What I did today 2012-2014

[BertieFox]

Built a shallow cover for heated greenhouse staging, white plastic sides and polycarbonate top. Works well to keep heat in. My turnips, spring onions etc are already germinating and will need pricking on in next couple of days. If it ever stops raining I need to continue to clear the vegetable beds outside.

[Feral007]

Went to work and came home. Ask me tomorra

[binley100]

Looked back in my diary for last year and had already sown some seeds so........I sowed some seeds

[BertieFox]

Today I rebuilt my old plastic propagator (which was a 'top of the range' one 15 or more years ago and cost over £100 even then.... now sold at over £200 I think!). They don't tell you that these plastic things will fall to pieces after a decade or so, and the plastic has just flaked away and shattered. Inside, the thermostat, heating cables, and so on, were in perfect condition, so I have made a new base of marine ply and boards, put the heating element between glazed clay floor tiles, and covered this with sand. The rod thermostat is fixed to the inside a few centimetres above the surface and the indicator lights fixed in holes in the side, with the thermostat control. I rebuilt the top with solid glass panels some time ago, and use a polycarbonate sheet as the top. I have put it on heat tonight with my max/min thermometer inside and will see how warm it gets. Weather is very mild at present so I need to see how it functions on really cold nights. It is located in the polytunnel.

[Bigmallly]

Finished preparing the ground for the kite which involved digging up huge tree roots. Anyways it is now asleep under it's cardboard duvet. Just need some overhanging trees pruning before putting up the frame......................oh, almost forgot, sowed some sweet peas.........

[Vince G]

Cut down asparagus ferns and covered stumps with muck, pruned our 3 gooseberry bushes, and the goji.

[Feral007]

Bought a 1/2 price tomato and rockmelon seedling and 4 cucumber seedlings. Well not much luck out there so far with the ones I've raised, nor the ones I was given. Very hard year this year for growing

[Spunky]

Whys that ferrel too hot?

[Bigmallly]

In tune with re-locating to the funny farm, today I sowed some cherry & beefsteak toms, onion & leek seeds plus a few more modules of sweet peas.

[BertieFox]

In another triumph of hope over experience, I sowed some cauliflower seeds (Well, it does say 'All Year Round' on the packet!) Also pricked on the first of my Pak Choi seedlings etc into modules. Discovered my onion seed which is only two years old is no good as it has all rotted in the pot, while the spring onion seed has germinated strongly.

[Bren In Pots]

Made a temporary cold frame out of bricks and a window frame to cover the chard that's been getting a bashing in the winds.

[Noosner]

Carried on with building raised sloping beds at lottie. I am making them out of roof tiles and sloping them southwards as according to Joy Larkcom, every 5 degrees you can slope a bed towards the sun is the equivalent of being 30 miles south. When I've finished, these beds won't be in yorkshire any more, but Leicestershire. I don't know if this is a crazy plan or a genius one - it is certainly drawing some looks of incomprehension down at lottie and people saying 'I wouldn't do it that way'... Anyway 2 beds are done now with another two part done. Planning 5 altogether. All I can say is WE WILL SEE!

[rustylady]

Watched the rain through the windows and started sorting the seeds. Itching to start sowing something.

[Bren In Pots]

Like RL I've just been listening to the rain but I did put some Puy lentils to sprout just to keep me going until its seed sowing time.

[WPG]

Quite a lot of wind damage on our allotment, picket fence down, trellis about to fall down, PSB blown over, compost bin lids blown away etc. Spent about half an hour tidying up....more wind forecast for tonight.