What I did today - 2017

[bario1]

Pricked out 8 spring cabbage seedlings into 9cm pots.

[Bigmallly]

Pricked out 8 spring cabbage seedlings into 9cm pots.

Spring Cabbage?..................is not a little late to be pricking them out?

[bario1]

Yep, they were sown a bit late... but they're looking healthy enough so i figure it can't hurt to grow them on and see what happens, I'm sure they'll make spring greens at least.

[Bigmallly]

They may grow into summer cabbages if left long enough.

[Guest]

Finally bagged the last of my self saved seeds.
Tidied my spare room downstairs and set up my heated propagators (Yes I have gone from 0-3 in a year, this will be fun )
Got some compost in to warm up so I can sow over the weekend.
Sat my Lady C spuds out for chitting that arrived today.
Potted up some pretty coloured willow cuttings.

[Snadger]

Yep, they were sown a bit late... but they're looking healthy enough so i figure it can't hurt to grow them on and see what happens, I'm sure they'll make spring greens at least.

I never get hearted spring cabbage in spring. It's usually June or July before they start to heart up. I plant closely and take every alternate one as spring greens though!

[happyhumph]

Finished sorting out one of the raspberry beds - loads if ground elder unfortunately. Got rid of half the canes and replanted the best at a decent spacing. Will be mulching lots with grass clippings to supress weeds this year.

checked the propogater - as well as the leaf celery one of the aji dedo De mocha is coming through - yay! Going to get some compost in to warm up to sow aubergines this week.

[Cadalot]

The tomato plants in the back garden have long since gone, but the spent compost & coir in the 20 square flower buckets was taken to Spencer Road Allotment Plot 23B to be used as a soil conditioner for beds 2 & 3

[Baldy]

Just back from Lidl with my thermometer - thanks for the heads up Cadders - seems a nice bit of kit for £2.99
Thought I'd got a dodgy unit at first as it wouldn't do anything - then I realised the AA battery that it came with had its own shrink wrapping...
I should go to the plot for an hour or two of digging and tidying but I don't think I'm in the mood. I might play with some seeds in the shed at home instead.

[Superkeengarden]

Planted garlic pods, ginger. Bought grow light, kitchen compost caddy.

[Baldy]

Sowed some hot lemon chillis and some toms - see if they can get going in a propagator in the shed - sounds like it might get colder as the week progresses so will be interesting to see if the microclimate works out...
Dismantled guinea-pig cage (sniff) and added much sawdust/hay/carrot/salad and g-p poop to the compost bins.

[bario1]

Planted my cherry tree out on the plot.

[MagpieKnitter]

More general tidying and maintenance, first sign of life from the plot! - my pot of peas are up and off, no sign of the broad beans though.

...meanwhile my big ol apple tree got a big ol haircut. Its looking much better. Silly me forgot to take an after photo though. doh!

[Aberdeenplotter]

I had a tidyup session in my tunnel and on the
plot. Even had a bonfire. Car said it was 15c up here

[jonny the plant pot]

Had a go at tin work and fabricated a new rain cover for the new log burner i fit this weekend in my mates shed.