What I did today 2012-2014

[KevinM67]

Spent last night over at the park with my rake and black bin bags and gathered 10 bags of leaves. Pitch black, so I'm hoping it's just leaves in the bags.

Had a couple of funny looks and 'comments' from the local revellers on their way out to get smashed.

What has my life become.

[hellybore]

Sowed wild garlic and woodland flower seeds under the apple and plum trees. There are primroses, foxgloves, stinking hellebore (my namesake!), snowdrops and a few others I can't remember. Looking forward to seeing what comes up! Also sowed mixed green manures on a couple of beds - white & crimson clover, phacelia and mustard. A bit late I know, but hopefully some will germinate. Then came home out of the rain to snuggle on the sofa with a couple of gardening books and the vine

[Bex]

I've not been allotment for 2 weeks due to holiday and I was expecting a jungle but it wasn't too bad. My early rudolf had completely outgrown the fleece tunnel and pushed it to the side, had to cover with netting.

I weeded the brassicas but the ground was way too wet to do anything really, then it started raining so I give up and went to my mums for a gossip.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Today I cleared the tomato buckets out of the greenhouses at home and took the spent compost down to the plot. It will go into my pea and bean trenches later. Not that there will be much nutrition left in it but it's great for holding moisture during the dry summer months

[Aberdeenplotter]

whoops, also turned the unused FYM out of its enclosure at the plot. That will be dug into the polytunnel where the big onions will go. It's really well rotted and lovely. Tomorrow I'll be taking a new lot in about. Short notice but the farmer will be spreading his muck heap onto the fields sometime before wednesday and It's it now or never.

[Snadger]

Took up the tomatoes from one side of my large greenhouse bed. Weeded bed, added a handful of rockdust, two or three handfuls of magnesium limestone, raked it all in and filled the bed with spring cabbage plants I had grown in small pots. About 20 in all. If they don't heart up I'll just use them as spring greens. Watered in well and added some slug pellets (no need to worry about birds in the greenhouse so didn't cover them up)
Brought the toms (green and red) home with some onions and apples and I am now looking for chutney recipe.

[Greenleaves]

Chopped down 4 deseased plum tree's. (Something called Black Knot). Not a fan of fires on allotments but felt it was the best thing to do.

[Lumpy]

Covered the delicates over and picked up a very large bag of free Jerusalem Artichokes for eating and planting - result.
Sue

[Bren In Pots]

I've had to take my leeks out Allium leaf miner has destroyed the lot but its the only disaster this season so I don't suppose I've done to bad.

[BarleySugar]

Finished digging over one of the veg beds. Dug up a blackcurrant bush that is crowding the others. It will be passed on to a friend. Began pruning blackcurrants, sticking prunings in as hard wood cuttings, but the time was cut short by torrential rain.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Forked over the bed for the garlic and planted out the cloves.

I cut the raspberry canes down last week, so today I filled the bed up with about a foot-thick covering of leaves from the heap delivered in the week. I covered it over with a spare piece of debris netting weighed down with bricks - I don't want the leaves to dry out and blow everywhere.

Fat chance of that today - got bloody soaked in the rain.

[Plot28 A&B]

Had a productive day getting the plot ready for winter. Pictures tell the story. Now going to buy a lorry load of manure and top dress the large bed once the brussels and parsnips have finished

[Snow]

I dug a small pit and poured in a few days worth of food scraps. I also swept up some more leaves and added them to the bag.

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

Yesterday I got a few hours tidying, weeding etc in. Today I got 'alf an hour weeding in.

[Feral007]

Yesterday we gave afternoon tea to the garden and watered it in. Tied up the mass of tayberry canes onto a huge corner shaped structure we have.
The bees were not happy with us messing with their best plant, but hopefully the flowers will survive the treatment.
Waiting for a mulching bale of hay to do the whole area.
Found the first signs of asparagus (1st year so no eating, but great to see)

All the jostaberry cuttings are still going strong.

Today morning tea for the front gardens. And mowing if I get time. Back to work tonight, so need nanna nap in the afternoon.