What I did today 2012-2014

[Nannysally99]

Not much in the garden today, little bit of moving round the tomatoes and re staking the heavier by the day trusses. Have used all our container potatoes, so will be digging them up as we go now. Got a big spud baking in the oven and a sweetcorn cob ready in the microwave, just add the sausages, yummy

[marcofez]

My niece and her lovely children came down the allotment with me today. It was great watching them discover where real growing food comes from. Especially when they dug up some of my "pink fir apple" potatoes up. They went away happy with a goody bag of fresh veg!

[Small pumpkin]

Sowed seeds, dug spuds, strung up onions, cleaned out chickens, mowed lawns, played with ferrets, helped with silaging, picked produce for our tea, cooked & ate tea, drank beer. Going to bed now.

[Plot28 A&B]

Its chucking it down in Hampshire today so a planning day is in order I think! Yesterday on the lotty I mowed the grass, gave the greenhouse the once over (high winds forecast today), weeded the wild flower garden that that had turned into the wild dead flower garden, picked some autum raspberries, picked more cucumber and picked our first melon which is a first for us and was absolutely lovely really juicy and very orange.......oh and picked more tomatoes!

[shellyanne1987]

Just had to rig up a support outside for my sweetcorn plants poor things are being battered by some mental wind! My courgette plant has been lifted out the bed and flying around the garden, thankfully all courgettes where eaten in yesterday's dinner from that plant and got a few more that I've just strapped down to stop the same happening to them! Oh this weather my poor plants are taking a beating may have to consider eying back out and putting all potted plants in the shed to keep them safe


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[skeggijon]

Picked another 12 courgettes, 4 cucumbers, 6 peppers and 5 chillies. Thinned out the carrots - thinking its a bit too windy for carrot fly to be tempted out lol and got quite a few french beans and swiss chard.
Polytunnels seem to be bearing up to the wind so far.
Melon plants have finally got fruit on them. Just hoping theres still time for them to grow and ripen.

[Green Gerkin]

Have got the baking hat on and made summer fruit steamed sponge pud for tea, with raspberries and blackberries straight of the bush.
As cakes are so often mentioned on here I thought I'd make a batch of cupcakes too.
Only to find I had no jam, chocolate or fruit to put in them.
I found a jar of golden syrup so have put blobs of that in the middle of each one.....
Will see how they taste in about 30mins with a cuppa.


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[Dorothy rouse]

Prepared onion and garlic,and threw in freezer. Also more beans.

Made courgette and tomato chutney. ( added apple this batch).

Made blackcurrant pie, mmmmmmmmm

[NatalieCooke]

Work until 2:30. Went food shopping at asda and picked up a grape tree. I'm just to quite sure what to do with it now!

[Snadger]

Picked a punnet of gooseberries from one bush.A cucumber, two marrows,two gherkins and a load of tomatoes.
Tied up and supported toms that had fallen down and snapped there supporting canes with weight of crop.
Lots of stuff running to seed this year including bolthardy betroot,leeks and swedes.

All of which become chook fodder!

[Nannysally99]

Picked the rest of my corn and froze it. That's it for yesterday, horrible wind and rain

[Green Gerkin]

Cut back the overgrown curry plant that was hiding the rockery. Now the green bin and my hands stink of curry!!


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[NatalieCooke]

I needed something to cheer me up So i walk down to the greenhouse which always helps.

[Two_Sheds]

- tied in all the remaining sunflowers
- chopped up the ones felled by Bertha
- righted the knocked-over bean teepees
- picked a salad & dug the last of the potatoes
- mowed the lawn, put clippings in the dog poo dalek

[Dorothy rouse]

Unsuccessfully tried to 'right' the bean pyramids ( impressed with you 'Two Sheds').

Planted out broccoli and cauliflower, and covered with netting! Got soaked whilst doing this!

Sheltered in shed with, my Lottie neighbour, we must have looked very funny.

Picked runners, and prepared for freezer.

Picked more courgettes!

Plucked cucumbers and prepared ready to make pickles tomorrow