What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[jonahjonah]

Well...a cold got the better of me after the jet lag wore off. So a whole lot of nothing has been going on. Finally had a bit of energy today, so got briefly to the allotment.

Wednesday/Thursday

Continue weeding. - Yes, used the hoe to great effect.
More slug traps. - Not yet, but gratified to see the sugar/yeast/water worked as well as the beer.
Sow sweetcorn at the plot. - No. Probably too late now but that may not stop me when I get some energy.
Plant out remaining flowers. - Still some left to go into baskets and containers.
Turn compost. - Nope, that's a job for a day with energy.

Attended a strimmer class at the allotment to get permission to use the site petrol strimmer. Hoed some of the beds and watered with a nettle tea. Potted on tomatoes at home.

Sunday/Monday

Order more compost.
(Pending arrival of compost
Finish potting on tomatoes into final pots.
Get last flowers into containers and baskets.
Pot on herbs, chilli peppers, aubergine.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Tie in and sideshoot tomatoes, get rampant cucumber under control - done for now
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

Also planted out tomatoes and celeriac.

At home
Finish front lawn edges - no
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Move bucket of broad beans out of way and prune white currant - no
Plant/pot up tomatoes and runner beans - no
Possibly trim rear leylandii hedge - no
Harvest strawberries, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, peas, peppers - done
Watering - done

At Allotment
Finish cutting down geraniums, dig roots and horsetail out - cut down but not dug up.
Move blueberry out of tunnel - done
Trim off long bits of grass round plot edges - done
Top up bed 4 with compost, plant turnips, kohlrabi and cabbages and cover with net from bed 6 - done except planting turnips and cabbages
Remove horsetail from bed 6 and plant tomatoes - done
Plant courgettes in hotbed - done
Plant Romanesco in tunnel - done
Harvest strawberries, peas, beetroot, carrots, blackcurrants - done except currrants, also harvested a few lettuces and some potatoes
Watering - done

The plan for the weekend was to spend early and late at the allotment, mornings at my friend's and afternoons at home. You can clearly see the effect of the hot afternoons on how much got done and where!

Monday jobs
Pot up tomatoes and runner beans
Move broad beans and prune white currant
Take covers off tomatoes, remove sideshoots
Finish front lawn edges
Weeding and horsetail at allotment
Plant turnips and cabbages at allotment
Harvest carrots, peas, strawberries, blackcurrants
Watering
(the leylandii hedge may well have to wait until the weather cools down)

[bikermike]

watering! not sure when, but it's very dry out there...

Luckily the clay got good and wet over the winter, so anything that can establish itself is OK, but it's a long time since we had any good rain.

My usual defence is a mulch of woodchip, but I don't like to do that over new plants as the slug risk goes up...

[jonahjonah]

Sunday/Monday

Order more compost. - Yes
(Pending arrival of compost
Finish potting on tomatoes into final pots. - Yes, finally. Good luck, toms.
Get last flowers into containers and baskets. - Almost done. I used all the compost...
Pot on herbs, chilli peppers, aubergine. - Almost done. A couple of basils and the poor wilted oregano need a new home.

Tuesday/Wednesday

Set more slug traps.
Sow a few seeds in likely vain hopes.
Take grass clippings to plot.
Turn compost pile.
Weeding.
Watering.
Harvest strawberries.
Check/harvest blackcurrants.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Pot up tomatoes and runner beans - done some of the tomatoes
Move broad beans and prune white currant - done
Take covers off tomatoes, remove sideshoots - done except Sungold
Finish front lawn edges - no
Weeding and horsetail at allotment - done some
Plant turnips and cabbages at allotment - done cabbages
Harvest carrots, peas, strawberries, blackcurrants - done strawberries and currants
Watering - done

Also put up tomato cages for some of the tomatoes now the cover is off, rearranged the growhouse to accommodate the newly potted tomatoes and harvested and froze a large tub of white currants (plenty more).

Tuesday jobs
Still loads to do but meetings all day today.
Sow cabbages and swede for my friend's garden
Pot up brokali seedlings
Harvest peas, beetroot, strawberries, tomatoes
Watering
If time pull out some horsetail at allotment

[jonahjonah]

Tuesday/Wednesday

Set more slug traps. - Yes, refilled four traps. Tipped the old liquid and <ahem> former imbibers on the compost.
Sow a few seeds in likely vain hopes. - Yes. Now I shall hope against logic.
Take grass clippings to plot. - Yes. Also dragged some surprise homemade compost. Spread around the courgette/squashes/corn.
Turn compost pile. - Surprisingly, yes. Still not remotely hot, but things look to be happening.
Weeding. - A bit. Trying to book the site strimmer for the weekend.
Watering. - Yes. Still warm at the plot but my area is in the shade by 7pm.
Harvest strawberries. - Yes! Some perhaps not at absolute peak redness...
Check/harvest blackcurrants. - Harvested a handful. I expect the rest will be ready this weekend.

Wednesday/Thursday

Weed.
Water.
Harvest strawberries.
Cut back non-strimmables that are encroaching from the perimeter.
Sow some flower seeds in the greenhouse.
Find a place for the stragglers in the greenhouse.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Sow cabbages and swede for my friend's garden - done cabbages
Pot up brokali seedlings - done
Harvest peas, beetroot, strawberries, tomatoes - done
Watering - done
If time pull out some horsetail at allotment - no

Wednesday jobs
Sow swede
Stake tomato plants at home, remove any sideshoots
Deadheading
Pull horsetail at allotment
Go to garden centre and get secateurs (old ones falling apart) and compost
Harvest carrots, peas, strawberries, currants and possibly the first raspberry.
Watering

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Sow swede - no
Stake tomato plants at home, remove any sideshoots - done some
Deadheading - done
Pull horsetail at allotment - done some
Go to garden centre and get secateurs (old ones falling apart) and compost - done
Harvest carrots, peas, strawberries, currants and possibly the first raspberry. - done peas and strawberries plus tomatoes
Watering - done
Also planted turnips at the allotment

Thursday jobs
Take horsetail roots to tip
Sow swede
Take Terrain peas to allotment and plant
Rearrange strawberry plants so the later ones are in the fruit cage
Weeding and pull horsetail
Harvest peas, carrots, strawberries, raspberry, currants
Watering

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Take horsetail roots to tip - done
Sow swede - no
Take Terrain peas to allotment and plant - done
Rearrange strawberry plants so the later ones are in the fruit cage - in progress
Weeding and pull horsetail - done some
Harvest peas, carrots, strawberries, raspberry, currants - done plus a red snackbite pepper
Watering - done

Also dug out some perennial flower roots at the allotment (to go to the tip), cut the rear leylandii hedge while I had some empty trugs to put the clippings in and staked the rest of the tomatoes at home.

Friday jobs
Sow swede
Weeding and pull horsetail
Plan weekend gardening
Harvest peas, carrots, beetroot, tomatoes, strawberries, currants, raspberries and a bucket of Lady C potatoes.
Watering

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Sow swede - done
Weeding and pull horsetail - done a little
Plan weekend gardening - done
Harvest peas, carrots, beetroot, tomatoes, strawberries, currants, raspberries and a bucket of Lady C potatoes - done most
Watering - done

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Weeding
Feed tomatoes, tie in and remove sideshoots
Put up net over brassica bed
Take calabrese and plant in brassica bed
Harvest cucumber, possibly potatoes
Watering and fill self watering trays

At home
Tidy, weed and deadhead
Trim front lawn edges
Put finished strawberries in cold frame and peg down runners
Pot up balconi tomatoes
Plant runner beans, french beans, late peas
Garden photos Sunday (1st July)
Harvest cabbage, peas, strawberries, framberries, white currants, peppers, tomatoes, possibly a few broad beans
Watering

Allotment
Remove any horsetail from raised beds, paths, tunnel and plot edges
Weed strawberries
Take step ladder and cut big branches off top of hedge
Possibly trim leylandii hedge
Stake tomatoes and tie in
Harvest blackcurrants, strawberries, beetroot, turnip, a few raspberries and possibly peas and sugar peas
Watering

[jonahjonah]

I'm so erratic, I should probably post on another thread. Sorry...better late than never, I hope.

Wednesday/Thursday

Weed. - Yes. Hoed between the brassicas and corns. Strimmed around the perimeter of one of the beds and the paths. With help from Very Nice Partner in this heat.
Water. - Yes. And VNP even refilled the water butt with several cans of water.
Harvest strawberries. - Yes, along with currants and raspberries. My very favorite kind of harvest.
Cut back non-strimmables that are encroaching from the perimeter. - Yes, some. Cut back some brambles, unwanted saplings, and holly. Still plenty to do.
Sow some flower seeds in the greenhouse. - Not yet.
Find a place for the stragglers in the greenhouse. - I plant to put them in at home, but I'd like to wait til we get some rain.

Also planted some potatoes that were just around and about.

Monday/Tuesday

Take new weed bucket to plot.
Break up some dirt clods from my piles of clay-encrusted roots.
Water.
Weed.
Order more compost.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens - done
Weeding - done a bitdone
Feed tomatoes, tie in and remove sideshoots - done
Put up net over brassica bed - done
Take calabrese and plant in brassica bed - no
Harvest cucumber, possibly potatoes - done cucumbers
Watering and fill self watering trays - done

At home
Tidy, weed and deadhead - done a bit
Trim front lawn edges - no
Put finished strawberries in cold frame and peg down runners - done some
Pot up balconi tomatoes - no
Plant runner beans, french beans, late peas - done except french beans
Garden photos Sunday (1st July) - done
Harvest cabbage, peas, strawberries, framberries, white currants, peppers, tomatoes, possibly a few broad beans - done most
Watering - done

Allotment
Remove any horsetail from raised beds, paths, tunnel and plot edges - done some
Weed strawberries - -no
Take step ladder and cut big branches off top of hedge - no
Possibly trim leylandii hedge - no
Stake tomatoes and tie in - no
Harvest blackcurrants, strawberries, beetroot, turnip, a few raspberries and possibly peas and sugar peas - done some
Watering - done

Being in full sun the allotment was far too hot to do much for most of the weekend. I did manage to dig out a patch of couch grass.

Monday jobs
Weeding and deadheading
Pull horsetail from roadside hedge at allotment
Plant calabrese, pot up french beans and balconi tomatoes
Stake tomatoes at allotment
Harvest peas, tomatoes, peppers, broad beans, strawberries, raspberries, currants
Watering

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Pull horsetail from roadside hedge at allotment - done some
Plant calabrese, pot up french beans and balconi tomatoes - done one tomato
Stake tomatoes at allotment - done
Harvest peas, tomatoes, peppers, broad beans, strawberries, raspberries, currants - done except broad beans
Watering - done

Tuesday jobs
Net framberries as birds have discovered them
Deadheading and rearrange flowers on fence
Weeding and tidying
Front lawn edges
Weed strawberries at allotment
Harvest strawberries, white currants, peas, broad beans, carrots, raspberries
Watering

[jonahjonah]

Monday/Tuesday

Take new weed bucket to plot. - No. Need to clean it our first and I've been too lazy.
Break up some dirt clods from my piles of clay-encrusted roots. - No. See above.
Water. - Yes, complete with stinky weed tea.
Weed. - A bit. As ever, plenty more weeds around.
Order more compost. - Probably tomorrow. Debating what else I need.

I harvested my first potatoes of the year. Very exciting. Also staked tomatoes.

Wednesday

Order compost etc.
Water.
Weed.
Take weed bucket to plot.
Snip some flowers for a vase.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Net framberries as birds have discovered them - done
Deadheading and rearrange flowers on fence - no
Weeding and tidying - done some
Front lawn edges - no
Weed strawberries at allotment - no
Harvest strawberries, white currants, peas, broad beans, carrots, raspberries - done plus a few sugar peas and a snackbite red pepper
Watering - done

Also cut the leylandii hedge at the allotment, removed some finished pea plants and potted up french beans.

Wednesday jobs
Weed strawberries at allotment
Take step ladder to allotment and cut top of leylandii hedge (if not sunny, otherwise I can't see!)
Pull horsetail
Trim front lawn edges
Deadhead flowers on fence and rearrange
Trim euonymus
Harvest white currants, peas, sugar peas, beetroot, tomatoes, peppers, raspberries
Watering