What I did today - 2015

[Jungle Jane]

I noticed some of my onions have sprouted little green shoots Picked the last of my runner beans today,chop & dropped the vines & leaves over the roots & around the shrubs.

[Snadger]

Dug half a 10' X 4' bed of Desiree potatoes so that OH has a choice between redskins and white skins (Elfe)

Took my two show leek seed heads out of a bucket of water with Armillatox added and broke them apart into individual grass leeks. Did as AP suggested and wrapped each 'clump' of seedlings in damp paper. On the way home I called into a local GC and purchased 50 litre of potting compost for when they are ready to pot on. Seedlings are in jam jars on window sill at home now waiting for roots to form.

[Gillykat]

Picked the last of my Gardener's Delight tomatoes and then cleared plants away onto compost heap. Finished clearing other beds in the polytunnel. Potted up Pink Fizz fuchsias into proper pots (they were temporarily 'heeled' into tunnel until I found a permanent place in pots outside for them and five months later.... ) as well as the eight fuchsia cuttings I've had on living room window. Had a few spare daffodil & tulip bulbs (and no permanent bed to put them in as plot is being renovated over winter) so planted them in tunnel for a bit of early colour Finished potting up last of my strawberry runners.

Everything being wintered in polytunnel

[Nannysally99]

My onion sets are romping away. That's the easy bit - the hard bit is to stop them bolting next spring.
Keeping them watered might help I expect. So they have been.

[Martin H]

Had a decent session down the allotment today, first time for ages. I reclaimed my annual cut flower bed from the jungle that had engulfed it since midsummer (lots of nettles and docks from seed), I cut down all the fruited blackberries and tied in the new canes onto the supports, and I lifted the rest of my Charlotte potatoes which have kept fine in the soil until now.

My onion seedlings are romping away with all this mild weather, I'm glad I bit the bullet and planted them out instead of waiting till spring.

[Jungle Jane]

I've just been potting on my Brussels sprouts seedlings & some spring onions,I used the compost from one of my potato sacks & whilst at it,lifted some potatoes that have been out there for months but with the foliage cut off,one had a bit of scab the rest are fine,I think they're Nicola second earlies but they could be vales emerald,I need to label things better.

[Lisasbolt]

Yesterday i was finding similar sized potatoes in the draw and noticed some are starting to chit. So have separated 10 little tiny ones. They are now sat in a tray to chit a bit more, in a couple of weeks i am going to try and plant them out in pots in the pt, we only get a couple of cold night so will keep an eye on the forecast and bring them inside if it gets cold. Even i just get a handful to have with a salad i will happy enough. I have not bought a potato since March and trying to never get any again. Wish me luck

[Root66]

Yesterday.....
Tidying and organising equipment.
Building a bonfire
3 rows of broad beans for overwintering sowed.
Searching for onions and garlic to join them

[Bren In Pots]

Raked leaves and added them to my wire bin.

[bramble]

Had a very productive day today.
Went to the beach this morning and after a lovely long walk we picked two bags of seaweed.
Home and after lunch I dug over part of my garden, pulled out the weeds , chopped up the seaweed and dug it all in.
Fairly tired now but well pleased with my days work.

[Ryleh]

Today I cleared the site for my new polytunnel, it was tiring work but its now clear and I've relocated a number of huge paving slabs that I intend to use to weigh down the poly cover. I feel tired but have that feeling that I've really accomplished something.

I just need a day now with no rain forecast so I can construct the tunnel in the dry.

[Gillykat]

I feel tired but have that feeling that I've really accomplished something

It's a really satisfying feeling, isn't it!


Nothing done on allotment today as stuck at work longer than I wanted to be but this evening these two 'fell' into my shopping basket in Morrisons Bargain at just £3 each!

[bario1]

This morning I pulled all the spent sweetcorn and extremely healthy weeds out of my potato bags and barrels. Also cut the last Crown Prince squash from it's vine - it's not gone that nice grey/blue colour, but maybe it'll ripen up indoors.

[Ryleh]

Today I built my polytunnel

It took longer than estimated but that's mostly because I'm pretty meticulous when it comes to these things and I double checked every joint, made sure every nut and bolt was properly secured and applied hot tape to the poles to hopefully give me some extra time before I eventually have to replace the cover

[Snadger]

Harvested some humungus brussel sprouts some mooli . Eggs from my chooks are in short supply just now, but brought half a dozen home for consumption. Checked on my grass leeklets from my show strains of leeks and they are starting to put out a few roots. Slightly worried at AP's post about discarding leeklets with any brown on base as all mine seem to have brown basal rot to some degree!