What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[chillithyme]

Tommorow
-complete digging over, and continued bindweed removal of one third of allotment plot
-then level dug over areain prep for weed control fabric to be pegged on top, and plants to be grown through)
-make supports and plant out climbing beans

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs
Another long list from which I will probably have to pick and choose.

At my friend's
Take peas to greenhouse
Plant 3 biggest tomato plants in Hozelock planter in greenhouse
Move Maris Bard potatoes out of the way and plant cucumbers in duogrow planter in greenhouse
Harvest 1 bucket of Maris Bard (have a furtle first to see if there are any!)
Top up melon hotbed with compost and cover with cloche
Remove bolted brassicas and parsnips
Weeding
Watering

At home
Sort out upstairs tomato plants and put tallest ones in growhouse
Pot up calabrese
Pot up geraniums and silene and put on fence
Plant lobelia
Sow more runner beans, dwarf and climbing french beans and courgettes to replace failures (new seed has arrived)
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest salads, spinach, carrots, possibly first peas and first balconi yellow tomato
Watering

At allotment
Slug and snail hunt
Pull horsetail from hotbed and cauliflower bed (and any bits from other raised beds)
Finish re-digging road end of tunnel
Cut grass if dry enough
General weeding
Tidy wood shed
Harvest lettuce, spinach, beetroot, rhubarb
Watering if necessary

[chillithyme]

Tommorow
-complete digging over, and continued bindweed removal of one third of allotment plot
-then level dug over areain prep for weed control fabric to be pegged on top, and plants to be grown through)
-make supports and plant out climbing beans

-only managed to dig over and remove bindweed
-will continue tommorow depending on the thunderstorms,which have already started

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take peas to greenhouse - done
Plant 3 biggest tomato plants in Hozelock planter in greenhouse - done
Move Maris Bard potatoes out of the way and plant cucumbers in duogrow planter in greenhouse - done
Harvest 1 bucket of Maris Bard (have a furtle first to see if there are any!) - no, not big enough
Top up melon hotbed with compost and cover with cloche - no, need potato compost
Remove bolted brassicas and parsnips - done some
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At home
Sort out upstairs tomato plants and put tallest ones in growhouse - done
Pot up calabrese - done
Pot up geraniums and silene and put on fence - done geraniums
Plant lobelia - no
Sow more runner beans, dwarf and climbing french beans and courgettes to replace failures (new seed has arrived) - done
Weeding and deadheading - no
Harvest salads, spinach, carrots, possibly first peas and first balconi yellow tomato - done
Watering - done

At allotment
Slug and snail hunt - done
Pull horsetail from hotbed and cauliflower bed (and any bits from other raised beds) - done cauliflower bed
Finish re-digging road end of tunnel - done
Cut grass if dry enough - done
General weeding - done some
Tidy wood shed - done
Harvest lettuce, spinach, beetroot, rhubarb - done spinach
Watering if necessary - done

Also hoed the shed end of the tunnel to keep annual weeds down and cut back branches of ash tree that were overhanging the wood shed.

Monday jobs
Pot up silene and rearrange fence
Trim lawn edges and plant lobelia
Weeding and deadheading including pulmonaria
Trim euonymus
Trim hedges at allotment
Pull horsetail from raised beds and rhubarb bed
Harvest lettuce, spinach, beetroot, rhubarb
Watering

[chillithyme]

Tommorow: make bean supports and plant out climbing beans, depending on the weather, more storms forecast for tonight

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Pot up silene and rearrange fence - done
Trim lawn edges and plant lobelia - done the lawn edges, but not the lobelia
Weeding and deadheading including pulmonaria - done some
Trim euonymus - no
Trim hedges at allotment - done road side hedge
Pull horsetail from raised beds and rhubarb bed - done some
Harvest lettuce, spinach, beetroot, rhubarb - done also an orange pepper
Watering - done

Also planted out tomatoes (under cover) and runner beans at the allotment and potted up some chitted peas (Terrain).

Tuesday jobs
Plant lobelia
Trim euonymus
Weeding and deadheading
Trim west side hedge at allotment
Pull horsetail from raised beds and remainder of rhubarb bed
Harvest lettuce, spinach
Watering

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Plant lobelia - done
Trim euonymus - done
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Trim west side hedge at allotment - done
Pull horsetail from raised beds and remainder of rhubarb bed - done 4 raised beds
Harvest lettuce, spinach - done
Watering - done

Also took 4 trugs of horsetail to the tip.

Wednesday jobs
Pull horsetail from remaining raised beds and rhubarb
Dig some horsetail roots from path next to tunnel
Plant beetroot, pot up celeriac
Sow broccoli and brokali
Harvest lettuce, spinach and 1 bucket Lady C potatoes at allotment.
Watering

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Pull horsetail from remaining raised beds and rhubarb - done one bed
Dig some horsetail roots from path next to tunnel - done some
Plant beetroot, pot up celeriac - no
Sow broccoli and brokali - done, also florence fennel and lettuce
Harvest lettuce, spinach and 1 bucket Lady C potatoes at allotment - done
Watering - done

No gardening tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Take photos (1st of month)
Tomato plants to go into growhouse
Pot up celeriac, kohlrabi
Dig horsetail
Pull horsetail from raised beds
Plant beetroot
Set up extra trays for catching water (rain forecast later today and all day tomorrow)
Harvest salads, beetroot, spinach, calabrese, check peas and Balconi tomatoes
Watering if necessary

[happyhumph]

Not me, but Mr HH has declared he will start on my new arches in the veg patch - I'm a very happy Mrs HH

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Take photos (1st of month) - done
Tomato plants to go into growhouse - done
Pot up celeriac, kohlrabi - done
Dig horsetail - done some
Pull horsetail from raised beds - done some
Plant beetroot - done
Set up extra trays for catching water (rain forecast later today and all day tomorrow) - done
Harvest salads, beetroot, spinach, calabrese, check peas and Balconi tomatoes - done except calabrese
Watering if necessary - done

Also planted cucumbers and moved some pots of finished brassicas out of the way in preparation fro moving potatoes over the weekend.

Weekend jobs
Quite a bit of rain forecast so plans may need to be changed

At my friend's
Remove finished plants
Plant peas, courgette, tomatoes, peppers
Weeding
Watering

At home
Weeding and deadheading
Mow lawns if possible
Move Lady C potatoes out of tunnel to make room for tomatoes
Plant tomatoes
Watering

At allotment
Dig more horsetail
Pull horsetail out of raised beds
Cut grass if dry enough
Collect water if rains
Watering if needed

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs
As anticipated, things didn't quite go to plan...

At my friend's
Remove finished plants - not really
Plant peas, courgette, tomatoes, peppers -planted peas and sweet potatoes (which were desperate)
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

Saturday was wet and today I discovered I needed to make a hotbed urgently for the sweet potatoes - a job I should have done last week. By the time I had done that and planted the peas, fed the slugs to the chickens and pulled out a few random weeds I was out of time.

At home
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if possible - done
Move Lady C potatoes out of tunnel to make room for tomatoes - done
Plant tomatoes - no
Watering - not needed

Harvested lettuce, spinach, calabrese and peas

At allotment
Dig more horsetail - done some
Pull horsetail out of raised beds - done some
Cut grass if dry enough - no
Collect water if rains - done
Watering if needed - not needed

Also planted some french beans and harvested a load of spinach and the first of the Meteor peas.

Monday jobs
Plant out the tomatoes
Cut grass at allotment
Dig more horsetail
Maybe, just maybe, harvest a cauliflower (only been trying on and off to grow an edible cauliflower for the last 35 years or so).

[veggiechicken]

I'm back.
Monday 4th, in Fruits week. that means:-
Tidy Bed 4 D
Sow seeds of Broad beans and mangetout/peas.

I'm sure there's more to do but this'll be a start.

[chillithyme]

make climbing bean supports and plant out beans, finally, I will do it, I always do other jobs and this is last and always gets left out, must do today

[veggiechicken]

I'm back.
Monday 4th, in Fruits week. that means:-
Tidy Bed 4 D DONE A BIT - too hot in Bed 4 so I moved into 24.
Sow seeds of Broad beans and mangetout/peas. DONE - 14 Sutton BBs (sown by Aug 2013.) and Telephone and mixed peas sown in situ.

I'm sure there's more to do but this'll be a start.

Tomorrow is Chooksday 5th -Clean out chooks
Tidy Bed 5E
Fill bottomless MFBs in GH ready for some weird cucumbers
Pick mangetout and strawberries.
Chat to tadpoles and look for more Tandem Damselflies