What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[SarrissUK]

Sunday's jobs
Cover up the rhubarb and garlic that is sprouting on the allotment


(.... and that's it really, but it's my excuse to go up there before my Christmas trip back to Sweden)

[Aberdeenplotter]

Although I've already started off some shallots in what is probably an impossible attempt to have some ready for the NVS National Championships at the New Forest Show next July, I still have to plant up a goodly number on the shortest day which is almost upon us so tomorrow, whether it is cold or not, I'll have to get some compost mixed in preparation. A fifty/fifty mix of gp and JI3 with some slow release granules added and also some vermic to keep the compost open. That's the mix I use for all my onions and shallots. Who says vegetable exhibitors don't share their secrets?

[mcdood]

Today - moan about the crappy weather always hitting on a weekend.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check greenhouse plants and cut down anything dead - done (2 tomato plants & 1 pepper still surviving!)
Weeding - done some
Harvest any ripening tomatoes - done

At allotment
Continue digging horsetail - done some
Harvest lettuce, beetroot - done

At home
Deadheading and general tidy up - done a bit
Harvest microgreens, carrots, peppers - done

Monday jobs
Dig more horsetail
General tidy up
Harvest lettuce, leek, carrots

[Derbydal]

Although I've already started off some shallots in what is probably an impossible attempt to have some ready for the NVS National Championships at the New Forest Show next July, I still have to plant up a goodly number on the shortest day which is almost upon us so tomorrow, whether it is cold or not, I'll have to get some compost mixed in preparation. A fifty/fifty mix of gp and JI3 with some slow release granules added and also some vermic to keep the compost open. That's the mix I use for all my onions and shallots. Who says vegetable exhibitors don't share their secrets?

do you grow your shallots and onions in a cold greenhouse if you dont mind me asking ?atb Dal.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Dig more horsetail- done a bit
General tidy up - done some
Harvest lettuce, leek, carrots - done plus a few baby spinach leaves

The forecast for today is appalling and the rain looks like arriving earlier than scheduled, so I very much doubt I will get any gardening done.

[Gillykat]

Tuesday

Organise seed packets of flowers & vegetables

Rough up some ideas of where to sow/plant everything in 2019


Wednesday

Allotment day - continue digging front beds and planting bulbs & wallflowers

Plant 3 Elephant Garlic bulbs (cloves?) into ground as they're rapidly outgrowing the plant pots I temporarily put them into!

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting - currently raining)
General tidy up
Deadheading and remove finished bedding plants
Trim dead leaves off strawberry plants
Harvest lettuce, carrots, parsnip

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
General tidy up - done a bit
Deadheading and remove finished bedding plants - done some
Trim dead leaves off strawberry plants - done
Harvest lettuce, carrots, parsnip - done

No gardening today.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Its been raining since about 4am and is due to continue until about 3pm. As everything outside was already far too wet to do anything constructive with, I think I will be wrapping Christmas presents today.

[Penellype]

Weekend Jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Check plants in greenhouse
Weeding if possible

At allotment
Check plants, especially broccoli, brokali and romanesco which might nearly be ready
Weeding
Collect slugs and snails
Harvest lettuce, beetroot

At home
Cut down sedum if water level goes down enough to reach it
Weeding
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend Jobs

At my friend's
Check plants in greenhouse - done
Weeding if possible - done some

At allotment
Check plants, especially broccoli, brokali and romanesco which might nearly be ready - done, not ready yet
Weeding - no
Collect slugs and snails - done
Harvest lettuce, beetroot - no

At home
Cut down sedum if water level goes down enough to reach it - no
Weeding - no
Harvest carrots - no

As anticipated, Saturday was too busy and Sunday was too wet to get much done at all.

Monday jobs
Cut down sedum
Weeding and general tidy up
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, carrots

No gardening on Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Cut down sedum - done
Weeding and general tidy up - done some
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, carrots - done plus a tomato from the sitting room windowsill.

No gardening on Christmas Day.

Wednesday jobs
Trim remaining strawberry plants
General tidy up
Assess state of soil at allotment, dig horsetail if possible (unlikely)
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Trim remaining strawberry plants - done most
General tidy up - done some
Assess state of soil at allotment, dig horsetail if possible - done some digging
Harvest carrots - done plus a leek

Thursday jobs
Hopefully continue digging horsetail
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, calabrese

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs (continued on Friday)
Hopefully continue digging horsetail - done some
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, calabrese - done plus a beetroot

Saturday jobs

Read through multiple seed catalogues that keep landing on the doormat

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Tidy greenhouse a bit
Weeding

At allotment
Continue digging horsetail
Harvest romanesco

At home
Pull stray weeds out of drive
Deadhead dianthus
Harvest carrots

No gardening on Sunday this week.