What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Small pumpkin]

Haha I hate gardening in my own garden, but love going to the allotment.. if I cant eat what Im growing I dont want to know lol grass and hedges are just a chore that stop me getting to my allotment

Exactly
When I say my garden, I mean my veggie garden. Not a fan of mowing, strimming & hedges at home either. But at least I get to appreciate my hard work afterwards. Unlike work because you leave when it all looks good and it all looks cr@p when you turn up again the next week

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

Wait for rain to stop

At my friend's
Tie in greenhouse tomatoes, remove sideshoots.
Rearrange potato buckets to make room for broccoli
Find and put up a suitable net for broccoli
Plant out broccoli
Weeding
Talk nicely to and generally pamper melon plant which has produced a female flower, which I have attempted to pollinate.
Harvest cucumber

At home
Rearrange grow light garden
Plant out french beans and pot up dwarf runners for the fence
Check tomatoes, tie in and remove sideshoots
Deadheading and weeding
Trim more strawberries
Get rid of old calabrese plant
Mow front lawn if dry enough
Check gooseberry, courgettes, beans, blueberries to see if they are ready
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, strawberries, white currants.

On Gardeners World Monty Don made a comment about looking at a plant and deciding if you really like it - if not, get rid of it. I could do with doing some of that, particularly with regard to that calabrese plant, some very old strawberry plants and some of the herbs which are getting old and pot bound and I nearly never use. I need to be in a destructive mood though, and those are quite rare.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

Wait for rain to stop

At my friend's
Tie in greenhouse tomatoes, remove sideshoots. done
Rearrange potato buckets to make room for broccoli - done
Find and put up a suitable net for broccoli - done
Plant out broccoli - done
Weeding - done some
Talk nicely to and generally pamper melon plant which has produced a female flower, which I have attempted to pollinate -
Harvest cucumber - done

At home
Rearrange grow light garden - done
Plant out french beans - done
pot up dwarf runners for the fence - not yet
Check tomatoes, tie in and remove sideshoots - done for now
Deadheading and weeding - done some
Trim more strawberries - done some
Get rid of old calabrese plant - done!
Mow front lawn if dry enough - no
Check gooseberry, courgettes, beans, blueberries to see if they are ready - not yet
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, strawberries, white currants. - done some

Monday jobs
Cut front hedge while it is dry
cut front lawn while it is dry.
Harvest salads, tomatoes, baby beetroot, possibly cabbage, white currants

[vixylix]

Tomatoes - DONE
Feeding - not done

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Cut front hedge while it is dry - done, rubbish taken to tip
cut front lawn while it is dry - done
Harvested lettuce, cucumber, microgreens, tomatoes, pepper, baby beetroot, beans, peas.
Loads of watering done

Tuesday jobs
Assess rear lawn to see if needs cutting while dry
Harvest bucket of Desiree potatoes that has died down
Trim bits of acer that are overhanging the paths
Deadheading and weeding
Take some silene cuttings to go on fence later
Harvest tomatoes, salads, peas and possibly cabbage, carrots.
loads of watering

[veggiechicken]

Today's jobs
Make strawberry jam from the yellow stickered Pimms kit
Clean chickens' kennel
Do summat with Komatsuna
Start sweet peas - see if I can grow more before winter

[veggiechicken]

Today's jobs
Make strawberry jam from the yellow stickered Pimms kit DONE but I don't think it'll set
Clean chickens' kennel DONE - found red mite. Dealing with that took up most of the day
Do summat with Komatsuna PART DONE - emptied the supermarket trolley ready to plant up.
Start sweet peas - see if I can grow more before winter 175 seeds from 2014 & 2015 placed on damp vermiculite - see if they're viable!

TOMORROW - Wednesday
Go to farm store for Red Mite treatments and Layers pellets
Dust chooks
Rebuild their kennel and treat for mites.
Do summat more with Komatsuna

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Assess rear lawn to see if needs cutting while dry - lawn cut
Harvest bucket of Desiree potatoes that has died down - done, very disappointing 0.5kg potatoes, unheard of for Desiree. I have a feeling that the 3 buckets that are dying down first missed out on the bfb when I planted them - it is the only explanation for the difference in performance between these plants and the 4ft high and still very green 3 buckets planted just 1 week later.
Trim bits of acer that are overhanging the paths - done
Deadheading and weeding - done some
Take some silene cuttings to go on fence later - done, not good at cuttings, hopefully they will root.
Harvest tomatoes, salads, peas and possibly cabbage, carrots - done tomatoes and salads, and also finished the white currants.
loads of watering - done

Wednesday's jobs (weather permitting)
Collect rain water if available
Get bag of compost from garden centre
Pot up dwarf runner beans which were meant for the fence but only 3 of the 6 have germinated, which is not a good number (irritating as they are new seeds).
Find somewhere sensible to put the above beans.
Cut down a couple of tomato plants in the sitting room that have finished fruiting.
Harvest tomatoes, salads, peppers, peas, strawberries, the odd blueberry and possibly beans, carrots and cabbage (if I am not too hot to cook).
Watering if required

[Penellype]

Wednesday's jobs
Collect rain water if available - no rain
Get bag of compost from garden centre - done
Pot up dwarf runner beans which were meant for the fence but only 3 of the 6 have germinated, which is not a good number (irritating as they are new seeds) - done
Find somewhere sensible to put the above beans - done
Cut down a couple of tomato plants in the sitting room that have finished fruiting - done
Harvest tomatoes, salads, peppers, peas, strawberries, the odd blueberry and possibly beans, carrots and cabbage (if I am not too hot to cook) - done salads, tomatoes, cucumber, peas and fruit.
Watering if required - done

Nothing today - Thursdays are usually hectic even without the morning rain

[1Bee]

What I intended to do today:

Weed and thin swedes. DONE
Weed tomatoes. DONE
Mow paths. Ha.

What I intend to do tomorrow:
Weed under the beans and plant out cosmos (probably too late!)
Dig up some potatoes and set up supports for peas.

[Penellype]

Friday's jobs
Weeding and deadheading
Check tomatoes and remove any sideshoots
Apply slug nematodes (not if too sunny)
Planning for next pot shuffle
Planning for August
Wash and put away some plant pots and labels
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, peppers, possibly cabbage
Check peas, courgettes, potatoes, strawberries and blueberries and harvest if ready

[1Bee]

Today:
Weed under the beans and plant out cosmos (probably too late!) - DONE
Dig up some potatoes and set up supports for peas - DONE
Also:
Tied in some tromboncinos
Weeded the sweetcorn
Did something rude and disgusting with the male and female flowers on my pumpkins
Hoed the parsnips
Mulched the swedes with grass clippings
Decided to have a go making a weed-based liquid feed as I suddenly had a lidded tub available. Stuffed it with borage, comfrey and sundry weeds, topped it with water and popped the lid on.
Cut some sweet peas and courgettes to add to the potatoes, and took to a friend who is helping me with an e-mail problem.

[1Bee]

What I intend to do tomorrow (or whenever I next get to the plot)
Weed and feed maincrop potatoes
Weed the beetle bank, attempting to rescue the flowers getting swamped there.
Rescue the raspberries
Weed the onions.

Some of those are big jobs, so I'll decide which one to tackle on the day...

[Penellype]

Friday's jobs

Work rather intervened today and I didn't get much done.

Weeding and deadheading - done some
Check tomatoes and remove any sideshoots - done
Apply slug nematodes (not if too sunny) - done
Planning for next pot shuffle - not done
Planning for August - not done
Wash and put away some plant pots and labels - not done
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, peppers, possibly cabbage done all but cabbage and peppers
Check peas, courgettes, potatoes, strawberries and blueberries and harvest if ready - done peas, strawberries, blueberries and 2 small gooseberries, plus a good handful of mixed beans (Sonesta, Purple Teepee and Hestia).
Also did some watering as there has been a lot less rain than forecast.

Jobs for the weekend - weather forecast appalling

At my friend's
Tie in greenhouse tomatoes and remove sideshoots and probably stop some of them as they have reached the ridge.
Weeding if possible
Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes

At home
Collect rain water for blueberries
Planning for next pot shuffle
Planning for August
Wash and put away some plant pots and labels
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, courgettes, peas, possibly cabbage
Snail hunt if wet

[Penellype]

Jobs for the weekend

At my friend's
Tie in greenhouse tomatoes and remove sideshoots and probably stop some of them as they have reached the ridge - done some
Weeding if possible - done some
Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes - done

At home
Collect rain water for blueberries - in progress
Planning for next pot shuffle - done
Planning for August - in progress
Wash and put away some plant pots and labels - not done
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, courgettes, peas, possibly cabbage - done except cabbage
Snail hunt if wet - done

Also managed to remove the finished row of peas.

Monday's jobs (weather and work both likely to intervene)
Deadheading and weeding
wash plant pots and labels
Get rid of caterpillars on blueberry bush
Harvest salads, tomatoes, blueberries, possibly cabbage, carrots
Check beans, peas, courgettes, calabrese.