What I did today 2012-2014

[Chalk_Heart]

Been keeping an eye out for slugs in the front garden, hoping they will all creep out as the sun sets so I can put them in a bucket and dump them in the undergrowth across the road. I know they are out there because they have been eating my beans
Found some damaged onions yesterday and more today, seems to be a combination of onion root fly and slug/snails, based on the huge disparity in the size of the holes... Why the snails bothered climbing all the way into the container for some raw onion I can't even begin to guess.
Gave my courgette a nice feed to encourage the baby flowers along. Can't wait for it to set fruit, I'm so excited
Had a furtle around the potatoes, they have nice healthy roots but no baby potatoes yet. Not sure what type they because are I just planted some ones from the fridge that had begun to sprout.
Didn't need to water anything that was outdoors, for a change...

[binley100]

Made a wigwam and planted my trail of tears beans. Planted out some swede . Found and attached some netting to the remaining section of the fruit cage. Weeded round the parsnips. Planted some gazanias. Planted some bronze fennel . Killed some asparagus beetles.
At home, potted some peppers into final pots , made a start on tidying the gh so I can actually get in there .

[Paulieb]

Had the day off, so spent pretty much most of the day potting on.....toms, courgettes/squash, peppers, aubergines, brassicas, chillis, and more chillis. I'm sure I don't need this many chilli plants!!

Also planted out the sweetcorn, climbing beans, and a couple of courgettes to their final positions.

Gave blood this evening, so consigned to the computer now, so just updated my blog!

[Feral007]

Wombat!! - just noticed you're in Australia, but at first, thought you were taking the pee! - please post a pic of a wombat if possible - and I thought they were treelovers, no idea they dug around in the ground.

No, wombats don't do trees. You may be considering koalas? Wombats are like furry tanks. Thick, chunky things the size of a small dog in height but massive in girth. Short legs. And dig! And their teeth are massive too. They dont go round tree roots they just chew straight thru anything. They've chewed thru the insulated wire on my electric fences a few times. I always hoped they got a tooth ache from it. Don't have any photo's (cept the one's that didn't make it across the road in time) as they are mostly night creatures. Trouble is they dig under my fences and then the dogs can get out. They also dig under my house which is on stumps and I expect to wake up any day and find the house tilting that way. Horrors! I don't have a problem with them in the paddock - but leave me house and yard alone!

Try this link: Wombat Pictures

[horticultural_hobbit]

yesterday, but possibly killed cucumbers with tomato food. have yet to see them and see damage that has occured over night. Grandad mike not happy, was rather upset by it as he saw this morning. Told me as I left for school Apparently have keeled over.

[hamamelis]

Got back from a 5-day camping trip last night, and spent the morning mostly trying to save a few crispy-looking plants. I think I've only actually lost a few seedlings; most at home and all at the lottie look to have managed quite well, though some looked pretty dire before being watered. The lottie plants are all jungling away merrily-the first courgette should actually be ready in a day or so, and the broadies I'd written off as nearly dead are now in full flower!

Runner beans have not come up, neither have most of the carrots or lettuces, for some reason- just the ones on the west end of the rows have sprouted and look fine. Very odd. I don't think the east side of the bed was treated any different, and it's not really any more shady. Going to plant more carrots and some runners later, or tomorrow if I don't get round to it today with all the coming back from holiday chaos.

[kentishgal]

Havent had to do much today. Just pulled up some bindweed, planted some mixed leaf lettuce seedling in a tub and checked on general progress (strawberries developing nicely, poss flower buds on courgettes and teeny weeny pods on french beans!).

[Snadger]

Planted out a courgette plant. Planted a dozen or so wax pod French beans. Took three trays of french beans back into the greenhouse as I thought it was to cold for them yet. Planted out three different types of cabbage in a small packet and surrounded them with mesh. Likewise with Tosca da niro kales.
Pulled up the last of my PSB nad hung them in the chicken runs for the chooks to peck at (better them than the bladdy pigeons!)
Planted out a couple of dozen beetroot plantlets.
Pruned some of the wayward branches on my indoor peach tree and took off some of the smaller fruit to allow the others to grow and ripen.

[Bren In Pots]

Only planted out some frilly looking lettuce, hope the slugs don't eat them all tonight.

[dominic10]

Went to collect some very welcome pots which were being freecycled. The house was opposite the tidiest, most productive and well laid out allotment I have ever seen. There was hardly a blade of grass or a bare patch of earth. Very inspiring. The only daunting thing was the 15 foot high metal fence all the way round - they must have had people pinching their veg in the past to warrant such a fence.

[Andromeda]

More potting, planting and weeding today, everything is coming on wonderfully.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you view things, a friend handed me a load of seeds she got free. Some of these are varieties I haven't tried before and some can be sown throughout June...despite my best intentions and plans to sow nothing more until July I have sown more seeds. I really need to work on my impulse control!

[eirish]

Finally had a dry enough evening to plant out my French tarragon, and sowed a potful of purple basil.

[Matt94]

Haven't done much today as i had a test at college, but i managed to water my toms and the kelsea exhibition onions, which seem to be getting bigger by the day .

[susieq100]

Forked over and raked the bed for the leeks then planted out 50. That's about half of them, do the rest today I hope. Weeded the onions and parsnips, picked some radish. Then came home and in the afternoon, weeded the flower beds, potted on some tomatoes, planted some radish and spring onions in containers (as an experiment) and planted some climbing frenchies in one of the raised beds. Played with my seeds, planning what to do next.

[GardenFaery]

Not even started yet (after great plans to get up early and get going! LOL )After work, shopping, garden centre and then chatting to interesting man (ex florist) who grows and sells flowers from house by roadway. Bught two healthy looking campanulas from him and looking forward to getting going on rest of gardening after some ( very late) lunch.