What I did today 2012-2014

[Mumbles]

Protected my one remaining healthy looking Brussels plant with netting as spotted some cabbage white eggs on a leave this morning.

Thought about harvesting potato plant that was in the way early then the cat did it anyway

Realised I have 66 plug plants arriving soon so really need to get a wiggle on down the allotment preparing some room for them 😦


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[SP1965]

Picked cauliflower, broad beans and dug potatoes. Had for dinner tonight!

[Penellype]

Rearranged the strawberry tower, putting the marshmellow which have finished at the bottom and the malwina (late) at the top for more sun. Trimmed off dead leaves and runners in the process.
Found 3 unexpected rasperries on my Autumn Bliss plant which is looking very stunted and sorry for iteslf in its pot.
Harvested lettuce and peas for lunch and potatoes, carrots and my first ever calabrese for tea. I will never, ever get sick of sitting down to a plate of food, most or all of which has come straight out of the garden

[Bren In Pots]

Thinned the last of the parsnips always seems a shame but its got to be done, then I potted on some mixed lettuce into 3in pots.

[Green Gerkin]

I hung the washing out, pottered around the garden, then it started to rain so got the washing in.
Rain stopped, washing back out. Did bit of weeding.
Rain started, washing back in.
Rain stopped, continued with weeding and tying up tomatoes.
Rain started again - cant even remember where washing was now so given up and time for a cuppa and cream cake. 😄


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[Littlefox2000]

Managed to get to the plot once the rain turned to spit. Watered the poly tunnel plants. Picked a stack of courgettes and broad beans and kale. Planted out two hops which have been sitting sulking in pots...admittedly, their sulking was justified as they've been sitting waiting to be planted since last summer...😳😮

Then planted out the last of my squash, patty pan and courgette seedlings, which was long over due (managed to weed another bed in the process!). However I've realised this morning as I cut only the courgettes that urgently needed to be taken before they turned into marrows...I've planted too many of the buggers. And now I've planted out even more. So I will be turning to google for inspiration for things to do with courgettes. You think I'd learn from last year...but no.


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[Florence Fennel]

Cleared the broad beans, they're now in the freezer and planted the pumpkins. Lifted loads more onions and made room to plant out the sprouts. Cursed the Tour as it prevented my son from visiting me today

[JustPotteringAbout]

Cut the grass.
Listened to GQT

Searched iPlayer for Beechgrove Garden. Bloody sport, grown men kicking balls around a field like children! If they are going to drop programmes for sport why don't they drop trash like soap operas?

[Bigmallly]

Did a bit a bit of shredding, trying to keep on top of it.................did a bit of shopping then made a couple of sun jars for the viewing vase.

[MrsCordial]

I actually got into the veg patch for first time in ages. We took on my father-in-law's business earlier this year and since then time, energy and mojo have been in short supply. The veg patch has been feeling like just another demand and it's one I've been avoiding.

Anyway, today I got in there and, er, stuff's grown! Not all the stuff I wanted though. I roughly weeded the beetroot, the squashes, garlic and lettuces and put down a lot of cardboard and newspaper. I cleared out a load of pop bottles (I've used them for cloches but I'm not so convinced about that method now), tied in a loganberry stalk and pulled up rogue poppies.

Aside from that we had a good clearout and I made a trip to the tip and paid a visit to B&Q for an incinerator.

[Mumbles]

Sorted my seed packets in to earliest month sown ready for next year. Then picked a few packs out that I can sow now and squeeze in somewhere between getting the edibles out of the garden and turning jungle into allotment.

OH just shook his head when he seen how many unopened packets of seeds I had acquired, daren't show him the box full of the 'doubles'😗

Now sat enjoying a cuppa and my mag 😊


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[Small pumpkin]

I pulled up lots of my beetroot to stop the mice/voles eating them
Started Repotting my chilli plants. Cleaned out chickens

[Penellype]

Managed to get to the plot once the rain turned to spit. Watered the poly tunnel plants. Picked a stack of courgettes and broad beans and kale. Planted out two hops which have been sitting sulking in pots...admittedly, their sulking was justified as they've been sitting waiting to be planted since last summer...

Then planted out the last of my squash, patty pan and courgette seedlings, which was long over due (managed to weed another bed in the process!). However I've realised this morning as I cut only the courgettes that urgently needed to be taken before they turned into marrows...I've planted too many of the buggers. And now I've planted out even more. So I will be turning to google for inspiration for things to do with courgettes. You think I'd learn from last year...but no.


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I like making courgettes into soup, either on their own, or with any combination of tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil and parmesan. The trouble is you can only get so much stock from a chicken carcass, and I get sick of a constant diet of chicken, and I also don't always want to eat soup in the summer. So what I do is chop the courgettes and fry them lightly in butter, then freeze them in sensible sized portions for making soup. I do the same thing with tomatoes and I freeze onions and peppers as well. I also freeze blocks of chicken stock if I make it when I don't want to make soup. I then defrost what I want and boil it all up in a pan until soft, then blend it for an instant soup. I've also made soup this way with frozen home made pasta sauce (again using courgettes, tomatoes etc).

[Littlefox2000]

I like making courgettes into soup, either on their own, or with any combination of tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil and parmesan. The trouble is you can only get so much stock from a chicken carcass, and I get sick of a constant diet of chicken, and I also don't always want to eat soup in the summer. So what I do is chop the courgettes and fry them lightly in butter, then freeze them in sensible sized portions for making soup. I do the same thing with tomatoes and I freeze onions and peppers as well. I also freeze blocks of chicken stock if I make it when I don't want to make soup. I then defrost what I want and boil it all up in a pan until soft, then blend it for an instant soup. I've also made soup this way with frozen home made pasta sauce (again using courgettes, tomatoes etc).

Mmm! Penellype, soup definitely is a good plan. I might try courgette in gazpacho too as I love it!

I'm also going to make sure I leave quite a few for marrows. Stuffed marrow is favourite in my household.


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[kitchengardener]

sat in the garden.. had a fag. looked around and thought "what have i got myself into"
then went to work lol