What I did today 2012-2014

[Tripmeup]

Fixed up missing pane on one greenhouse and swept out the other... Still have chilli's ripening on couple of plants in the greenhouses...
Sowed some chilli's in the propagator this evening...

[WPG]

Washed all my seed trays, plastic pots and propagator lids. Doesn't sound like a big job, but it took a full afternoon to get everything clean, dried and stacked.

[Vince G]

Picked last of the brussels and curly kale from brassica cage number 1 and dismantled it. Gave the field secretary's chickens those sprouts that had blown in exchange for 4 eggs, that's breakfast sorted then!

Cage was a wooden structure 8' x 8' and 6' high so it's taken a pounding in all the recent gales, thus I've invested in some lower (4'6") aluminium framed ones for next year. Still it's served me well over the last 3 years and cage number 2 is hanging in there (containing EPSB, EWSB, more Brussels and cavolo nero)

[RaptorUK]

Been down my plot already this morning to dispose of 8 bags of various weeds, roots and turf . . . came back home for breakfast though

[cptncrackoff]

Today - got up and had bacon, eggs, fried bread and mushrooms...

Yesterday though - claimed 35 sacks of freshly delivered horse poo, harvested the last of the sprouts, and the leeks (leeks were tiny but to be fair I did forget I had them and only planted them out in August!)
Also grabbed a swede.

[Penellype]

Took some photos of the veggie garden for the calendar thread. Dug compost into the area near the hotbin which gets compacted after rain. Found out (again) how heavy clay soil gets when its wet.

[vegboi]

I think it's bindweed.

Yes I too thought it was bind weed I've dug up three compost bags of the stuff.


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[vegboi]

Went to plot this morning for a few hours and I got rid of a raised bed inside GH and started to lay paving stones from my old plot , whilst there I noticed that the rhubarb was starting to get leaves on them and one of my fruit trees has got leaves on but have started to go brown like rust - is this normal? Also it had two white flowers on.

Would appreciate advice I'll try and get a pic.

Mark


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[Dorothy rouse]

3 hours on plot, half hour spent chatting. Continued to lay black fabric and cover with chippings round the edge, laying over the Stoney/weedy bit, looks so much better. This ground would never be fit to grow anything, but thinking could put down growing bags or large pots to grow things in if I need more room.

Now am aching.

[johnjohn]

Put down and watered in my newspaper mulch much to the amusement of my neighbor!

Lifted some carrots and removed the netting from the top of the fruit cage.

Emptied the water butt and drained the irrigation system for the blowaway tunnel.

Planted some daffs around the edge of one of my new raised beds.

Sat down with a mug of coffee and a biccy and just enjoyed the moment.....

[Hayley]

Went out and stopped off at the garden centre on the way home. Came back with 48 swift seed potatoes (fill a bag for £2.99), 30 shallots for 99p (sold loose so I could choose the ones I wanted), a pack of chantenay carrots 1/2 price to 75p, a pack of Bedford Brussels 1/2 price at 80p and a pack of trial price tomato seeds sweet aperitif 1/2 price to 49p!!! Came home with a big smile on my face and proceeded to clean the chickens.

[RaptorUK]

Went to plot this morning for a few hours and I got rid of a raised bed inside GH and started to lay paving stones from my old plot , whilst there I noticed that the rhubarb was starting to get leaves on them . . .

One of my transplanted Rhubarb plants also has a small leaf on it (approx. 1.5" across), December was very mild and that is what happens when it is unseasonally mild, couple of years ago I had flowers on my Blueberry in November.

[RaptorUK]

Been down my plot already this morning to dispose of 8 bags of various weeds, roots and turf . . . came back home for breakfast though

After breakfast I chopped up the remaining pallets from the compost heap so they would fit in the boot of my car and took them to the council refuse facility . . . followed by a second trip with what wouldn't fit in the boot the first time . . . with a few additional bits of rubble, then the third and final trip with the remaining rubble.

Fitted the lids to my compost bins, I had assembled them incorrectly and needed a screw driver to disassemble them so brought them home last night and sorted them.

Weather was too miserable to do anything else so came home.

[RaptorUK]

Yes I too thought it was bind weed I've dug up three compost bags of the stuff.

Yes, you are right, it is Bindweed, I had a closer look at the pallets from the old compost heap before I got rid of them, there is the tell tale intertwined stems from last years growth on some of the pallets.

[Snadger]

After collecting the eggs and feeding the chooks I cleaned them out and dumped the poop on the part vacated (still half left to harvest) kale bed. I don't see much point in composting chook poop as it doesn't appear to make much difference and if nowt else it will keep the weeds down.
Harvested a couple of small swedes and chopped some of the lower leaves off the brussel sprout plants. Chooks enjoyed these along withthe swede tops.

Lit the woodburner and dragged a foldable table into one of my greenhouses to use as a potting bench. Put the three trays of leek seedlings on bench. Had a look in my seed tin and found some red torpedo onion seeds which according to the packet could be sowed outdoors from February.
Filled two module tray with compost and sowed what was left in the packet (about 30 seeds)
By this time the woodburner was well alight and the frost was disappearing off the greenhouse glass.
Pulled my foldable chair up and enjoyed the heat for 20 mins before returning home to see the Mags get robbed by Man city!