What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check greenhouse plants and remove any mouldy leaves etc
Check potatoes for blight
Fill self watering trays
Harvest remaining onions
Remove more finished peas
Weeding
Harvest tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, beans

At home
Weeding and deadheading
Check tomatoes for blight
Straighten front lawn edges
Rearrange fence a bit as a few things are going over
Pick and freeze some blueberries
Harvest salads, tomatoes, peas, courgettes, beans, beetroot, apples, strawberries

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow is Saturday in Fruits week (Day 20/T)

I must:-
Weed Bed 20/T and that's a big job as its very overgrown [ATTACH=CONFIG]76150[/ATTACH]
Plant a Quince tree
Pull up some thistles
Thin out the tomatoes in 2 GHs.

When I say "Weed" I mean "clear"! Got a bit carried away tearing out Montbretia and the Hogweed and brambles that lurked within. Still some way to go - maybe tomorrow, weather permitting.

Before & after



Tomorrow's jobs:-

Finish Bed 20
Weed Bed 21 (not too bad as small and reasonably tidy)
Plant Quince tree - that should have been done today!
Sort some seeds to sow in Beds 19, 20 & 21.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check greenhouse plants and remove any mouldy leaves etc - done
Check potatoes for blight - done, suspect leaves removed
Fill self watering trays - done
Harvest remaining onions - done
Remove more finished peas - done
Weeding - done some
Harvest tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, beans - done

At home
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Check tomatoes for blight - seem ok for now
Straighten front lawn edges - done
Rearrange fence a bit as a few things are going over - done
Pick and freeze some blueberries - done
Harvest salads, tomatoes, peas, courgettes, beans, beetroot, apples, strawberries - done most

Also cut down the pea plants at home as they had finished too.

Monday jobs
Weeding and deadheading
Prick out lettuce seedlings
Pot up kale (may need to make a net for it)
Harvest more blueberries to freeze
Freeze some tomatoes
Harvest salads, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, pak choi, spinach, carrots
Check courgettes, calabrese.

[veggiechicken]

Rain stopped play today so Today's jobs are rolled over to tomorrow + sowing some kale and mixed salad leaves.

[Penellype]

Rain and work stopped play today but I did manage to freeze some of the tomatoes and grab some salad bits for lunch.

Remembered about 1/2 an hour ago that I hadn't put out the trays to catch the rain water and as it is supposed to rain quite hard early in the morning I went to put them out... and discovered almost a carpet of slugs on the lawn. I got a jam jar and put them in - lost count at about 25. Then I found some on the path and some snails on the lettuces. Jam jar full, I went and got a coffee jar and added another 20 or so slugs and snails to that. My friend's chickens are going to have a nice time tomorrow evening.

Tomorrow looks a bit wet and I'm likely to be busy again at work so will be lucky to get today's jobs done.

[SarrissUK]

- paint the new wooden planter that I bought today - it needs a second coat of wood protection and then lined with plastic DONE!
- plant up said wooden planter with bulbs and some of the plants I've bought recently DONE!
- plant up the living salads that I bought today Not done - the shame!
- re-pot some houseplants that have grown out of their current pots ( I really must buy some more house plant pots too) Not done - need something to do this weekend lol
- pick the apples off my tree DONE
- mix pimms DONE
- lay in the sun!! Pffft...... not much sun was there!

[Small pumpkin]

Another day of preserving more of my harvest in many many ways. Hopefully today's preserving will be a little more productive than yesterday's (power was off all morning).

[veggiechicken]

Rain stopped play today so Today's jobs are rolled over to tomorrow + sowing some kale and mixed salad leaves.

Yesterday managed to clear Bed 20 and sowed some Kale and spinach leaves in it, under a netted frame , as its become a chook's playground while I've been working there.
Did some catch up hoeing on Beds 21 and 22.

Today its Bed 23 for a weedover but its pouring down so I think today will be a non-starter outside.
I'll sow some salad leaves in the GH instead.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and deadheading - no
Prick out lettuce seedlings - done, also done fennel and spring cabbage
Pot up kale - done
Harvest more blueberries to freeze - done some but not enough to freeze
Freeze some tomatoes - done
Harvest salads, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, pak choi, spinach, carrots done some, plus a few beans
Check courgettes, calabrese - ate the calabrese

Also fed the pots on the fence and did another slug hunt (although it would be more accurately described as picking up the slugs I nearly stepped on) and filled another jar. The chickens will be pleased.

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and deadheading
Mow lawns if dry (I'll be lucky!)
Check onions and bring in any that have died down
Check tomatoes for blight and harvest anything ripening
Harvest more blueberries and freeze
Harvest salads, cucumber, pak choi, spinach, beetroot, tomatoes, pepper, courgettes
Check apples

[Small pumpkin]

The plan today is remove a couple of finished tomato plants.
Stewe some more apples
A bit of house work
It's that most wonderful time of the year...........to start seed shuffling

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and deadheading - did some
Mow lawns - done (!)
Check onions and bring in any that have died down - brought in a couple
Check tomatoes for blight and harvest anything ripening - ongoing
Harvest more blueberries and freeze - done
Harvest salads, cucumber, pak choi, spinach, beetroot, tomatoes, pepper, courgettes - done some
Check apples - not ready yet

Found a HUGE courgette/marrow which I had completely missed under the tangle of foliage. Will need to make soup soon!

Thursday - no go, busy all day

Friday's jobs (garden currently slightly under water):
Collect rain water from trays when it stops raining
Weeding and deadheading
Check and pick tomatoes
Pick blueberries and freeze some more
Harvest salads, cucumber, pak choi, spinach, beetroot, huge courgette, beans
Plan weekend (rain likely)

Oh, I forgot the slugs... 3 jars full so far since Monday, will be collecting more tonight.

[Penellype]

Friday's jobs:
Collect rain water from trays when it stops raining - done, bin now full
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Check and pick tomatoes - done
Pick blueberries and freeze some more - picked some
Harvest salads, cucumber, pak choi, spinach, beetroot, huge courgette, beans - done some, made soup
Plan weekend (rain likely) - in progress

Checked for slugs - only found 5 tonight. I think I am making an impression.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs
I've been waiting for the weather forecast to give me some idea of what I am likely to be able to do. Unfortunately the models differ hugely - some say tomorrow is dry and Sunday is showery, some say tomorrow is wet and Sunday is dry, and some say both days are showery. In other words, they haven't a clue. Therefore I might get something done or I might not...

At my friend's:
The most important job was to plant the kale now that the onions are harvested, as it was getting too big for its pot. As the forecast is so dodgy I have done it this evening.
Remove potatoes (August planted Charlotte) that are clearly suffering from blight.
Check greenhouse tomatoes for botrytis, harvest any ripe tomatoes (BEFORE touching the potatoes!)
Fill self watering trays
Water my friend's polytunnel as she is away
Weeding if possible

At home:
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest and freeze blueberries
Pot up heuchera
Harvest salads, cucumber, beetroot, pak choi, beans
Check fennel, apples, strawberries
Water fence pots if necessary
Slug hunt

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's:
The most important job was to plant the kale now that the onions are harvested, as it was getting too big for its pot - done
Remove potatoes (August planted Charlotte) that are clearly suffering from blight - done
Check greenhouse tomatoes for botrytis, harvest any ripe tomatoes (BEFORE touching the potatoes!) - done
Fill self watering trays - done
Water my friend's polytunnel as she is away - done
Weeding if possible - did a bit before rain stopped play

At home:
Weeding and deadheading - did a bit
Harvest and freeze blueberries - done some
Pot up heuchera - no, too wet
Harvest salads, cucumber, beetroot, pak choi, beans - done some
Check fennel, apples, strawberries - done, couple of ripe strawberries eaten
Water fence pots if necessary - no, wet enough
Slug hunt - done, vastly fewer slugs now than a week ago.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs:
Busy at work and showers forecast, unlikely to get much done.
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest as many blueberries as possible and freeze
Harvest salads, tomatoes, beetroot, pak choi
Slug hunt