What I did today 2012-2014

[wizzbang]

Stella, don't you have to rot seaweed down? Does it go straight on the ground? No idea how to use seaweed and wont be able to get hold of any, i'm just curious.
Thank you.
Lynne x

[stella]

I will soak it and rinse to get the salt out, chop it up and dig it in, bearing in mind I put wet newspaper parcels of veggie peelings in deep holes, seems to be ok

[shepp726]

watered the beds i have seeded and went for a nosey peek at everyone's plots. Am devastated, have worked my proverbial's off all week only to find one plot looks stunning compared to my plot of 'shallow graves', well planned out, bordered all round, paving slabs waiting to go in, healthy seedlings everywhere, yards of bean supports, (perfectly straight, pffttt), and to top it all a pile of manure that sherpas would struggle to climb, (obviously has a herd of wilderbeest in his back yard).

[rustylady]

Four hours at the allotment in the sunshine.

Nearly finished digging back to the path, so I now have another bed ready to plant.

Strimmed the path by the killer blackberry on next door's plot so we can actually get to the plots further on (including mine).

Weeded the asparagus bed and the potatoes.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on my toms then the sweet/chilli peppers that I've been overwintering.

[treepixie]

After work, I planted out the runner beans & peas, watered everything, did a little dance as the spuds and broad beans are coming up.

[Zenithtb]

Started weeding another area of the dreaded chufa.

Planted another forty lettuces (twenty red and frilly, twenty normal green ones). Just got them as plugs from a local shop.

Also planted five bell peppers.

Finally also mulched another area of the veggie area of the garden, around tomatoes and the new peppers.

Discovered most of my posh cucumbers have been munched

[VirginVegGrower]

Went and spent a couple of hours weeding, harvesting and dandelion head pulling off next door's plot as he's definitely leaving it to go to rack and ruin now
Spuds are through, Gertrude Franck bed getting a few wry smiles, intrigued commenting, etc. Weeded and levelled out the last pathway. Planted three tayberries in by the soon to be post and wire fence, down the side. Everything has put on growth in the last 48 hours.

[Florence Fennel]

Over the last few days, got the bean wigwam up and planted, with poached eggs all around it, got the biggest tomatoes out, almost cleared the windowsills ready to fill up with squash! Happy days, but back at work today

[VirginVegGrower]

Sown beans today - Blackpod Runner bean, self saved from last year's HSL and I was lucky to get those in such a bad year x 15. Czar Runner Bean - wanted for butter bean substitute. HSL's Ying's Lablab Bean x 5 for the polytunnel. HSL's San Antonio CFB for seed saving. HSL's Corsican Runner Bean - for seed saving and as a butter bean substitute (look like Czar) - x 5.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on cucs, courgettes and youngest grandsons pumpkin that I'm looking after until its ready to plant in his garden.

[binley100]

Did my morning chores, went up lottie and helped with membrane and bark chippings on our new social space.....now at work .........will be jammin' later

[horticultural_hobbit]

Plugged in some Verbena Plugs that had been calling at me outside the garden cafe. Attempted tie wendy house cover to the wendy house frame as horrible winds and gales are forecast for tomorrow.

Sown some Alexandra peas, bunyards exhibition and Suttons dwarf.

Went to mulch only for the heavens to open and drench me through having tipped out one wheelbarrow full.

[Scarlet]

Planted up some toms in my G/H borders. Made a netted cage for my broccoli and planted in some kale. Just made the boys tea and after they've lugged my compost up to the greenhouse I'm going to pot on my chilli plants. Good day today.

[Snadger]

Finished tidying all the weeds out of my old carrot bed. This is going to be one of my brassica beds this year, so raked it level without digging (brassicas like firm soil) spread a handful a square yard of dolomite limestone and a handful a square yard of temperature controlled slow release fertiliser. This remember was a carrot bed so has very little nutrients left in it..........hence the slow release fert. The limestone should help raise the Ph on my acid soil to allow me to grow brassicas. I'll also add some to each planting hole.

Managed to unhitch the enviromeah that surrounded the bed to be swapped for 99p mesh to cover the top from B&M's!
Pulled up loads more flowering dandelions (where do they all come from!) and fed them to the chooks.