What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[chris_m]

Just sown the last of my parsnips - and spotted the first shoots of my Nipper leeks and Flyaway carrots. Was wondering what had happened to them.

I've got some Aquilegia to sow in rootrainers and I guess I'd better plant out the two Passion Flowers that have been living in pots in the greenhouse since they are now definitely reaching to find something to cling on to.
Might also pot out the last of the Sweet Fresca strawberries I sowed in late December, they are about big enough now.

No mowing to do, I did that the day before yesterday. Sometime I need to shift eight large paving slabs from where they are stacked down the middle of the drive and lay them down as a path beside the drive - but I may well decide it's too hot for that sort of work today ;-)

[jonahjonah]

Weekend

Check out new seedlings. Plant more brassicas if they seem ok. - Yes, more seedlings planted.
Continue hardening off other seedlings. - Yes. They've been staying in the garage overnight and will be more exposed tonight.
Sow flower seeds in the back of the plot. - No, the soil was too hard and dry.
Weeding! - Just in the area where I planted the brassica seedlings.

We also bought some new evergreens for our front garden. I mowed the front. We worked on the devilish greenhouse that we bought. We finally seem to have the instructions cracked so hopefully it will be finished soon.

Monday/Tuesday

Take lawn clippings to the plot.
Plant out more seedlings.
Place more slug traps.
When the weather is cool enough for long sleeves, pull up some nettles.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Sort out plants under upstairs lights - move tomatoes to windowsill to make room for germinating melons and courgettes - done
Mow lawns at home - done
Trim acer back from path - done (for now)
Continue removing horsetail - done some
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli, beans (indoors) - done
Watering - done

Tuesday jobs (heat permitting)
Continue removing horsetail
Sow runner beans, romanesco
Pot up some tomato sideshoots
Watering

[jonahjonah]

Monday/Tuesday

Take lawn clippings to the plot. - Yes. Spread a thin layer on bare ground between crops. Hopefully past the heating up to break down stage.
Plant out more seedlings.- Yes. More beans and marigolds plus a couple more. I need to get everything in before the last week in May, whatever the weather. Who planned these trips during the growing season?
Place more slug traps. - Yes. One more. Emptied and refilled others.
When the weather is cool enough for long sleeves, pull up some nettles. - Did a bit of debulking weeding. Not digging up the roots, just clearing off the tops. Got a nice nettle sting despite my sleeves and noticed bindweed is suddenly making enormous progress on the back of the plot.

Wednesday/Thursday

Get some more panels in the polycarbonate greenhouse. Hope to finish it off this weekend.
Plant out more seedlings.
Collect any rainwater from the ground coverings.
Turn and wet compost pile.
Pot on my remaining seedlings/plants.
Put up a barrier/edge between my plot and the jungly communal area that abuts it.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Continue removing horsetail - done some
Sow runner beans, romanesco - done romanesco, put beans to soak
Pot up some tomato sideshoots - done
Watering - done

Also collected up a huge number of slugs and snails at the allotment and a few at home after it rained in the evening. Put up a pea and bean support frame at the allotment. Planted out some beetroot at my friend's.

Wednesday jobs
General tidying, weeding and deadheading at home and at allotment
Collect more slugs and snails
Dig more horsetail
Plant cabbages
Apply nematodes (vine weevil at home, slug at my friend's)
Harvest salads, broccoli, spinach

[Bren In Pots]

Today's plan is to erect my brassica cage and dig up another trug of dandelions.

[Nicos]

Get our spuds planted out!....finally

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
General tidying, weeding and deadheading at home and at allotment - done some
Collect more slugs and snails - done, fed 3 jam jars full to chickens
Dig more horsetail - done some
Plant cabbages - done
Apply nematodes (vine weevil at home, slug at my friend's) - no
Harvest salads, broccoli, spinach - done salads and spinach

Also trimmed the hawthorn hedge at the allotment.

Thursday jobs (meetings all day)
Collect rain water at allotment
Pot up tomatoes and rearrange growlights if time
Put peas to soak
Pot up chitted french beans
Keep eye on forecast & temperature and possibly cover potatoes and strawberries (forecast currently showing 4)
Watering
Harvest salads, spinach

[jonahjonah]

Wednesday/Thursday

Get some more panels in the polycarbonate greenhouse. Hope to finish it off this weekend. - Nope. It will be finished this weekend though.
Plant out more seedlings. - Yes, quite a few.
Collect any rainwater from the ground coverings. - None to speak of!
Turn and wet compost pile. - Turned it a bit. There were flies around it though and I didn't feel like getting more involved. More work to be done.
Pot on my remaining seedlings/plants. - Almost all.
Put up a barrier/edge between my plot and the jungly communal area that abuts it. - Nope. Rather more seedling planting (and digging out straggling perennial weeds) than expected.

Friday

Finish greenhouse.
Plant some flowers in the borders at home.
Move some plants into the greenhouse.

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Collect rain water at allotment - done
Pot up tomatoes and rearrange growlights if time - mostly done
Put peas to soak - done
Pot up chitted french beans - no
Keep eye on forecast & temperature and possibly cover potatoes and strawberries (forecast currently showing 4) - done
Watering - done
Harvest salads, spinach - done

Managed to find time in the evening to dig a bit more horsetail.

Friday jobs
Uncover strawberries and potatoes
Pot up chitted french beans
Pot up largest Shirley tomato and find space on the windowsill
Sow cucumbers and courgettes to replace seeds that haven't germinated
Take trugs of horsetail to tip
Dig more horsetail
watering
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli

[bikermike]

plant some sweetcorn seeds, possibly plant out my courgettes/squash (bought plants this year - hangs head in shame...), play with my new netting hoops.

the good news is that I have palmed off two wisterias, a bay tree and a grape vine cutting to my mum... (which will mean more space to for the next lot - I am determined to do cuttings this year)

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Uncover strawberries and potatoes - done
Pot up chitted french beans - done
Pot up largest Shirley tomato and find space on the windowsill - done
Sow cucumbers and courgettes to replace seeds that haven't germinated - done
Take trugs of horsetail to tip - done
Dig more horsetail - done some
watering - done
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli - done

Also planted out some peas at the allotment.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Remove bolted broccoli and feed to chickens
Put net over parsnip seed bed to keep dogs off
Check peas in greenhouse and plant out if big enough
Apply slug nematodes
Watering

At home
Weeding and deadheading
Remove bolted winter spinach and mizuna
Apply vine weevil nematodes
Rearrange fence pots and removed finished primroses
Sow carrots, fennel
Harvest beetroot, broccoli, carrot
Watering

At allotment
Dig more horsetail - ideally finish tunnel (ambitious)
Remove horsetail from raised beds and hotbed (again)
Trim grass
Weed strawberries
Watering

[jonahjonah]

Friday/Saturday

Finish greenhouse. - Yes. Hooray!
Plant some flowers in the borders at home. - Squirrels are digging everything up at the moment, so no.
Move some plants into the greenhouse. - Yes, the dining room can be used for dining again!

Also planted more seedlings out at the allotment.

[bramble]

Hopefully plant out my dahlias on Monday.
All sown from my saved seeds.

[jonahjonah]

Forgot to plan ahead for today, but my Very Nice Partner helped me liberate some compost from the bottom of the heap to mulch some of the veggies. Also ripped up some nettles and turned one of the two heaps in the process.

Monday/Tuesday

Start feeding some of the plants.
Pot on the herbs.
Pull some weeds.