What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th
Friday is Flowers and Feed. I'm going to sow some sweetpeas. DONE Sowed 100 sweetpeas (all out of date seed so may not germinate) and planted 3 hyacinth bulbs.
Tidy Bed 13 DONE - Quick hoe.
Clean and declutter things with an M. ?magazines; mantelpiece? DONE - MOT certificates and Motor car insurance papers for the car that I've just sold. All shredded and ready for the compost

Tomorrow is Saturday 14th in Roots week. Its catch up day for all the jobs I've missed during the week.
Also need to Tidy Bed 14
Clean and declutter something with an N - I can only think of Nuts

[Baldy]

I am gagging - gaggin to go to the plot but have a party to organize. Its a biggun so I won't even be able to go 'off radar' for an hour... meh ;(
I'd like to think Sunday I will get there, but I have a feeling there will be a lot of cleaning up of things, stuff and unmentionables....

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Check tomato plants and stored tomatoes - done, seem ok for now
Weeding, deadheading and general tidy up - done some
Wash more plant pots and put away - done some
Harvest courgettes - done
Check strawberries, french beans - nearly ready
Plan weekend gardening - done

Weekend jobs

At my friend's:
Check tomatoes in greenhouse, remove dead plants and any mouldy bits
Check melons for ripeness
Plenty of weeding
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, courgettes if wanted, beans if available
Attempt to rescue cabbages that have been jumped on by dog

At home:
Weeding and deadheading
Check tomato plants for blight
Remove dying bedding plants and bolted lettuces
Must decide on wallflowers - trip to garden centre required
Check pots and water if needed
Mow lawns if dry enough
Harvest all tomatoes that have any hint of colour, salads, carrots, calabrese, french beans, strawberries

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's:
Check tomatoes in greenhouse, remove dead plants and any mouldy bits - done
Check melons for ripeness - ate one
Plenty of weeding - done some
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, courgettes if wanted, beans if available - done
Attempt to rescue cabbages that have been jumped on by dog - done - not as bad as I feared

At home:
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Check tomato plants for blight - done, see below
Remove dying bedding plants and bolted lettuces - no
Must decide on wallflowers - trip to garden centre required - no
Check pots and water if needed - done
Mow lawns if dry enough - done
Harvest all tomatoes that have any hint of colour, salads, carrots, calabrese, french beans, strawberries - done most

The huge Ferline plant near the hotbin was showing a few possible hints of blight yesterday afternoon. As it is "blight resistant" I decided to leave it until today as I was running out of time. This was a mistake as this morning there were definite brown areas on the stems and one of the trusses of fruit was badly affected. I've cut the plant down this morning and picked all the green fruit - these are the undamaged ones:



I'm hoping at least some of them will be edible, but on past experience I fear it is unlikely.

The Sungold don't appear to have blight yet and have nearly finished fruiting.

Monday jobs:
Chop up and dispose of 2 large trugs full of blighty tomato foliage.
Harvest salads, carrots, courgettes, french beans, cucumber, strawberries

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow is Saturday 14th in Roots week. Its catch up day for all the jobs I've missed during the week.
Also need to Tidy Bed 14 DONE
Clean and declutter something with an N - I can only think of Nuts

Missed a couple of days here - but yesterday I decluttered the Neighbours

Today is Monday 16th and the first day of Shoots week - when I do things with onions, leeks and things with funny names, like Oriental veggies.
I also need to Tidy bed 16 (which is unlikely as its under the neighbouring old oak tree - and its too windy to play under trees.
Its Q day for cleaning and decluttering which is a bit Questionable - so I'm emptying a filing cabinet and shredding Paper to make up for yesterday's missing P.
Also waiting in for a Parcel which is limiting how far I can go outside the house.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs:
Chop up and dispose of 2 large trugs full of blighty tomato foliage - done
Harvest salads, carrots, courgettes, french beans, cucumber, strawberries - done some

When I noticed the blight on the Ferline tomato plant yesterday morning I inspected the Sungold and they looked ok (they have never looked well, but as far as I could see they hadn't got blight). By 3pm 2 of the 5 plants had the telltale black marks on the stems. It never fails to amaze me how fast blight takes hold of tomatoes. I picked all the green fruit and cut the plants down.

Tuesday jobs
I've already been out and secured the cane that the runner beans are climbing along as it had broken free of the arch and was swinging about in the wind. The beans need taking out, but I can't get to them until I take out he courgettes and those haven't finished yet. When the gales stop I will need to deal with it properly because there is another storm on the way for the weekend. However nothing is going to happen today as I have meetings etc all day.

[Aunty Social]

Due to the fact that the back garden compost let me down badly, I have nothing to do except try and dig up some leeks without them snapping off, so rooted in mire are they... rescued a couple chioggia to see how they'll do in big pots in the utility room which is like a cool greenhouse....

Might kick back and do a bit of research towards next year's raised beds in which I'm trying for

• onions
• northern lights leeks
• chioggia

with a smattering of marigolds/nasturtium which, whenever I look at the latter, the word 'rhododendron' pops into my head. Possibly get insulted by Dr Hessayon via one of his 'expert' books.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Dig out bottom of hotbin (again) to make room for vast amounts of dead/dying plant material
Attempt to secure or remove runner beans
Remove dead courgette and lettuces and bolted pak choi
Tidy up dead leaves
Harvest salads, french beans, carrots, calabrese

[veggiechicken]

Today is Weednesday. 18th in Shoots week
On Weednesday, I weed somewhere that I don't normally weed and turn my weed heaps aka compost piles
On the 18th I tidy Bed 18 ( 5 small fruit trees and some other stuff)
Since S is the 18th letter of the alphabet, I do things with an S, like cleaning and decluttering (that'll be shoes).
I also have to catch up on Chooksday (yesterday) and clean the chooks .
See ya later

[veggiechicken]

Today is Weednesday. 18th in Shoots week
On Weednesday, I weed somewhere that I don't normally weed and turn my weed heaps aka compost piles DONE - weeded alongside the rhubarb room
On the 18th I tidy Bed 18 ( 5 small fruit trees and some other stuff) DONE - quick hoe
Since S is the 18th letter of the alphabet, I do things with an S, like cleaning and decluttering (that'll be shoes). DONE - chucked a pair of Slippers and some Seeds :eek:
I also have to catch up on Chooksday (yesterday) and clean the chooks .DONE
See ya later DONE - here I am

Tomorrow is Thursday, 19th in Shoots week

Thursday is thinning and transplanting day - and I have some Wizard beans to plant out and some seedlings to move on into buckets.
Bed 19 will be tidied (2 small apple trees and the experimental bolted leeks)
Clean and declutter T stuff - Toilet, Tshirts, Teabags???

[Bren In Pots]

I need to take my pea frame down, so that for tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Dig out bottom of hotbin (again) to make room for vast amounts of dead/dying plant material - done
Attempt to secure or remove runner beans - removed the horizontal cane so it is at least stable
Remove dead courgette and lettuces and bolted pak choi - done
Tidy up dead leaves - done some
Harvest salads, french beans, carrots, calabrese - done except calabrese

Also went round watering everything as the pots were all very dry after the strong winds.
Ordered some seeds (lettuce, spinach, carrots and broad beans which I have been persuaded to try).

Thursday jobs (work and weather likely to be unhelpful)
Weeding and deadheading
Continue tidying leaves etc
Harvest last bucket of Sarpo Mira potatoes
Harvest salads, carrots, calabrese
Check strawberries

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow is Thursday, 19th in Shoots week

Thursday is thinning and transplanting day - and I have some Wizard beans to plant out NOT DONE - too wet
and some seedlings to move on into buckets. DONE - rocket and various things with funny names
Bed 19 will be tidied (2 small apple trees and the experimental bolted leeks) NOT DONE - too wet
Clean and declutter T stuff - Toilet, Tshirts, Teabags??? DONE - Telephone bills and other old bits of paper from Third bedroom

Tomorrow is Friday 20th in Shoots week
Friday is Flowers and feeding (nothing to feed except the dogs & chooks!)
Tidy bed 20
Clean and declutter U things
Hope for better weather.

[lolie]

Today I'm on snail/slug patrol.

It's finally raining here after a brutally dry autumn/winter (we're over 5 inches and 30 days down on our average YTD rainfall) and we're due for about an inch. Most of my seedlings are about ready to be planted out so I don't intend to let the snails/slugs get them at the 11th hour.

[Penellype]

Tomorrow is Friday 20th in Shoots week
Friday is Flowers and feeding (nothing to feed except the dogs & chooks!)
Tidy bed 20
Clean and declutter U things
Hope for better weather.

U is easy - just declutter anything that is Untidy