What I did today 2012-2014

[Bigmallly]

Has it completely snapped off VC or can you not splint it.

[veggiechicken]

EDIT - just realised you meant the camellia, not the apple tree Once all the snow has gone, I'll have a look. Its right in the middle of the bush - I can see it by looking down from an upstairs window

[Sheneval]

BM

I have taken a leaf out of your book and filled my compost bin with woodchip - read a great article recently on the benfits of using this as a mulch.

[Bigmallly]

BM

I have taken a leaf out of your book and filled my compost bin with woodchip - read a great article recently on the benfits of using this as a mulch.

Just to note Shen, mine is really well rotted & will be laid on top of newspaper.

[Paulieb]

Saturday = college day at ryton!

After that I managed to sneak in with my student pass to add yet MORE potatoes to my collection. Maxine, bambino and Red emmalie. Only 5 of each but should be interesting!

Afterwards it was back home with my handy-work from todays lesson - two grafted Prunus persica 'pink perfection'. Wonder if they'll decide to grow?

Pleased as punch!

[Sheneval]

Just to note Shen, mine is really well rotted & will be laid on top of newspaper.

Mine was smoking at one point

If you google: woodchip in vegetable production you can download the pdf

[Bigmallly]

Cheers Shen, I've downloaded it. Will have to read it when I get back.

[Acanthus]

Looked at the flooded orchard and sodden garden. Ordered seeds: note to self-more leeks,more parsnips, brassica cage to build.

[Marcher]

Put the half-hardy plants back outside.

[northepaul]

After the heavy rain of yesterday and particularly last night, my allotment was flooded again, so had to go and dig trenches/channels to remove some of the standing water - thinking of growing water cress next year!

[hollychap]

planted 5 elephant garlic cloves in 5 morrisons buckets , intend to grow to maturity in the buckets to get a large supply for planting in the ground next year

[Doive]

Planted 50 onion sets indoors, and a bulb of garlic. Checked the chitting potatoes and all the odds and sods in the heated prop. Dwarf peas are starting to germinate, nowt doing with the rest yet. Checked the worms in the shed, they're perfectly warm, snug and happy.

[vikkib]

After a lovely lunch with friends spent a pleasant couple of hours in the GH were I sowed:

• Cayenne and Gusto Purple chilli seeds
• Sweet Million, French Black and Shirley tomato seeds
• Nardello, Long Red Marconi, and Kaibi Round No 2. pepper seeds
• Moneymaker aubergine seeds
• Sweet Basil, Red Basil and Aristotle Basil seeds

All new varieties for me except the Sweet Million! Those that would fit duly plonked on the heated prop and the rest near it, all under a grow light!

I even risked a couple of melon seeds... maybe starting them now under lights will mean I can get a fruit larger than an orange!

[Feral007]

Well I got a lovely round bale of hay - horses might make me share it with them as well as the garden!

Had a look and the zuchinni's are flowering and some small ones already - YES - here comes a glut!

One tomato bush looks shocking - lots of small tomatoes but all the leaves look like they are dying. It didn't look that bad before I tied it up - hope I haven't wrecked it. The other one is looking good.
The sweet corn has some tassels starting. Never having grown it before it will be hit and miss as to when it's ready (I just like it because it's mega green )

The pumpkins and gramma are making the garden look good. The Chard is going great guns. The mixed lettuce leaves are good too. And the spuds, I love them. Green and bushy even with the dryness before.
We've had maybe 40 ml of rain (who knows, there seems to be a difference of 100 ml over a 2 kilometre area)
The fruit trees will love it.

Oh and last but not least - we even have a hint of green in the paddock (and not all of it noxious weeds)

[traceys plot]

Got a bargain rhubarb crown from 99p shop, planted straight away tomato plants from saved seed have second leaves grown indoors on window sil