What I did today - 2017

[bario1]

Watered everything in the ground (seedlings of carrot/beetroot/spinach/onion etc) with the hose - the rain they keep forecasting just never comes! Also watered my blueberries with 5 or 6 watering cans full from the water butt, and all my potted kale seedlings in the coldframe. I know I shouldn't complain but it seems like what little time i have down the plot right now is taken up with watering. I still have spuds sat chitting!

[Bigmallly]

Brought the Courgettes & CFB's out of the Poly & paced them on a table outside to harden off, now covered with a sheet of Poly. Transplanted 20 Strawbs out of pots into the netted walk in cage, found 18 chitted spuds in't cupboard so they are now in 9 MFB's. Transplanted a dozen Beetroot into their permanent bed. Pulled out some Kale that had seeded. Gave the Zephirines a feed as one of them was looking under the weather (spots on leaves & mildew), lots of buds on them so hopefully should have a nice show.

[Snadger]

Brought the Courgettes & CFB's out of the Poly & paced them on a table outside to harden off, now covered with a sheet of Poly. Transplanted 20 Strawbs out of pots into the netted walk in cage, found 18 chitted spuds in't cupboard so they are now in 9 MFB's. Transplanted a dozen Beetroot into their permanent bed. Pulled out some Kale that had seeded. Gave the Zephirines a feed as one of them was looking under the weather (spots on leaves & mildew), lots of buds on them so hopefully should have a nice show.

Lovely old scented rose Zephrin Droughin!

[forgetmenot]

The last 4 days have been a blur of cake eating whilst on holiday to celebrate my nana's 85th. Today was no exception so to burn it off I have been out prowling the grounds for plants to take cuttings off. This eating marathon will not be in vain!

[happyhumph]

Managed to sow 4 rows of carrots interspersed with spring onion clumps which need to fatten up. Think I might get my first ever decent crop of spring onions!

[Nicos]

Charlotte spuds finally went in!

[damian1225]

Charlotte spuds finally went in!

I put mine in last week, they are lovely spuds!

[happyhumph]

I also sowed a row of root parsley yesterday.

[bario1]

Potted up two aubergines, and pricked out 24 marigolds into modules (faff).

[Bren In Pots]

Planted out Telephone and Purple podded peas that were grown in guttering, after that some sweet peas.

[Martin H]

I was going to sow some more seeds on the plot today, but it was cold and windy and drizzly so I decided to leave it until the ground is warmer. So I started digging over another seedbed, but the ground is like concrete so after battling for an hour I gave up and came home to sulk.

[Nannysally99]

Been raining most of the day here, so I've taken to the kitchen.
Sunday roast going on and I've got a big pot of basic curry sauce on the stove. First time I've done this, so fingers crossed.
Going to try and catch up on Call of duty later

[Baldy]

Another bin bag of nettles and docks for the weed brewery. Not smelly yet - give it a week or two.
Potted on a couple of toms - no flowers yet but I've got about 8 plants that are about 3 feet tall - feel that I'm ahead of the game a bit with them
It willall go pear shaped come summer... usually does.

[Small pumpkin]

First mowing of the lawn.
Planted up the sweet pea towers, sunflower corner, and hanging basket.
Planted out 2 varieties of peas, this took ages because I'm putting pop bottle collars (cutting top & bottom off pop bottles, & burying it slightly) over all my peas and beans this year. Because last year just as they all started producing bl@@dy voles felled the lot! All nipped off at 3 inches high. So trying the bottle collars. Have no idea if it'll work or if the plants will just cook and rot inside the bottle. But worth a try!

[Jay-ell]

As I was in town I bought a pack of Bunyard Exhibition seeds - if these don't come I'm not having broadies this year.

Sowed them near the 1 Sutton Dwarf plant that did grow which is in flower. As I was watering them in I noticed a new bean shoot - either these are super fast germination or the Suttons have been keeping their heads down - so this may end up packed with broadies.

Harvested some cabbage leaves, chard, beetroot, rhubarb. The Babington leek and Elephant garlic I harvested are actually growing new leaves not. The Sand leek and Vinyard Leek are also growing back.

Refilled the comfrey concentrate bucket - boy those slimy old laves don't half stink.
Moved 8 barrows of horse muck prepped the bed for my pumpkins. Covered the spuds with muck as well.
Sort of turned the compost in 2 bins which was going anaerobic and whiffy.

Got the bus home. Seems the stop after the allotment was very popular