What I did today 2012-2014

[Bren In Pots]

Sown more Chard because it looks like the first lot is starting to bolt

[susieq100]

OH and I have painted the garden fence! Pottered about planting out sunflowers and Morning Glory against the newly painted fence. Planted out a couple of hanging baskets and a couple of planters with some 'mystery' plants ... I knew what they were when I bought them, but that was a couple of months ago when they were tiny plugs. So - we shall see!

[toby6668]

Put up the pea and bean rack and netting. Planted my frizzle pea plants, plants some runner and broad bean seeds. Watered my potatoes. Was going to strim the weeds but the rain has come so cooking tea and drinking wine instead :-)

[Florence Fennel]

Cleared the windowsills of toms, all now in the stayput. Two huge pumpkins planted in the compost heap, not sure if they'll make it but we'll see. Pricked out some turnip (Purple top Milan). Youngest son painted half the fence on the inside. He was at it 5 hours - well it's a big fence! Sowed more cut and come again salad. Yesterday planted out 8 cabbages under mesh. Re-seeded carrot bed after getting out all of the creepy stuff. Planted out sunflowers and put some squash under the runner bean wigwam. Fed the sickly tomatoes.

[Likac66]

Just pricked out and potted up 13 lettuce attractie (think that's the variety) and potted on a couple of tomato plants, 3 courgette tondo and various cucumbers.

[marcofez]

Planted out my brassica's in the protection cloches I've made. Also planted 94 sweetcorn plants as they were getting rather large.

[Grandy]

Replaced two fence posts, was a nightmare getting the old concrete out, would of made good house foundations!! Eventually got it done, hate that job.

Also noticed that something has eaten and or pulled out my spinach and sprouts, not happy.

[Martin H]

Finished clearing another bed on the allotment (that makes 9!) and planted out maincrop Maris Piper from the garden centre's £1 sell-off a couple of weeks ago.

Cut down nettles at the bottom of the plot and assembled 3 pallets into a compost bin. I had to unearth a carpet first that had been buried in compost down there for some reason. The nettles seemed quite happy growing on top of it!

Took pictures of all the beds for my blog then discovered there is a maximum of 5 per blog post - will have to do a collage tomorrow.

[Loudbarker1]

Really did not do enough over weekend. All I did was mow lawn andpalt 25 frrench been seeds. Also watered potted soft fruit and indoor seeds. Lots to do......

[Niall]

Finally finished my raised beds at my new house which I built from scratch... Planted out about 30 bean plants using some metal frame and old bits of wood found lying around! Also planed out 8 sweetcorn plants and put some other things outside to harden off ready for planting out.
I grew some rhubarb last year from seed and this is now ready to plant out and should provide stems big enough to harvest this summer, this is outside hardening off a bit. If you have the patience I reccomend growing this from seed as it is so cheap compared to buying the plants.

Also have sown a bunch of different flower types.

[eirish]

Yesterday I went out to plant the second lot of gutter peas and decided that first I'd best do something about the weeds down the bank next to the pea bed. Tricky clambering behind the oil tank and over the wood pile, but I yanked out the nettles and chopped back the ground elder, leaving the mint and wild strawberries as much as possible. I'm sure the peas will appreciate the extra light and I definitely appreciated the lack of nettles whilst planting out the new lot!

Also potted on the chillies and cucumbers, and the tomatoes I picked up Sunday. Which then meant having to rearrange the seed-starting station to fit everything in!

[maisiem]

All the work was done on Sunday but just got round to updating now lol

- Bed 3 (square foot) planted out with - beetroot, parsnip, carrots, leeks, courgette, brussel sprout, calabrese, onions x 2 squares. Planted spring onions, radish and lettuce leaves round the edges.
- Bed 4 - first batch of peas x 2 squares, and sugar snap peas x 1.5 squares grown in root trainers and dwarf french bean seeds.
- root trainers washed and cleansed ready for next sowing.
- another batch of lettuce leaves sown in greenhouse
- planted up all the baskets, planters, troughs in the front garden with flowers (took all afternoon).

to be done over next few days:
- sow second batch of peas, beans and sugar snap peas
- sow more pea shoots
- plant calabrese in pot
- plant back garden baskets, pots and troughs with flowers
- put stakes in for sprouts and courgettes.
- pot on peppers, tomatoes and chillis

[marcofez]

Planted out sweet peas that had got to big for their modules, then it chucked it down so I hid in the polytunnel. Prepped borders and planted 12 "San Marzano" tomatoes. Then legged it home for a coffee!
Bloody rain!!!!!!!!!!!

[alldigging]

Helped make several hundred hanging baskets over at Limeside.

[StephenH]

Yesterday, I thoroughly watered and weeded the inside of the polytunnel on the allotment, and planted out my pumpkin seedlings (Jack O'Lantern). The pt is now completely planted up. Worried about my toms - they're still tiny, even though I sowed them early - February. I know we had a horrible March, but they were on the kitchen windowsill until the warmer weather arrived. They're nowhere near flowering yet. Oh well - we shall see what we shall see.
Also put the last compost, about three inches from the bottom of the unoccupied bin, around the bases of some of the apple trees, and around the spuds. Started to refill the bin, starting with hedge clippings to aerate it underneath a bit, and continuing with mixed weeds taken from beside nearby footpaths. I'll have the heap finished by the end of the week, then it can be covered and left to get on with it, along with the other two. I'll have tons of compost come September or thereabouts!