What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Nicos]

Just going to have a quiet day pottering in the garden if it doesn't get too nippy out there.
Dead heading daffs is going to be the one thing I really must do as we have literally hundreds.

[Vegi potager]

so this weekend starts Friday...

Go through the "April" seed box and find what I want to grow this year while having Friday brunch then retire to the glass house to start sowing
Consider last weeks undone tasks and...
put up the bean supports
fill some containers with compost etc. for carrots, mooli radish, Rapini broc and Repot last years mint - Bowles green, spearmint and chocolate
Choose this weekends play list, mellow up with some Ry Cooder and sing along to the beach boys?
check everything growing undercover and water/weed if necessary (repeat every weekend!)
Unwrap the fleece from last week.
sit and have a cup of tea while gazing into the pond to spot the newts ( another recurring theme)
Sow herbs; Basils, parsley, dill, coriander, savory
Sow flowers; tagetes (yellow, golden and orange) pot marigolds, dianthus, sweet-pea and nasturtiums (climbing and bush.)
Pot on peppers, toms squash, cues etc time to move into the glasshouse from the dining room.
delegate cleaning of dining room to him indoors. We have an equal opp. partnership. I make mess, he cleans
Strim the remaining patch of grass I haven't turned into veg and flower beds (yet!)
Sow lettuce and kale etc into the raised bed and put the anti cat poop netting around.
Why is it that I leave a nice untouched wildlife area and the cats and/or foxes want to scratch up the new seedlings?!!!

Let you know after the weekend how much I got done

VP

[SarrissUK]

For this weekend (if I can get more work done on my essay tomorrow):
- buy new spade
- fix fork handles
- dig trench around poly frame
- build doorways either end of poly frame
- build bean frames
- prep pea support

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Take peas to greenhouse (not done yesterday)
Sow more peas
Check for wind damage
Weeding
Water plants under cover
Plan weekend gardening
Deal with 48 begonia plug plants if they arrive
Harvest lettuce, carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Take peas to greenhouse - done
Sow more peas - done
Check for wind damage - done
Weeding - done a bit
Water plants under cover - done
Plan weekend gardening - done
Deal with 48 begonia plug plants if they arrive - done
Harvest lettuce, carrots, spinach - done

Also cut the grass at the allotment

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take slugs for chickens
Plant potatoes (Charlotte & Desiree)
Fill hotbed
Weeding

At allotment
Weeding
Check for horsetail and remove any shoots
Bring compost for parsnip bed
Sow parsnips
Harvest lettuce, PSB, spinach

At home
Mow lawns
Plant potatoes (Desiree)
Sow carrots
Weeding and deadheading
Move largest tomato plant downstairs
Remove bolting brokali shoots
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take slugs for chickens - done
Plant potatoes (Charlotte & Desiree) - done
Fill hotbed - no
Weeding - done some

Also harvested some parsnips and planted out 5 cauliflowers.

At allotment
Weeding - done some
Check for horsetail and remove any shoots - done some
Bring compost for parsnip bed - no
Sow parsnips - no
Harvest lettuce, PSB, spinach - done plus rhubarb

At home
Mow lawns - no
Plant potatoes (Desiree) - no
Sow carrots - done
Weeding and deadheading - no
Move largest tomato plant downstairs - done
Remove bolting brokali shoots - no
Harvest carrots - no

Also planted out a couple of cauliflower plants.

A busy weekend, with my only real gardening time being Sunday afternoon, when it decided to rain heavily.

Monday jobs
Bring remaining large tomato plants downstairs and make frame support
Collect water at allotment
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest carrots, leeks

[SarrissUK]

It's only Monday and if I can get my essay done I might get to do some seed sowing in the week. So, I'm planning quietly in my head for the weekend instead.

I've asked around on Facebook for local places where wild garlic grows, and stunned with the response of how many areas, so I'm off picking the stuff at the weekend, with the dog in tow!

I have, at the back of my new plot a shaded area under a couple of trees. There's also rather large brambles, which I am intending to cut back completely and possibly dig up. I'm just wondering what the law says about pulling up roots and all with wild garlic, to grow on on the allotment. Do you know?

The wildest area where they grow is a little wooded area that is very popular with dog walkers, and apparently it's overrun by wild garlic.

[Vegi potager]

so this weekend starts Friday... update

well got last weekends jobs done except...
left fleece on, and added more as expecting cold drops Wednesday -Friday this week.

Didn't strim the grass (again) leaving it for the insects that are overwintering there. That is my excuse anyway.

Forgot to charge up my MP3 player so no soundtrack except a few dozen starlings at the bird feeders. Introducing a Niger seed feeder maybe a mistake, but never managed to get thistles to grow in my clay soil when I buy expensive plants/seeds. That said I now have a pair of Goldfinch visiting But now they are here they seem to enjoy the peanuts more!!!?

Brunch, after 2 years of waiting my first asparagus spear served with bacon, English muffin, poached egg and and hollandaise (Pacific Purple for those interested.) 2nd spear only 5 cm so maybe next weekend?

VP

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Bring remaining large tomato plants downstairs and make frame support - done
Collect water at allotment - done
Weeding and deadheading - done some including horsetail
Harvest carrots, leeks - done

Also planted the last of the potatoes.

Tuesday jobs (if time - meetings may get in the way)
Mow lawns if dry enough
Continue digging horsetail in tunnel
Sow kohlrabi, beetroot
Harvest lettuce, spinach, carrots, brokali

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough - no
Continue digging horsetail in tunnel - done a bit
Sow kohlrabi, beetroot - done beetroot
Harvest lettuce, spinach, carrots, brokali - done spinach

Also sorted out fleece to cover strawberry plants as frost was (correctly) forecast.

As predicted, yesterday was rather busy. What should have been a half hour job managed to take up most of the day and there was little time left for gardening.

Wednesday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough
Sow kohlrabi, peas
Dig horsetail if time
Harvest lettuce, carrots, brokali

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough - no
Sow kohlrabi, peas - no
Dig horsetail if time - done some
Harvest lettuce, carrots, brokali - no, but picked some spinach

Rather restricted as to what I could really do as a parcel was due to arrive in the afternoon (it didn't). I therefore spent some time in the front garden and straightened about half of the long lawn edge which is a tedious job as the grass grows over the edging strip and emerges in amongst the perennials. More to do.

No gardening time today.

[Chestnut]

Shift manure off front lawn and in to back garden.

[Penellype]

I did manage to sow the kohlrabi and harvest PSB, lettuce and spinach yesterday.

Friday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough
Sow peas, parsnips, carrots
Check for horsetail and dig out any shoots
Cut back nettles in allotment hedge
Put up pea supports at home
Harvest lettuce, carrots, brokali.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough - no
Sow peas, parsnips, carrots - done except carrots
Check for horsetail and dig out any shoots - done some
Cut back nettles in allotment hedge - done some
Put up pea supports at home - done and planted peas
Harvest lettuce, carrots, brokali. - done lettuce

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs and snails to chickens
Water plants in greenhouse
Put up pea supports
Fill hotbed
Weeding

At allotment
Keep on top of horsetail
Cut back more nettles
Fill hotbed for melons (if I've got the energy!)
Check watering
Harvest lettuce, spinach, PSB/brokali

At home
Mow lawns
Try to finish lawn edge
Sow carrots
Weeding and deadheading
Watering
Harvest carrots

[Snadger]

Tomorrow morning, 10.00am Allotment AGM.