What I did today 2012-2014

[Currysniffa]

This morning I pricked out a couple of trays of brassicas ( early calabrese and sprouts).

This afternoon I took some cutting from a couple of chrysanthemums a pal from the allotment gave me. Not grown them before but cut flowers is something I'd like to have on my garden especially if I get another half plot this spring.

[Jakejakeyjakejake]

I long to get to the allotment or garden just so I can dig or something instead of being stuck in work errrrrk


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[Bigmallly]

Just so you dint think I've had a lazy day, it started off slowly by transplanting seedlings, oh my neck hurt, must get myself a high stool............anyway, after I got bored with pricking I decided to venture outside. Emptied half a builders bag of compost with my easyspade............then wandered down t' stream at the bottom of the garden & thought, I want to divert that stream so went hunting for a flower bucket (could only find 60........) so, bucket & spade in hand I went paddling (sounds like I'm at the seaside). Dug a 1 foot deep hole to bury the bucket, banked up the stream so it filled up nicely. The plan is to run a hose & syphon from the bucket into a pond which I've yet to dig out. So, with trusty spade in hand, I starts digging a rough pond to find it was filling up from the pigging stream a foot below ground level so I quickly had to dig an overflow back into the stream as I dint want a bladdy swimming pool.......who said retirement was a breeze?

[veggiechicken]

...........and as the pond filled up BigMallly remembered he couldn't swim



Ooh............that's BIG

[Bumberling Brian]

So today pricked out dahlias , marigolds, toms and chillies, sowed some more peas , sweet peas, basil, cabbage, leeks etc etc think I have more than gone overboard so jealous of you allotment holders errr.
Took a wander down to homebase for a couple of paint brushes , while there wandered into garden department and found a big stack of damaged multi compost placed in large plastic bags and on offer for a pound each ...would be foolish to turn thee down normal price £4.99 so even with a little spillage quids in back tomorrow for some more me thinks


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[Paulieb]

Finished planting my apple/pear hedge, which seems to have taken me forever what with having to dig over the area and putting in the posts and supports....and doing all the other garden jobs to keep things moving.

Speaking of which this week I have also:
Given the greenhouse a clean
Sowed broad beans cabbage and kale (in gh)
Sowed my first lot of chillis (in propagator in house)
Finished my new gravel paths around my raised beds (still a few awkward areas to do!?!)

Will try to do a blog update soon as we're fast approaching 2 years since the last update!?!

[Jakejakeyjakejake]

Went to the allotment started attempting to put up the greenhouse on my own failed . Dug a four foot sq area gave up . Screwed the screws into a piece of wood then went home. Anyone else have says when they feel deflated and defeated ?


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[Scarlet]

Yeah loads, especially when my back won't allow me to do what I want! But that first tomato that you pick makes you forget about it!!

Sorting my tom seeds out!!

[Bill HH]

Went to the allotment started attempting to put up the greenhouse on my own failed . Dug a four foot sq area gave up . Screwed the screws into a piece of wood then went home. Anyone else have says when they feel deflated and defeated ?


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Yes well putting up a greenhouse is best with an assistant, A four sq foot area is four sq foot more than was dug the day before and screwing a piece of wood is brilliant, you can go to A&E to have it removed from your knee this evening. Remeber a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single foot step.

[growerkari]

Visited and signed paperwork for my very own allotment, finally, after years of waiting! It's a bit of a mess, but I have a shed and a greenhouse on there, so I feel very lucky. Now making lots of lists and planning my weekend

[Jakejakeyjakejake]

Visited and signed paperwork for my very own allotment, finally, after years of waiting! It's a bit of a mess, but I have a shed and a greenhouse on there, so I feel very lucky. Now making lots of lists and planning my weekend

A greenhouse and a shed how lucky are you !? Is it a good size ?


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[Noosner]

Digging, digging and more digging today in the April-like showers. Covered in mud from head to toe now but the plot looks fantastic. Have done a cardboard bed, having been inspired by grapes on this forum. It looks brilliant. How long will the cardboard stay effective for as a weed-suppressant, does anybody know?

[Penellype]

Spent most of 2 of the last 3 days rearranging my patio garden including:
Moving 2 dustbins full of logs into the garage out of the way
Removing my old DIY log roll raised bed and moving all the soil (about 500 litres) into the old wooden compost bin temporarily. Removing rhubarb to a temporary pot.
Constructing 2 new plastic raised beds and filling them with said soil.
Transplanting rhubarb into one of the beds.
Mulching the rhubarb with compost
Putting "cat sticks" into the new beds. These are short lengths of tree branches etc which make the soil prickly - the only cat deterrent I have found that works. It occurred to me that I had just created 2 very tempting looking "litter trays".
Moving the water butt (full of soil and planted with carrots) into the old compost bin.

I now have a lovely big empty space in the middle of the patio area which I can fill with pots and my fruit cage. Really pleased with this as I didn't think I would be able to shift all of that lot so quickly.

Also harvested some Sarpo Axona potatoes from the garage and some of the baby carrots for tea

[datz]

Planted a fig tree against the garden shed wall. It's a horrible rocky soil there so should be ideal!
Put the spuds out to chit in the shed. Earlies 'Mona Lisa' and main crop 'Desiree'.
Started preparing one of the raised beds for peas by spreading a load of wood ash in the bed.
Prepped the bed that will have the early spuds with some horse manure compost. 'Fumier de Cheval'.
Put some leaf mould over the rhubarb crowns.
All in all a good day!

[susieq100]

Went to the plot and barrowed spent compost and well rotted manure to my new strawberry bed. Levelling the old 'muck tump' (there's a proper agricultural expression for you ) as this is going to be the location of my new 'greenhouse'. Site Manager has said he will build it for me out of old windows - we are having new triple glazed windows installed in a couple of weeks' time, so I am going to use all our present windows at the plot. It will be a 'proper allotment greenhouse' ie built from scavenged materials. It's going to save me some money since I was going to buy a little polytunnel.