What I did today 2012-2014

[rustylady]

Went to the allotment. Managed to prop up the poor shed. Little helper sowed some peas and some radishes.

[marcofez]

Her full name is:-
Fringe-Headed Drunken Woman , Lettuce Leaf

Leafy Rossa D'Amerique, Cut & Come Again , Also called 'Rossa di Trento' & American Red - 55 days. Heirloom Redleaf - Definitely a floozy of a lettuce & one of the finest redleaf cultivars we have grown! Red fringed, slightly wavy, bright green & red streaked leaves turn this beautiful leaf lettuce into a real show-off on the beds, its sturdy at the bottom and frilly at the top. One of the slowest to bolt. Sweet and beautiful, & what a name! , Seed Count Approx - 450 - tad

Irresistible - I just had to grow it!!

Like the sound of that! Where can you get it from?

[Bren In Pots]

I seem to have spent the whole day in the garden making things.

[SeleneMourie]

Turned half the front garden into a herb bed and country garden today On the front right is wild garlic chive and walking onions. On the left by the front wall is a row of snow drops, then a row of daffodils then two rows of bluebells. Behind that I made a little slate wall which holds lavender, thyme, rosemary, chives and the woodrush and thyme that cousin left here last summer Planning to make an slat box dug deep into the corner of the bed to plant spearmint in next weekend

[Likac66]

Popped to the shops and bought a rake, some heavy duty seed trays, a hand tool and then suddenly a pack of red onion sets jumped into my basket as well. Sneaked to the allotment inbetween dropping the kids off at drama and hubby getting home and planted the onion sets. Broad beans and peas all look happy there and I think I spotted a pea that was planted directly last week emerging. I think it was only one week ago that we planted those so they have germinated quickly. Must have timed it just right with the warmer weather, sunshine and rain in the past week.

[horticultural_hobbit]

Willed on chilli peppers and tomatos to get a wiggle on. Moved one from chilli from one unheated prop to an uncovered one as it had germinated.

[veggiechicken]

Like the sound of that! Where can you get it from?

I bought mine from Pennard but they're out of stock now. However, the VSP has Drunkard lettuce which sounds very similar! Lettuce Ubriacona (86-38) - Seeds from Italy

EDIT Today I sowed 10 different peas and beans - most of which had funny names
Planted out some turnip seedlings that I'd grown for leaves, not roots - just to show how easy it is to grow turnip greens for lizards

[VirginVegGrower]

Sown parsnips using Bins' compost hole method. I warmed the soil first with black membrane and waited until April as per Zaz's instruction.
Mr VVG put some fencing posts and wires up, so I was able to train in the loganberry and the violet stemmed raspberry "General" . Both muck mulched. We put in the fencing posts down the other side too. I plan to put rosa rugosa on the front edge - should keep the ******** off my raised beds
That will mean we are fenced off, as others are and ****** the parish council! I am feeling so rebellious today.
Put in tree onions from Zaz - fankoo very muchly. Left tayberries for Keef. Left potato spares for Simon. Left brassica spares for the other guy, whose name I have forgotten. Only person I saw up there today, was the woman with the big ******* and a mouth to match, so put my earphones in as she complained to Mr VVG about the Parish Council again.
Planted my brassicas, cabbage Greyhound and Precocce de Louviers, also calabrese. Netted right away. Picked some PSB for dinnydins. Worried about a man and a dog wandering the Lincolnshire flats.
Mulched the raspberries and did some watering as everywhere so dry with this evil wind.

[Two_Sheds]

- wore my new tee shirt to the allotment
- spent all afternoon weeding & planting peas, in the sunshine. Bliss
- transplanted the self-sown onions, variety unknown
- spread 3 carrier bags of seaweed on the beds, as a mulch

[eirish]

Sowed cerinthe and borage in the cold frame, and a box of peas for pea shoots. Felt properly posh swanning about in my skirt and wellies, growing pea shoots in a wine box. (Been watching too much Alys Fowler lately!)

[rustylady]

- wore my new tee shirt to the allotment

That'll be one in the eye for the "old boys"

[BarleySugar]

Planted sweetcorn, squash, courgettes and cucumbers in the greenhouse after work. Only sowed two of each cucurbit variety, so I've spares for later if necessary.

[Martin H]

Got home from work at 7:30, just time to put some pelleted chicken poo on the raspberries and pull up some seeding cress-type weeds before it got dark.

[binley100]

I did this........

The third and final tattie bed..also planted up three builders bags with the ones I didn't have room for...

[Yorkshire.Dave]

Decided to start digging a trench for the bottom of the new polytunnel before I get it at the end of the month, Got one side done then decided to rest after fighting with all that clay and stones....
Hoping that if i plant it underground about 10 inch and cover the base rails with stone it will stop it blowing away :-)