What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Penellype]

Monday jobs:
Weeding and deadheading - done some deadheading
Harvest as many blueberries as possible and freeze - done some
Harvest salads, tomatoes, beetroot, pak choi - done plus some beans and carrots and one ripe strawberry.
Slug hunt - done

Also went to the garden centre (needed a birthday present for a friend) and bought some bedding plants for the front garden as the pansies have nearly finished.

Tuesday's jobs
Busy again tomorrow unfortunately
The biggest question is, how bad is tomorrow night's wind going to be. The forecast runs range from base winds of 25mph and gusts upto 40mph to base winds of 40mph and gusts upto 60mph. My fruit cage will cope with the first of these, but I haven't a clue if it will cope with the higher range wind speeds. If I take off the net there is no way I will be able to get it back on again before the birds strip off the rest of the blueberries, which are blue but not yet ripe. All eyes will be on the wind speeds in tomorrow's updates.
Weeding and deadheading if time
Pot up some of the bedding plants to go on the fence if time
Harvest salads, tomatoes, blueberries
Slug hunt

[Penellype]

Tuesday's jobs
Weeding and deadheading - done
Pot up some of the bedding plants to go on the fence if time - done Also potted up the heuchera.
Harvest salads, tomatoes, blueberries - done + a courgette
Slug hunt - done

I decided to leave the net on the fruit cage as it has detachable clips at the top which are supposed to unclip if the wind gets too strong. Gusts apparently got to 44mph here last night and when I checked this morning the clips had indeed come off the frame. The frame was undamaged and only minor repairs were required to the net. There are still blueberries on the bushes but a couple of kale plants that are on the shelf over the carrots are badly squashed. Hopefully they will survive. Amazingly most of the apples are still on the tree.

Wednesday's jobs
Check nets and melon cloche at my friend's - the melon cloche is in a very exposed place and the melons are tied to the frame, so there could be considerable damage but I couldn't think of any way of preventing it.
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest salads, tomatoes, beans, calabrese, carrots, blueberries

[Penellype]

Wednesday's jobs
Check nets and melon cloche at my friend's - done, the melons and cloche are fine
Weeding and deadheading - done some, manged to deadhead the crocosmia under the front window, which is quite a big job.
Harvest salads, tomatoes, beans, calabrese, carrots, blueberries done some

Also managed to harvest the remaining onions which are now in the garage drying, and put a net up on that part of the veg garden, so my kohlrabi now has a bit more light.

Today, as usual on a Thursday, was a complete non starter, and tomorrow is looking fairly booked up too.

Friday's jobs (if time)
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest a bucket of Sarpo Mira potatoes if it is dry enough
Harvest salads, beans, carrots, blueberries, apples if ripe.

[Small pumpkin]

Today I'm collecting some more pansy & antirrhinum seeds
I might go and do a couple of hours payed gardening
I'll make the rest up as I go along like normal

[Penellype]

Friday's jobs
Weeding and deadheading - done a little
Harvest a bucket of Sarpo Mira potatoes if it is dry enough - no
Harvest salads, beans, carrots, blueberries, apples if ripe - just time to snatch some beans, a bolting leek and a few blueberries for tea.

This weekend
At my friend's:
Check greenhouse tomatoes and remove any mouldy bits
Plenty of weeding
Harvest 2 buckets of Sarpo Mira potatoes that have died down
Check melons for ripeness
Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, courgettes, cabbage, kohlrabi, beetroot as required

At home:
Weeding and deadheading
Mow lawns if dry enough (doubtful)
Trim lawn edges
Harvest bucket of Sarpo potatoes
Tidy up clematis (parts are dying back after being thrashed about in the gale)
Move fennel seedlings outside to harden off.
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, pak choi, spinach, beans, florence fennel, blueberries
Check apples, strawberries

[Jonny.D]

Dead heading & cut back the flowers on the white echinaceas

[Penellype]

This weekend
At my friend's:
Check greenhouse tomatoes and remove any mouldy bits - done for now
Plenty of weeding - done mainly nettles and brambles
Harvest 2 buckets of Sarpo Mira potatoes that have died down - no, too wet
Check melons for ripeness - not ripe yet (need some sun!)
Harvest cucumber, tomatoes, courgettes, cabbage, kohlrabi, beetroot as required - done

At home:
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if dry enough (doubtful) - far too wet
Trim lawn edges - ditto
Harvest bucket of Sarpo potatoes - too wet
Tidy up clematis (parts are dying back after being thrashed about in the gale) - no
Move fennel seedlings outside to harden off - no, decided to leave them until after tonight, which could be quite cold.
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, pak choi, spinach, beans, florence fennel, blueberries - done some
Check apples, strawberries - done

This weekend didn't quite go to plan, particularly at home. Both afternoons were wet and there were also showers in the mornings. I did manage to dig out some of the small alchemilla which was smothering my cyclamen, but apart from that it was mostly a case of nipping out in between the showers to cut off a few dead heads or grab something to eat.

I also spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen, making and freezing some runner bean puree made from the beans that had got too big and some fennel and lemon risotto.

Monday's jobs (weather and work permitting)
Mow lawns if at all possible (unlikely)
Sort through stored Lady C potatoes and use the ones that are starting to sprout
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest salads, blueberries, tomatoes, spinach, courgettes

[veggiechicken]

Today - 18th September, its Monday in Shoots week.
On Mondays I sow seeds and, because its Shoots week, they will be onions of some sort.
Since its the 18th, I weed Bed 18
The 18th letter of the alphabet is R so I shall do summat that involves R (raspberries, roses maybe) and I will declutter something Rish.

Still with me?

[rary]

Today - 18th September, its Monday in Shoots week.
On Mondays I sow seeds and, because its Shoots week, they will be onions of some sort.
Since its the 18th, I weed Bed 18
The 18th letter of the alphabet is R so I shall do summat that involves R (raspberries, roses maybe) and I will declutter something Rish.

Still with me?

How can you keep track of things,you lost me at 18th. September

[veggiechicken]

R is for Remembering, rary, Reading and Riting, Rituals and rhubarb, Routine and rigmarole, rambling and rubbish, refusing to rant and

its ritten in my Diary

[rary]

R is for,,,,,,,rary

[Small pumpkin]

Tomorrow I will be harvesting, taste testing and feeding chillies.

[veggiechicken]

Today - 18th September, its Monday in Shoots week.
On Mondays I sow seeds and, because its Shoots week, they will be onions of some sort. DONE -2 varieties of leeks and some spring onions
Since its the 18th, I weed Bed 18 DONE and Bed 17 that I missed yesterday
The 18th letter of the alphabet is R so I shall do summat that involves R (raspberries, roses maybe) DONE - Weeded the Rhubarb Room
and I will declutter something Rish. DONE - Road Atlas from 2007!!

Still with me?

Tomorrow is Tuesday the 19th in Shoots week
Tuesday is Chooksday when I clean out their kennel, top up their feed, etc
On the 19th I weed bed 19 and do summat with things beginning with S (strawberries need pruning and runners potted up - maybe).
I'll declutter something Sish.
Still confused?

[rary]

YES and what do you do on the 27th. etc.
Tomorrow I intend to fill my third builders bag, 2nd. in place

[veggiechicken]

Bed 27 and whatever Roots, Shoots, Fruits, or Leaves week it is.
Days 27 - 31 are alphabet wild card days. It all starts again on the 1st of the month.
There is a plan in there somewhere, honest