What I did today - 2015

[1Bee]

What I did today: sweated.

[Ding Dang Doo]

Managed to water the plot... Then an hour later we had a massive thunderstorm, with the biggest hailstones I've ever seen, it has just about finished now.

I think there may be a few green casualties because of this... Be interesting to see in the morning.

And the turnips I sowed on Saturday are already showing... Blinking quick that! Made my day.

On a little more of a down note, it looks like one of the allotment cats has taken shine to one of my raised beds... Think I may have to net it.

[Jay-ell]

You have no idea how jealous I am of your ability to 'put the hose on"!

If it's any consolation he does have to wait in line for the tap.

I dont though.

[bario1]

This morning before work -

Filled my 600ltrs of rainwater storage with a hose - the promised heavy rains never came last night and my plants need the water!
Watered the beans, courgettes and roots on the plot.
Watered the sweetcorn in the polytunnel.
Planted out the last of my kale seedlings.
Planted out some sweet peas.

[skeggijon]

Arrived on plot at 8am and did loads of watering in greenhouse and polytunnels again. Collected the daily strawberries before retreating home to the shade.

Back to work tonight

[Snadger]

If it's any consolation he does have to wait in line for the tap.

I dont though.

Tisk. Little do you know that because you've got your own tap............you get your own bill to go with it!

[Snadger]

Dug over a bed on someone elses plot as I had no room left to plant some leeks. Hope they don't mind. Eighty dibbered holes in the dug earth just waiting for rainfall!

[Snadger]

That's right- rub it in- a hose and a thunderstorm!

Three local houses and a school got their roofs set on fire with lightening! Luckily no one was hurt.
It would have been as bad as Black Thursday if it hadn't been that it was a Wednesday!

[Jay-ell]

Little do you know that because you've got your own tap............you get your own bill to go with it!

I had to like this first purely so that o could click on unlike

[Greenleaves]

Paid a visit to some friends in Sudbury (Suffolk), lovely part of the country

[Scoot]

Tied up my tomato plants agsin. They're getting big now.

[Jonny.D]

Watered all day again, pulled up lettuce and rocket, planted more lettuce and rocket

[Jay-ell]

After working two days solid went down in the rain to water indoors. Looks like everything has survived the heat and hail. Pleasantly surprised at how much things have come on in two days.

[bario1]

Planted out my leeks (only about 20 came up).
Potted on 3 chillies and a micro tom
Watered anything in a pot.

Is that all? How come that took an hour and a half??

[Jungle Jane]

Went out aphid squashing again yesterday,whilst turning my runner bean leaves,I noticed a seven spotted ladybird with a few aphid lined up ready to be eaten,I hope he's hungry,I didn't touch the leaf he was managing,I dealt with the million aphids on the other leaves. Getting rid of the ants has helped bring back the ladybirds!!