What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Weeding and deadheading - too wet
Continue tidying leaves etc - too wet
Harvest last bucket of Sarpo Mira potatoes - done before the rain started. 0.95kg in this bucket
Harvest salads, carrots, calabrese - done
Check strawberries - done, ate one

Did some planning for next year (along the lines of if I plant broad beans in a bucket now, am I going to regret it in March?)

Friday jobs
Waiting for a parcel so somewhat restricted until it arrives (9-5 - why can't they be more specific?)
Catch up with weeding, deadheading and tidying leaves etc
Check all stored tomatoes and freeze any that are getting too ripe
Continue planning for next year
Harvest salads, courgettes, calabrese, carrots
Check french beans, strawberries

[Small pumpkin]

Today the plan is, turn Humphrey the pumpkin into soup, chutney, roasted seeds, chips ( for tea) and a couple of big chunks in the fridge to be used as and when.

Tomorrow harvesting every single chilli ripe or not and cutting down plants.

[ESBkevin]

This weekend I need to bag up or spread last years leaf mould so I can start collecting again in a week or two. I'm going to insert a couple of pallets as a back panel so the wire cage goes bigger, planning ahead there.
Also assemble a raised bed I made from 6x2 timbers, these were bought to make shuttering on my big 20ft shed with planned reuse for the bed. They are all cut to suitable size and my neighbour took down an aluminium conservatory so I grabbed some straight lengths and made stake to secure the boards to. They should outlast me stuck in the ground.
I've got 3 sides of the Big shed creosoted (the dark sides) leaving just the south facing front to be done, I don't expect it to be dry enough this weekend, but if it is thats getting finished.
Grass cutting and compost turning.

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow is Friday 20th in Shoots week
Friday is Flowers DONE - weeded rockery, cut back pineapple bergamot and mint and turned the bits into cuttings, to root in water. Sowed calendula on the patio wall
Tidy bed 20. DONE
Planted out the Wizard field beans, that I should have done yesterday.
Clean and declutter U things DONE - taking Penellype's advice I cleared an untidy heap in the bedroom - that's books, not me!
Hope for better weather. DONE - but its raining now.

Tomorrow is Saturday, 21st in Shoots week
Catching up on missed jobs,
Tidying bed 21
Cleaning & decluttering a V?? Videos, vases, vests, valuables!!

Weather forecast makes anything outdoors seem unlikely.

[Greenleaves]

Weather permitting I will be preparing two holes

Not just two, any old holes but where my new pear trees will go. The soil where I intend to plant them needs a little tlc. Stoney and full of all manner of detritus! My thinking is if I do the prep work now so the soil will have a chance to settle before I purchase the new barefoot 2 year old trees.

That's plan A, plan B.....should the weather conspire against me I have some cauliflowers to sow and a greenhouse that needs a tidy and plenty of pots and trays that need sterilising.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Catch up with weeding, deadheading and tidying leaves etc - done some
Check all stored tomatoes and freeze any that are getting too ripe - done for now
Continue planning for next year - done some
Harvest salads, courgettes, calabrese, carrots - just salads
Check french beans, strawberries - not ready yet

Also replaced a finished bucket of carrots in the growhouse with the spinach that will spend the winter in there now that it gets little or no direct sun.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)
At my friend's:
Check greenhouse tomatoes, remove any mouldy bits and harvest ripe fruit.
Check stored melons for ripeness
Assess outdoor tomatoes and remove if dead (were showing signs of blight last time I looked)
Weeding

At home:
Weeding, deadheading and clear leaves
Take down tomato supports and remove roots
Remove dead bedding plants
Assess front fence and possibly rearrange
Harvest salads, carrots, courgettes, calabrese, peppers
Check french beans, strawberries
Continue planning.

The rear hedge needs a trim, but it will be far, far too wet. Possibly some time next week?

[lolie]

Today I need to cut some pieces of scrap wood for a makeshift garden bed edge in preparation for having some soil delivered later in the week. I should probably mow the lawn as well and give the compost bin a stir.

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow is Saturday, 21st in Shoots week
Catching up on missed jobs,
Tidying bed 21
Cleaning & decluttering a V?? Videos, vases, vests, valuables!!

Weather forecast makes anything outdoors seem unlikely.

As predicted, the weather has been terrible and I've hardly been outside all day.
I have however, decluttered a Very Untidy pile of papers and shredded some for the chicken run.

Tomorrow is Sunday the 22nd,
That's tidying bed 22,
Cleaning and decluttering a W - ?windowsill, wardrobe??
and sorting out the seeds for next week which is Fruits week. That'll be some peas and beans to sow on Monday.
Hope the weather is better and I can do some outdoor work.

[monkeyboy]

Set up string on veg bed #1 for square foot gardening. Planted two squares with garlic that I had chitted over the past week.

Fingers crossed.

[Greenleaves]

On domestic duties today, so basically whatever I am told!

[lolie]

Set up string on veg bed #1 for square foot gardening. Planted two squares with garlic that I had chitted over the past week.

Fingers crossed.

Have you settled on a final layout for your beds yet?

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs
At my friend's:
Check greenhouse tomatoes, remove any mouldy bits and harvest ripe fruit - done
Check stored melons for ripeness - done
Assess outdoor tomatoes and remove if dead (were showing signs of blight last time I looked) - no
Weeding - no, too wet

Spent most of the time in the greenhouse, cutting down tomatoes and one of the cucumber plants which had died, tidying up and removing moss from the glass.
Harvested a kohlrabi and some carrots

At home:
Weeding, deadheading and clear leaves - done some
Take down tomato supports and remove roots - no
Remove dead bedding plants - no
Assess front fence and possibly rearrange - no
Harvest salads, carrots, courgettes, calabrese, peppers - done some
Check french beans, strawberries - not ready yet
Continue planning - done some, concluded that I need another 10 buckets...

Also made soup using the kohlrabi and carrots from my friend's along with a bolted leek, a couple of courgettes and some tomatoes.

Monday jobs (weather/work combination does not look great) - basically I need to catch up on what I was supposed to do at the weekend:
Weeding, deadheading and clear leaves
Take down tomato supports and remove roots
Remove dead bedding plants
Assess front fence and possibly rearrange
Harvest salads, carrots, calabrese, peppers
Check french beans, strawberries
Continue planning.

[veggiechicken]

As predicted, the weather has been terrible and I've hardly been outside all day.
I have however, decluttered a Very Untidy pile of papers and shredded some for the chicken run.

Tomorrow is Sunday the 22nd,
That's tidying bed 22, NOT DONE - another unpleasant day
Cleaning and decluttering a W - ?windowsill, wardrobe?? DONE - Windowsill - chucked a couple of tired Aloe vera plants into the GH.
and sorting out the seeds for next week which is Fruits week. That'll be some peas and beans to sow on Monday. DONE
Hope the weather is better and I can do some outdoor work.

Today is Monday, 23rd October and the start of Fruits week.
I'll be sowing seeds of Bijou mangetout, Wizard Field beans and SuperAquadulce Broad bean in modules. Twinkle peas for pea shoots to grow in the GH bucket.
If the rain stops, I'll be tidying bed 23 (and the others I've missed over the weekend)
Cleaning/decluttering things with an X (Xceptionally untidy )

[monkeyboy]

Have you settled on a final layout for your beds yet?

Not quite but I figured I'd best get garlic going. They're in the last column of bed 1, top and bottom square. I may end up changing what I grow to accommodate where I've planted the garlic.

Too much planning to do and not enough time!

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding, deadheading and clear leaves - done some
Take down tomato supports and remove roots - done, fingers now sore from undoing knots!
Remove dead bedding plants - no
Assess front fence and possibly rearrange - no
Harvest salads, carrots, calabrese, peppers - done some
Check french beans, strawberries - ate one ripe strawberry
Continue planning - no

Tuesday jobs (raining)
Continue planning (work permitting)
Shred paper for hotbin (running out)
Check that the rain has got into the pots on the fence, water if necessary
Tidy up indoor tomatoes, remove sideshoots.
Harvest carrots