What I did today 2012-2014

[shepp726]

OMG, pigeons all but destroyed my cauli, never touched the red or white cabbage......

note to self: plant more cauli or buy gun.

[trolleydolly]

OMG, pigeons all but destroyed my cauli, never touched the red or white cabbage......

note to self: plant more cauli or buy gun.

Mmm the thought did cross my mind......

[roitelet]

Took all the tops out of the broad beans to stop the blackfly.

[Snadger]

Hand weeded onion beds and around my seat. Chooks were very appreciative of the weeds collected.

[veggiechicken]

You have weeds around your seat? Have you considered changing your pants?
As for me - did some more weeding and clearing and, as a reward, treated myself to a MFB of spuds and some broad beans in their pods. Yummy, just devoured with some good Welsh butter and sea salt (just wait for the discussion on whether one should or shouldn't )

[Snadger]

You have weeds around your seat? Have you considered changing your pants?
As for me - did some more weeding and clearing and, as a reward, treated myself to a MFB of spuds and some broad beans in their pods. Yummy, just devoured with some good Welsh butter and sea salt (just wait for the discussion on whether one should or shouldn't )

Nettles and thistles poking through the slats of the seat. Dammed uncomfortable!

I'm moving my bench to the middle of the herb bed. Don't mind mint,lemon balm and bee balm growing through it!

[VirginVegGrower]

You have weeds around your seat? Have you considered changing your pants?
As for me - did some more weeding and clearing and, as a reward, treated myself to a MFB of spuds and some broad beans in their pods. Yummy, just devoured with some good Welsh butter and sea salt (just wait for the discussion on whether one should or shouldn't )

Should and why not

[Florence Fennel]

I'm a should too VC

Last evening completed the grow bed with housebrick supports in each corner and compost atop the earth. Had just finished when the heavens opened, great timing for a change

[hellybore]

Last year's coriander and carrot seeds didn't germinate so bought new packets of each today and sowed both. Bought some organic seaweed feed as can't wait for my nettle and comfrey teas to be ready, French beans and courgettes both looking scarily yellow - fed today, hope will recover.
Put bamboo canes up for the tomato plants in the blowaway, which are starting to flower.

[Snadger]

Decided to tackle the unsightly top of my plot which has a half dismembered chicken run in it wit ginormous nettles growing through it!

Attacked the nettles first using my swoe as a makeshift scythe swinging it like a swo-rd.Quite theraputic knocking 5 foot high nettles down.

Once i'd trampled a way in and gathered all the lumps of wire mesh with nettles growing through them, I was in a position to take the roof off. Hammer and chisel made short work of the staples and I managed to release a humungus sheet of mesh from the roof. Approximately ten foot long and six foot wide this has now become the side of an extended open topped run area for chooks, but only when I'm there. If I'm not there they will have to stay in there foxproofed run they usually reside in.
I know from past experience that chooks don't like nettles so I'll have to fully clear them out so they can have a scratch about.

[VirginVegGrower]

Spent nearly five hours on hedge cutting and shaping the box hedging. My diamond is all wonky and I am past caring. Back kills and I am only half way through the job.

[binley100]

Spent most of the day getting ready for craft fair tomorrow.........
Nearly managed to behead a tom .....it's now wearing a plaster but no signs of wilting .........
Fed toms with comfrey tea ......smelly gh.......
Spent the evening at the lottie doing some therapeutic weeding .......ripping them out with feeling

[Florence Fennel]

Planted up the new grow bed with Butternut Squash and courgettes. Planted out turnips. Put 4 toms into their final tubs and outside. Hoping to feed the toms again with comfrey tea this evening - by that stuff's magic, I'm finding it makes even more difference than the tomato-feed-proper! I'll also have to tackle the borage that is taking over a big piece of garden space (VVG you said they'd self seed, but you didn't warn me how much, but never mind, borage tea will be made).

[rustylady]

Managed to get to the lottie this afternoon and apart from a couple of hefty showers it turned out nice. Warm when the sun came out.

Picked a bowlful of strawberries, planted a couple of climbing beans that I'd forgotten about, and cleared loads of weeds.

[JustPotteringAbout]

Had a walk in the woods, poked about a bit looking at the wild flora and fauna and pondered the ralationship between the various species and the wood's ecosystem.
Gave myself a slap for turning into a silly hippy.
Tonight
Tidied up greenhouse;
Emptied pots of scorched plants to clear space. Potted on healthy sage, pepper and basil plants.
Put saucers I got cheap on Thursday at the supermarket under pots that didn't have them
Removed shelves from east side of greenhouse to give plants some air, space and light.
Cut up about a dozen 2 Litre milk cartons into strip for labels (will cut the pointy ends when I can be bothered)
Gave the compost heap a bit of a turn
Picked gastropods
Made some soup with stuff from the garden (totally unconnected with last task)
Looked out sample containers for plant and animal specimens