What I did today - 2015

[bussinspain]

Planted 6 more tomatoes, 3 aubergines and 2 melons - now recovering indoors and cooling down.

[Snow]

I went outside looked at my potatoes and thought they looked real healthy. Then I went inside for a rest.

[kris1960]

Sowed 30-odd things today - eyes ache from reading the back of packets. Moved some seedlings to derelict greehouse to make space for them. Hoping not to sow again until late June....well perhaps some successional stuff. Dreading pricking out this lot- may shortcut and sow them direct into beds!

Halfway through afternoon noticed that neighbour's 4 rows of brassica seedlings were on the way to being decimated by pidgeons so removed some of my netting from a couple of almost finished beds and covered his. He certainly takes firming the ground seriously- I struggled to pin net down and broke several beanpoles trying! It was a welcome respite fom seed sowing!

[Snadger]

Busy day today at allotment. edged a bed with boards then raked it level. Planted six little clumps of seedling leeks down edge. These i will grow on until pencil size then fill the bed with them.

Dug and weeded half a bed and transplanted about 50 red onion plants into it. Hoed and weeded the rest of the bed which has parsnips just coming through.

Hoed and weeded a bed of shallots.

Sowed six green courgettes (I already have six yellow)

Harvested, Mooli,A hearty Spring cabbage and parsnips.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Potting on! n more potting on!

think I'm on top!

And a little "Experiment" was told by an "Old timer" to wee on your "Lillies"

These have been in the same pot knocking on 3 years!

......

Just go to show! It does work! See the difference!

I'll repot em both back end of this season! Just having a play! I love "lillies" not a scent for all! But does it for me!

[Nannysally99]

Planted out tomato and sweetcorn seedlings today. Toms in buckets for quick frost rescue. Sweetcorn are going to have to be covered in situ. Potted on two cucumbers, don't think they will make it.
Put more mpc into the grow bags with potatoes in.
We have used Verve mpc for the last few years, anyone else noticed the manure odour this year. My backyard hums

[susieq100]

Did a lot of potting on today, gave some slugs a swimming lesson in brine. I may have grown too many tomato plants (again!). Mowed the lawns as the weather is going to change tomorrow.

[Jungle Jane]

Took my plants outside today to brave the elements,so I could water them,a couple of petunia fainted/collapsed in the wind,so had to repot them,firm them up. I need to get them used to the outside before planting them,so having the plants out in the open every other day,for a couple of hrs,will help harden them up....
Pinched out some of my basil plants,to make them bushier & had the leaves in a salad with quiche.

[Stan79]

Transplanted a row and a half of peas out into the plot and sowed more straight away which I didn't last year and swore I would do this year!

Sowed some more sweetcorn to add to the ones that are growing away merrily already.

Potted on some broccoli, PSB and spinach.

Strimmed the verge. Did a bit more fencing.

[kris1960]

Busy day today at allotment. edged a bed with boards then raked it level. Planted six little clumps of seedling leeks down edge. These i will grow on until pencil size then fill the bed with them.

Dug and weeded half a bed and transplanted about 50 red onion plants into it. Hoed and weeded the rest of the bed which has parsnips just coming through.

Hoed and weeded a bed of shallots.

Sowed six green courgettes (I already have six yellow)

Harvested, Mooli,A hearty Spring cabbage and parsnips.

Hi Snadger,have never grown leeks from seed- would you mind explaining your method please and does the soil need to be anything specific? When did you plant the mooli?

[kris1960]

Yesterday- failed to get even one raised bed done! Sore throat, visitors and a meeting!

Planted out some more foxgloves under oak tree, nicotinia behind pond ( it does like shade doesn't it) and verbena in long mixed border by path.

A disappointing weekend!

[bario1]

Over the weekend -

Emptied my two pallet bins of last year's 'compost' and bagged it up for use in potting mix. Then refilled them with layers of leafmould, straw, manure, leafmould, straw, manure etc, with some compost on top. These will form the beds for my courgettes and squashes this year, and next spring they will provide the compost for my potato barrels and my potting mix. I've been doing this for a few years now and it works great.
Also, filled the gaps in my bed of parsnips with fresh seed, hopefully they'll catch up.

[Bacchus]

Drew up a very rough and ready map of what fruit trees and bushes i have north of the poly tunnel. Just for reference. I have space for another 3 apple trees there I think but they can wait until next year.

[Martin H]

Today I despatched SWMBO down the allotment to check that the debris netting is secure against the gales. Don't want those pesky pigeons getting in!

[kris1960]

Not at work until lunch so have been potting on tomatos- country taste, harbinger, tigerella,marketmore and zebra. Also planted 3 of each directly into greenhouse border. Not tried any of these varities before so feedback welcome. Put leftovers in communal deep tray ( for 'just in case' or to give away).

A bit unnerving at the allotment- a lot of things are blowing about- not in mine, I hasten to add. Karma will probably repay that small piece of smugness.

Quality time with nailbrush now and then away to work!