What I did today 2012-2014

[PyreneesPlot]

Planted out lettuces.
Planted out 14 asparagus plants grown from seed more out of hope than expectation. Of the last 36 planted out in the spring there is a single survivor. But at least it has buddies again!
Washed pots.

[veggiechicken]

Potted on some late starter Toms, - 2 Yellow Stuffers and 4 Transparent toms (no I don't know either but I think its the seeds).
And a Marketmore cue and a couple of Tomatillos that needed more room.
No great hopes for any of these, but if you don't try........
Took some tomato tops off and stuck them in water.
Browsed on the grapes in the greenhouse - tiny little things that taste like blackcurrants - but at least I'm there before the birds this year!

[traceys plot]

Planted about 60 electric onion sets, a dozen garlic and put more eggshells around my ever growing marrow to keep slugs away.

[Bren In Pots]

Not me but I set on youngest grandson digging the dandelions, plantain and teasels out of the lawn. I took down the purple podded peas from the frames.

[Two_Sheds]

Got up the school gardens for the first time in 6 weeks (bar one day spent watering & weeding). Not too bad really, because it rained most of the holidays.

Courgette: planted July, still only has one flower on it, not grown much at all in 2 months
Runners: a few beans, but mostly just flowers still
Buckwheat green manure: weedy, small, bolted
Oats & wheat: dry, mature and ready to harvest, lovely
Blueberries in pots: still dead, from drought
Sweetcorn: 2 or 3 cobs almost ready to harvest
Wildflower Garden: hopeless this year, no sun to speak of, so no sunflowers and no butterflies
Cutting Garden: looking good, the dahlias & coreopsis have been brilliant: loads of flowers all summer

(photos on my facebook page I think)

[JetSetPhil]

Today I sowed a lot of my winter veg, Pak choi, spring onions, lettuce, Kohl Rabi, purple cabbage and some spinach.
That should be more than enough to fill the bed that I also cleaned out today. Looking forward to a good harvest from this lot as long as I can keep the slugs at bay.

[Florence Fennel]

Last night, went outside with the torch, in my PJs and lobbed several snails making a beeline for my newly planted salad. I would like to get at least one picking of salad leaves this year. I got carried away earlier in the evening when 5 minutes weeding turned into 2 hours. I don't know where the time goes.

[PyreneesPlot]

Sowing winter stuff here, too - pak choi, mustard greens, spring (!) onions, lettuce, turnips plus coriander and parsley. Everything in modules for transplanting later.

Cleared the last of the potatoes.

[Florence Fennel]

Had to spend some time repairing the damage done to 4 tomato plants by the wind. Cut off lots of foliage and tied them in as best I could - they're heavy with trusses of green tomatoes, so I'm hoping I've done a good enough repair job. Found three good sized pumpkins in the patch, still growing, got my fingers crossed for Halloween.

[Feral007]

Picked up the mower from the repair man and mowed about a third of the yard! Around the New, Improved and much Larger Herb Bed. And the New and Improved and Much Larger Front bed, and then a bit around the side till it ran out of fuel. The d@mn mower went better today than it has all year! Without the wind tomorrow might get the paper and hay down in time for the top soil on monday! Just need to call the guy I got the horse hay from earlier in winter and check he hadn't sprayed his hay paddock with Grazon Ultra.
I also ordered 25 lots of seed to start the garden off! Woohoo - it's nearly time to plant (even if it is still bluddy cold!)

[horticultural_hobbit]

Filled the last two raised beds with half cooked lead mold and grass cuttings.

Finished newspaper ing bed seven; started to do the last bed, bed number eight.

Bought some spring bulbs.

[Florence Fennel]

Hope you mean leaf mould little hobbit! Had a massive clear up on my plot, it's looking a lot tidier. Now I just need my youngest son to come and cut the grass tomorrow. Prepared a nice lush bed for sprouts and/or PSB. Ferrited out the little lily bulbs from one big pot and replanted the big ones. Little ones will go in a nursery pot. Decanted pots of mint into old tyres usually planted with courgettes and pumpkins, but both failed in them this year, so am trying the mint. Been at it all day, so shattered, but very satisfied.

[Lisamcflisa]

Froze herbs in ice cube trays, picked blackberries n apples and made crumbles, made tomato soup from my oodles of tomatoes, cleaned some of the garden up, very productive day

[Poolcue]

Pulled off lots of lower tomato leaves and was pleasantly surprised at the number of tomatoes there.

[Feral007]

Put down paper, hay and horse manure. Dogs watched and then ate horse manure. Oh well, it's organic! Waiting for top soil tomorrow. Also filled a water butt and put some manure in there. It's got a lock down anti-kelpie lid!