What I did today 2012-2014

[VirginVegGrower]

Planted the spuds! Regardless.

[SeleneMourie]

The man and the boy dug up the potato bed today whilst i was in work so on returning home i have watered all my onion seedlings, potted up 3 horseradish cuttings, walking onions, wild garlic, 7 lavenders and sowed 20 peas, 10 courgettes, 5 squash, a bunch of fennel and rearranged all of the chitting tatties

[Zenithtb]

(Plus a couple more days)
Changed this:

Into this:

It's a compost bin. Well, three (2m x 1m x 1m). One for compost in, one for compost turned, and one for final compost.

Not yet finished, and missing one wall and the runners for the slide-in dividers. And doors. And a roof. But apart from that...

See big pile of compost ready to go in

All looks like this now

[eirish]

Went out to check temp in the cold frame, then wandered around the garden peeking and poking at things. Thought about clearing the pea bed and putting down some compost - and then decided I didn't feel well enough for that and went in to do some knitting.

[Darwin.]

I planted a good few seeds indoors, strawberries, tomatoes (normal and cherry) chillis, cabbage and peppers along with more garlic and the first of the corn.

[Noosner]

Went to lottie and saw that Mr and Mrs Rabbit had got in yet AGAIN and eaten all the leaves off my 3 rhubarb plants and worse, all the tops off all my newly sprouted garlic Little lagomorphs!

Spent 45 mins repairing possible entry points in the fence. Put top dressing of compost around the little stumps of garlic, probably pointless.

On the plus side, peas planted at the end of Feb are germinating (dug one up to have a look). Broad beans are coming up under their little polytunnel. Two daffs and four crocuses up also!

Dug 3 potato trenches, put leaf mould and compost in and planted Pink Fir Apple, Sarpo Axona and Arran Victory.

Despite the setback with the infernal hindgut digesters, loved being there in the sun and wind.

[sally fran]

I didn't have time to get out into the garden for a few days but have now got the greenhouse site roughly level. I need to do something with weed fabric and chicken wire to stop bits falling down around the edge then I'll get it exactly level with sharp sand and paving slabs. I don't now think that I'll have time to put the greenhouse up before we go to France next Friday - it'll probably have to wait until May. I wanted to post a pic of my excavations but my camera has stopped working.

[Zenithtb]

Currently shoveling the huge pile of half-done compost into one of the bins, layering with bags of weeds the neighbour generously gave me. Rain has stopped play for a little while, so giving my back a rest :P

Where I'm digging into it, it's steaming nicely, so I guess it's working - yayyyy!

Edit: Finished! God, my back!

[rustylady]

Lotment again today, with three little "helpers". Managed to get most of the asparagus bed weeded. Some bu@@er's taken the WHOLE pile of poo that was left outside the gate

[veggiechicken]

Had a few hours clearing up the dead brambles that I cut down last week - 2 wheelie bins full for collection tomorrow by the green waste men. They'll probably reappear in someone's bag of peat-free compost in due course (the brambles - not the men)
Cut down another patch of brambles and left them to wilt for a few days. This way I know what's been cut and what hasn't.
I'm getting there slowly

[petal]

Well, sat in my greenhouse, which is finished at last! planted broad beans, tomatoes and peas in gutters. I know its late but I haven't felt like doing anything until now...!

[Darwin.]

I had a busy day today. I cut down two small and damaged sally trees at the bottom of the orchard, there were two shrubs down there that just didn't look right in an orchard so got rid of those too. There were more sally trees overhanging a little from the bog next door so I trimmed a few branches off those to tidy the place up.

I got my shovel and set about making my pond deeper, I took out about 20 wheelbarrows worth which deepened a very small section by about 1m.

I moved 2 gooseberry, 2 blueberry, 1 raspberry and 1 something else down to plant in what will eventually be my mixed berry hedge.

In the middle of all that I did something to mess my wrist up a bit, it's got a hard lump on it and I have no idea how it happened. It was worth it though to spend time outside on such a class day and to get so much done.

[QuoitsPlayer]

Planted my first ever Sweetcorn seeds! I always try to grow something new every year and saw some on a neighbours allotment last year and decided they'd be my new seeds this year. Also planted some Cayenne seeds today and onions and Butternut Squash all in the Propagators.

[sammy_roser]

Digging around trying to level out an area for my new baby asparagus bed. Finally decided on a good spot for my wine berries! Just need to clear a couple of years of brambles and a likely to be dead bamboo plant I never looked after.

[Feral007]

Son dug over a section of the fruit forest for green manure seeds. Mulched on top. Rain clouds disappeared

Still it's got to rain sometime surely?

Horsey stuff organised for tomorrow. Clothes washed so I can pack tomorrow for week away at new job.

Horses wormed (well one still outstanding as he doesn't like the smell of it) And chooks excited by dried apricots and bread soaked in milk.