What I did today 2012-2014

[VirginVegGrower]

Learnt about grafting with a fellow Grape. Had a lovely day xxx

[Peppermint]

A bit windy here today so mostly spent time out in the potting shed and then went back outside when the wind calmed down this evening.

- moved the broad bean, pea and sweet pea seedlings out into the potting shed (it has a plastic roof so I'm using as a sort of cold frame.
- sowed some snapdragon, Japanese onion and radish seeds in pots - the snapdragon seeds are now in the propagator.
- dug up a dozen runners from the alpine strawberry bed and put into pots. The bed is a little soggy and I'm worried about them rotting. They'll move into the cold frame tomorrow.
- potted on some ordinary strawberry plants. They'll also be going into the cold frame for a while.
- put the potatoes I bought on Thursday in trays to chit. I will try not to buy any more seed potatoes. I now have 200

Moved the trays of seedlings and pots of summer bulbs around in the potting shed. Mr Peppermint made me three lots of staging last weekend and I've already run out of space.

Chased a wild bunny out of the garden, but it turned up later on. I think it might have moved in

[Bigmallly]

Spent all day building a fruit cage, kept getting cramp in my hands and fingers but got it finished, well chuffed.

[mudpies]

Sowed herbs into prop. Planted 3 apple trees. Potted on a tom. Good day

[Two_Sheds]

- burned 6 sacks of dry wood prunings
- burned holes in slippers
- sowed loads & loads & loads of seeds into heated props
- dog poops on lawn: covered with leafmould (will decompose pronto pronto)
- rubbed some sprouts off some spuds, in the hope of bigger spuds to come
- laughed out loud at Peppermint's lack of self-control (200 seed spuds )
- wondered how I managed to end up with 23 packs of spring onions

[Tripmeup]

Planted an apple and pear tree..
Pricked out and potted chillis (numex twilight and anaheim)
Pricked out and potted tomatoes for hanging baskets later on..
Sowed courgette, cucumber and gherkin and three more tomato types in propagator..
Brought daughter and pals go karting for her birthday..
Will soon drink red wine!
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[Kaiya]

Went to Wyevale GC for compost, left with four King Edward seed potatoes and a Victoria Rhubarb crown instead.
Went to B&Q, bought ericaceous compost.
Planted blueberry bush from GYO offer in compost, in a pot.
Soaked Rhubarb crown in water. It has a healthy stocky green shoot but was bone dry otherwise.
Reorganised seed potatoes out for fun - 17 Anyas, 4 Valor, 4 King Edwards and 5 suspected Charlottes that had sprouted in the fridge.

[susieq100]

burned holes in slippers

TS - is there a horticultural benefit to this? It seems a bit odd, but you are a gardening guru and I am intrigued!

Went to the plot and carboarded and 'layered' another bed, where I intend to plant spuds lasagne style.

[Bigmallly]

TS - is there a horticultural benefit to this? It seems a bit odd, but you are a gardening guru and I am intrigued!

It must be a ritual thing, can't see TS gardening in slippers..........Unless they are Wellieslippers of course...........

[Chef_uk]

Built my Brassica Cage yesterday



also fitted an autovent to the greenhouse.

[lottie dolly]

yesterday,forked over inside the fruit cage,got out lots of bindweed roots,some twitch and mares tail roots,best done before the green buds burst on the goozgogz,more tiding up

[chefgage]

on saturday i sowed indoors beetroot, dwarf french beens, kale, chillies (three types) and tumbling tomatos. just had a look and theres nothing showing not that i am impatient
or anything !!!!

[rustylady]

- burned 6 sacks of dry wood prunings

Who burned them?

[SeleneMourie]

After not being able to do much more than a few pea plants, tomatoes and a sorry excuse for a sprout plant in my container garden in 2011 oh and all my strawberry plants rotted from the bottom up where i found freaky white larvae things which i squished to death (which was depressing as 2010 was my first go at GYO and the garden was buzzing with vegetables).

I have so far sowed feltham peas, tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, dwarf french beans, giant pumpkins (i may be a month early on that...), parsley, coriander, sage, oregano, F1 carrots, parsnips, leeks, money maker tomatoes, sugar snap peas and rhubarb. Still loads to sow...
Oh and planted a couple of fruit trees last week for the first time!

Sorted out half the containers in the container garden and untangled all my bamboo canes!

SCMP

[T8Ter]

Dug a few more feet of the lottie (God the soil's heavy with all this rain), came home planted up more chilli varieties and moved the ones that are up into the Grow Garden I've bought - results will tell whether a good investment or not.