What I did today - 2016

[ESBkevin]

The peas I planted last weekend have all come through. Yippie and at last!!!
I have planted some late dwarf french beans.
I spent an hour or so with a couple of Hoes, and Carol saw me too! Onion hoe for close up and a long handled draw hoe for the rest.
Took the tops out of the outdoor tomatoes.
Harvested some beetroot, lettuce, peas, dwarf french beans and raspberries.
Stung up the sweet peas to the teepee, they seemed to want to just lay about everywhere.
Lifted up a hulm of second earlies.
Potted up a few more strawberry runners.
Watered lots of things.
Nearly three hours just flew by. :-)

[Snadger]

Checked my calabrese cover hadn't been breached by the pigeon maffia! Watered said calabrese. Put my spring cabbage seedlings under the same netting to harden off.

Picked a couple of pounds of blackcurrants. I intend making gooseberry and ginger jam but the green colour is slightly off-putting so the addition of blackcurants should give it a good colour!

[Florence Fennel]

Cleaned off onions (teeny tiny ones as someone, or something, lopped the tops off them ages ago) and Elephant Garlic. Fed the chillies and watered the leeks. Hoping to sow some more radishes if the rain keeps off. Now for a cup of tea

[jonny the plant pot]

Put a new lock on the large greenhouse as the Cape gooseberry are nearly ready and after tasting my 1st one yesterday I'm not prepared to share .

[bario1]

Cut the haulms down to the ground on my Charlottes as they were looking a bit 'blighty'. Dug some more weeds and roots out of my kale bed and mulched with mushroom compost.
Chopped the tops off a few more tomato plants as all the energy now is going to be needed for ripening the (paltry amount of) fruit that's already set.

[elleme]

I mostly harvested stuff/drank tea today at the allotment but also did a bit of watering and weeding and a bit of earthing up after harvesting a few more potatoes. Also did some more removal of any brown rot affected plums - fortunately I still harvested plenty of unaffected ones and there are more to ripen. Checked on green manure which is starting to germinate more thickly now. Checked over my oriental veg bed and one type is already starting to bolt. In truth I'm not sure why I grow it as I don't even like the stuff to eat that much so may not bother another time. It looks pretty but I'm not sure looks are enough!

[Jay-ell]

Sowed some Japanese onions, spring onions, ramsons, Good King Henry, pakchoi, lettuce, and a couple of other things the names of which eluded me.

Summer pruned the gooseberries, picked the tomatoes, some courgettes and a few beans.

[Containergardener]

Walked dog
Watered GH
Took mum shopping
Visited dad
Walked dog in pea soup mist/fog n rain
Watched tv

[Scoot]

Just sowed some more Carrot seeds (Autumn King 2) into two small buckets. I intend to grow them outside until around the end of September and then put them in the growhouse with my xmas spuds and harvest both the carrots and the spuds for Xmas dinner. We'll see how it goes.

[Bigmallly]

Managed to get half the plot revamped for next year..........T'other half may take a while as it's full of Parsnips, Swede & Leeks.............the Leeks I can move but the Snip & Swede beds will have to wait.

[happyhumph]

Not a lot, been quite busy lately. Wandered around looking at things & harvested a few bits. Worked out what I really have to do tomorrow

[Funny onion]

Scoot

I've seen a few people mention they're trying to grow carrots (and even peas and beans) in the greenhouse over winter. You have any experience doing it? Definitely something I'd like to have a go at!

[Jay-ell]

Sowed some Japanese onions, spring onions, ramsons, Good King Henry, pakchoi, lettuce, and a couple of other things the names of which eluded me.

Summer pruned the gooseberries, picked the tomatoes, some courgettes and a few beans.

That's it - chinese cabbage and Rocket Wild Trivia. Knew it would come back to me.

[Cadalot]

Repurposed a shoe rack that my daughter didn't want anymore into an Onion Rack

[Jonny.D]

Bagged up Bin #2, turned Bin#1 into Bin #2 and then filled Bin #1 with the remainder of the Mulch.