What I did today 2012-2014

[Acanthus]

(yesterday)Potted on various seedlings and compared the john innes with the B&q. The JI roots were cold and hadn't done very well at all, even the cosmos,, but the mpc ones looked a lot happier. Mulched some broad beans and potatoes, weeded and hoed. What a pleasure being out in the sunshine for a change. oH ordered a new mower, Bosch electric, to make use of the solar panels . No sign of the parsnips and beet root I sowed 3weeks ago,sadly. Planted sweet peas in a spare corner and set some grobags in poly with chillies. Hope today is as good!

[Stormforce]

Yesterday while i was tidying up the garden and taking rubbish to the recycling centre the wife planted the tomato's,peas and pepper plants in the greenhouse and sorted the hanging baskets ready to go out.
Today i am tinkering with my truck ready to start work on it next week

[Feral007]

Well daughter missed the school bus so had an early run to town, shop, and tip. Then organised meals in the slow cookers for the next 3 days. And then sprayed about 5 acres of weeds. Same again tomorrow - without the trip to school and the shops I hope! Can't do anything until the weeds are finished. Would rather be pottering in the garden and tidying up the yard. Need to get the dogs kennels sorted too. Oh well, there's always next week. Ali

[Paulieb]

Went to the shop to get milk and my GYO mag. Won't be doing much else with the rain.

Although very excitingly I harvested one lot of sharpes express potatoes grown in a morrisons bucket. Planted 15 Feb and kept in greenhouse. Got over 400g from 2 seed potatoes. Not sure if this is average or good?

Pic on its way in the food showcase. :-)

[Brentalist]

yesterday did my bit for the community by weeding and composting a huge trough and some smaller ones at the pub. Going to plant out some peas and beans and probably some tomatoes when the weather warms up.

in my warm and dry greenhouse I potted up some bean seedlings for the pubs veg garden

obviously I dont expect any free beer in return...

[Florence Fennel]

Planted out broccoli that the slugs haven't found - yet. Planted french marigolds along the edge of the bed. Built wigwam and planted bean plants. If they don't make it, I'll sow some seed. Whacked.

[lottie dolly]

down the lottie,rain,what rain was dry inside,DH put a temporaray shelf up to put bore seeds onto,dug ove the long border in the GB,and planted the big plum toms for cooking,sown a few of several varieties of bean seeds,then a phone call stoped play,visitors on the way,

[T8Ter]

Planted out 72 pots of runner beans down the lottie (each pot with 2 - 3 plants in it) hopefully our harshest frosts are gone by now, although with this weather who knows. Planted out my sweet peas and came home to move some tomato and chillies out of their growing pots and into the greenhouse borders.

[Peas'n'Kews]

Fertilized just about any veg plant or fruit bush that didn't move.

Planted out a dozen Rosetta lettuce that had overwintered in the cold frame. Have eaten some of these too.

Had a go at planting out some leeks (free seed with GYO a few months ago) - never done leeks before so am just having a play. The leeks were in a margaine cartoon, so probably not really big enough, but hey ho! Need to practise the idea of creating a hole and watering in the compost, as my method of planting the leeks on was barbaric to say the least!

Am feeling very relaxed as between yesterday and today's gardening, I've managed around 7 hours! Bliss.

[Snadger]

Dug over a previously weeded bed. Raked my carrot bed once again. Started raining so I lost interest quickly.

[VirginVegGrower]

Chaos

Fought my way around the greenhouse full of seed trays. Managed to shift everything around in order to get my usual bank of three grow bags on trays up the side. I use ring culture pots, so have got three tomatoes per grow bag again. That accounts for nine, but I'm struggling with the other eighty odd. One got decapitated - Black Trifele- and s0ds law it was my best one, flowering as well
However I have another three so look on the bright side. I have sorted out those where I have three or four of each and put one of each of them in a VC huddle in my hot room
We have been wrestling with daughter's playhouse which is now repainted and dismantled. Am rather sad to see it down, but needs must and that is where the poly tunnel will go. Digger Man is booked for a week tomorrow and he is going to lift and take away all the hard standing so we can put down some decent top soil before poly comes in two weeks, wahoo. Then NO tomatoes in my greenhouse. Earthed up my potatoes in bags. Have stopped for a break now, but back out in a bit to finish the remaining eighteen tomatoes for pots if Mr VVG can find a Morrisons that is open

[binley100]

Managed to strim and rake the field otherwise known as eldest's back garden , also the front lawn before the rain ......
Started sowing beans and various types of snail fodder......

[Ozzieboy]

Spent the afternoon potting on toms, chillis, courgettes and the boys pumpkins.
Helped by Mrs O and an enthusiastic nearly 2 year old.

[SarrissUK]

Spent a couple of hours digging over three beds and planted out my jerusalem artichokes. They were growing me out of the kitchen (despite me NOT wanting them to grow), no idea if they are hardy enough, but they needed to go!
The rain stopped me in my tracks again, but just as well - the roast chicken was ready when I got home and then a lazy evening

[di]

Had dilema in the old chook coop...am really not a DIY girl,much as I try, called the ex to see if he fancied a project for the week, then got on with the 'easy' stuff. Turned a bed that was under tin/wood. Didn't bother much with weeds as it was solid clay. Sowed a few rows of kidney beans using my new straight line method of wetted newspaper.....where ever will all my odds and sods go?
Then, just as the rain came, dug a bed, only recently dug but a million thistles had appeared...promptly covered with wet newspaper and grass clippings.

A little bit of weedin also...not sure if it's the mulching or wet weather...or indeed a combination of the two, but thistles have never been so easy to pull