What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Baldy]

Its precipitating it down but I'm not in the mood for house jobs and I got most of my GH related sowing done yesterday - may have to don my waterproofs and get to the plot - there's another raised bed to sort out...

[nickdub]

"rattle trap" is good - it shows the true allotment spirit - let your inner bodger out.

[Baldy]

"Rattle trap" isn't a phrase I've come across before but it sums up my 'style' pretty well.
I'm on the plot committee - and we really do use the look of my plot as a base-level "Newbie plot-holder - don't let your plot look worse than *that* one" benchmark

Anyhow - have had a productive morning and weather permitting intend to go back this evening and burn off a fair bit of detritus.

[nickdub]

One of my friends at school used to act as a similar "bookend" in maths class - anyone arriving after Dave was officially designated as being late, to be punished accordingly - don't remember anyone actually falling foul of this bye-law.

[Snoop Puss]

Rip out all the wild rocket taking over my two summer patches. Did some today. The ground is so wet, they're not too bad to get rid off. There's loads, but each plant is so huge that just ripping out a few looks like you've made a big difference.

After that, I think it will be time to start sowing. I'm miles behind you lot. No greenhouse and no sunny windows, so everything apart from the toms has to survive outdoors this year.

[Baldy]

I believe that rain has officially stopped play
I am indulging in a small(ish) tincture as it is still the weekend and shall concentrate on cooking the Sunday roast (and possibly annoying folk here, on FaceAche and in real life

Tomorrow if the rain lets up I'll try to get a couple of bags of spent compost up to the plot to get the third raised bed finished off.

[Baldy]

- oh - and make up some paper pots and get my swift sweetcorn sown...

[Chestnut]

Hopefully transporting /walking some timber planks to the plot (hoping they will balance on wheelbarrow as they are 4’ too long for car), done
and finish the second bed on my new ‘terrace’ , nearly done
If time, plant spuds too. Too tired!

[nickdub]

I remember bringing back some larch lap boards about 15' long for a shed on top of my Volvo - hadn't bargained on how bendy they'd be - could barely see out - didn't help that it was snowing a bit at the time and I didn't have any waterproof gloves I could use when tying them on.

[Guest]

Still when I get a chance

finish weeding border
sow some more seeds
plant out more plugs in flower patch

Hopefully weekend

sort out meadow patch

Today

Cut grass path in meadow patch
Put flower cart out
Foraged some foliage
Sowed some lupins
Cut and arranged some flowers

Still when I get a chance

finish weeding border
sow some more seeds
plant out more plugs in flower patch
sort out meadow patch

Hopefully with better weather and end of school holidays I can get stuck in this week

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

Open all cloches, covers and greenhouse in anticipation of sunshine! done, but closed again now.

At my friend's
Take pea seedlings to greenhouse - done
Water greenhouse plants and check potatoes - done
Remove bolted mizuna - done
Weeding - done

At home
Mulch apple tree (should have been done ages ago but no access from flooded lawn) - done
Put self watering trays under strawberries in anticipation of hot weather - done
Pot up Shirley tomatoes - no
Feed tomatoes and peppers - done
Apply nematodes if weather suitable - no (too sunny!)
Remove overwintered mizuna, namenia and komatsuna (bolted/eaten) - done komatsuna
Harvest salads, leeks, spinach, carrots and the most urgent of calabrese, brokali and PSB - done most

At allotment
Sow leeks - done
Plant Meteor peas - done
Put net back on tunnel while not windy - done
Shred leylandii - done some
Weed tunnel - done some
Harvest rhubarb, salads - done

Also sowed some calabrese and some more lettuce in the hotbed at the allotment.

A really productive weekend as things had just started to dry out, and guess what - now its pouring down again.

[Feral007]

Definitely something constructive around the farm....the choices are so many, the motivation so little. Send any motivation this way if you can.

[Penellype]

Definitely something constructive around the farm....the choices are so many, the motivation so little. Send any motivation this way if you can.

If motivation is little, pick something that you can see progress with, preferably fairly quickly.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Pot up Shirley tomatoes
Sieve compost for carrots
Weeding at allotment especially near/under hedge (speedwell & nettles)
Trim long bits of grass at allotment
Shred more leylandii
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli

[jonahjonah]

Today/tomorrow

Recover some soil from my clods
Poke hopefully at the compost bins
Trim the tops off the ornamental grass in an attempt to find the roots to dig out
Spread some of my inherited compost/finely prepared soil on the plantable areas
Rearrange the covers for the plantable areas and the clod piles
Trim down some holly