen

[binley100]

No blame ...........just where do I fit them in