What I did today 2012-2014

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Not done anything gardening wise! Well apart from "Uprighting pots" from the winds last night! Again! a newbie on here, n couldn't think where else to post this but a "Chit Chat" thread! So gunna wish all "An Happy new Year" and a very successful growing season for 2014!

[hollychap]

sown leeks and sweat pea in cold ghouse

[Feral007]

Planted out another purchased tomato seedling - I don't even want tomatoes anymore, I just want one to grow. 4 cucumbers, and a rockmelon, just because it was half price.

Watered the new plants in and the First garden bed.

Shocking year for growing here. Dry as a bone. Pulled all the broad bean plants out yesterday but haven't got the beans off them yet. Best do that soon and cook them to freeze as they don't seem to dry well for me.

[BertieFox]

Lifted the lid of the propagator, looked inside, put the lid back! (One of THOSE days!)

[Bigmallly]

Dug a 15' bean trench, filled with rotted material & topped up with soil. Cut more tree branches down. Fitted a PIR light. Re-Positioned a Whirligig...........One of those days.......

[bearded bloke]

Dug up the rest of the leeks & fed them to the chooks

[rustylady]

Bought some seed potatoes, and some seeds. Yes, the gardening year has started

[Dorothy rouse]

Bought some seed potatoes, and some seeds. Yes, the gardening year has started

Oh nice eh. My potatoes will be ready for collection next week, and I haven't had to buy any seeds for next year, had so many left from last year or ones given in the Mag.

Pity we still have some winter months to go!

[vegboi]

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!

Oo take some pics


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[hellybore]

Battled down to the lottie in nasty wind, dropped off kitchen scraps onto compost heap, had a quick poke about, hurried home to the wam. Ordered lots more seeds, as if I need any more - at this rate I will have enough to plant up the whole of Sussex!

[Penellype]

Had a peep in the propagator and discovered the lettuce, pak choi, peas and spinach I sowed on 28 December have germinated. Moved them to the grow light garden.

Dug out the bottom layer of the hotbin and spread the compost on the garden for the worms to play with.

Ordered some tower pots for next year's strawberries and herbs.

All in all a good day

[Two_Sheds]

- repaired some of the storm damage: put canes upright again, and moved all the cans from the beds onto the canes
- laid down more newspaper mulch, because the mild winter has given the weeds a boost. The mulch is so good that it's stayed in place even while everything else is blowing around.

[vegboi]

Hi Penelope. You have been busy can I ask what a light garden is?

Mark


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[vegboi]

Hi two sheds, can I ask what newspaper mulch is, and what do you use it for and how.

Mark


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[Zoejcksn]

Morning well spent cleaning out the shed ( with the heater on!) put up a shelf and got organised, re-felted the chicken house roof. Spent the evening sorting my seeds needless to say I don't think I need to buy any! Just potatoes
Next job on the list is to clean the green house will see if baby bump will allow this tomorrow


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