What I did today - 2015

[marcofez]

11/02/2015
Finally got round to pruning 3 apple & 2 pear trees on the plot.
Also finished off cutting down the Autumn raspberries.
Filled up the compost bin with household and garden waste.
Had a chat with Bill & Mick who were also on their plots.

[bario1]

Sowed 3 chilli 'Dorset Naga' seeds.

[NatalieCooke]

It depends where you are going to keep them. If you have a heated greenhouse or conservatory then sowing now should be fine (I sowed my indoor Shirleys in January, although only one of the 2 germinated). If you can't provide artificial heat I would tend to wait a while longer as the plants will be very big by the time it is safe to plant them in an unheated greenhouse. I sow my outdoor toms in April and still find they are a bit big before the weather warms up enough for them to go out under cover.

I was planning on sowing them in an unheated widownsill propagator and keeping them in the living room window which has a large radiator underneath. The room is normally about 20 degrees.

What the benefits of a heated progagator?

[veggiechicken]

They'll germinate OK indoors, its whether you have enough well-lit space to grow them on afterwards. They'll start stretching to the light on windowsills.

[Lumpy]

We finished the last bed digging - whoop whoop. Raked some of it and covered with some cloches ready for my onions (that are happily growing in pots in the porch) and early carrots.

[Sharpy]

Sowed 3 variety`s of Toms, cauliflower, asparagus, chilli and sweet peppers. Could`t wait any longer. There all sitting comfortably in propagators on top of a snake vivarium.

Happy days.

[Gema13]

Last few days have been spent raking. Leaves everywhere lol. Amazing what a good rake can do discovered loads of lovely snow drops. Lots of bulbs coming up too which is surprising as usually February here is freezing.

[Nicola.P]

Yesterday I dug over the first of 4 beds I am putting in and waged a war against couch grass. I got some odd looks as my plot neighbours were pulling their's out and straight into compost bins. I was putting it in sacks to take away!

[TrysHard]

Sow some more pepper Mohawk - and some saved seeds a Cayenne of some sort -

tidied up some strawberry pots

Put some sweet peas to soak to plant tomorrow.

[Snadger]

Put back all the shallots that had been scratched out by next doors cockerels and covered them with nettting!

[Lumpy]

Started the D word in the brassica/fruit cage! Piggin heck I am just not built for piggin diggin!

[Jay-ell]

Went to JTFs today and was very good. All I got was some spray to clean the green house with.

Oh and a leather tool belt for my trowel and stuff.

And obviously there's the compost, 4 70 litre bags to tide me over for a couple of weeks.

[veggiechicken]

Planted 3 Livingstone Rhubarb plants - the ones that fruit in the Autumn. been fancying them ever since I first read about them http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...arb_67862.html
If I'd bought them then, I could have been eating them by now

[Sheneval]

4 hours at the allotment today building raised beds - completed one but decided to reduce it by a couple of inches to fit in with existing design so will take a saw up tomorrow and cut a bit off 2 of the smaller boards

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Harvested the last of the "Sprouts n sprout top's for Sunday dinner!



Bagged a couple of chairs the local "Residential Care home" was wanging out!



N had a right good tidy out of the shed!