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  • Tuesday jobs
    Pull/dig horsetail - done some
    Weeding/hoeing especially in tunnel - done some
    Try to make room for onion drying rack inside shed at allotment (in case of rain) - won't fit,
    Harvest beetroot, tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, blueberries, raspberries, choose from beans, courgettes, kohlrabi, leeks, carrots, turnips - done some
    Watering - done

    Wednesday jobs
    Bring onions home to dry in garage (rain forecast this eve)
    Mow lawns
    Check grass at allotment and cut if required (before it gets wet)
    Pull/dig horsetail
    Sow winter salads
    Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peas, blueberries, raspberries, beans, courgettes, kohlrabi, leeks, carrots, turnips, potatoes
    Watering
    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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    • Wednesday jobs
      Bring onions home to dry in garage - done
      Mow lawns - done
      Check grass at allotment and cut if required (before it gets wet) - needs cutting
      Pull/dig horsetail - done some
      Sow winter salads - done some
      Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peas, blueberries, raspberries, beans, courgettes, kohlrabi, leeks, carrots, turnips, potatoes - done some
      Watering - done

      No time for gardening today apart from harvesting beans, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot and blueberries
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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      • Friday jobs
        Cut grass at allotment if dry enough (a bit of un-forecast rain this morning)
        Pull/dig horsetail
        Weeding and deadheading
        Harvest (choose from) lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peas, blueberries, raspberries, beans, courgettes, kohlrabi, leeks, carrots, turnips
        Collect rain water if any
        Watering if required
        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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        • Friday jobs
          Cut grass at allotment if dry enough - done
          Pull/dig horsetail - done some
          Weeding and deadheading - done some
          Harvest (choose from) lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peas, blueberries, raspberries, beans, courgettes, kohlrabi, leeks, carrots, turnips - done some
          Collect rain water if any - done
          Watering if required - done

          Also potted up some lettuce seedlings.

          Weekend jobs
          Sunday looks likely to be very wet.

          At my friend's
          Check tomatoes, remove sideshoots and tie in
          Check melons for fruit and support with nets
          Remove bolted lettuces and finished peas
          Weeding
          Watering and fill self watering trays

          At home
          Weeding and deadheading
          Check tomatoes, remove sideshoots and tie in
          Tidy garage
          Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, peas, beans, peppers, blueberries
          Collect rain water
          Watering if required

          At allotment
          Pull/dig horsetail
          Weed tunnel
          Remove nasturtiums (covered in blackfly, dying)
          Trim back long bits of grass, nettles and brambles in hedges
          Harvest beans, peas, courgettes, kohlrabi, turnips, beetroot, tomatoes, fennel (bolting), raspberries
          Collect rain water
          Watering if required
          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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          • Weekend jobs

            At my friend's
            Check tomatoes, remove sideshoots and tie in - done
            Check melons for fruit and support with nets - done (5 fruit so far, 2 of them quite big)
            Remove bolted lettuces and finished peas - done lettuces
            Weeding - done some
            Watering and fill self watering trays - done

            At home
            Weeding and deadheading - done some
            Check tomatoes, remove sideshoots and tie in - done
            Tidy garage - done a bit
            Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, peas, beans, peppers, blueberries - done plus carrots
            Collect rain water - done
            Watering if required - just fence pots

            Also sowed some lettuce and mixed salad leaves

            At allotment
            Pull/dig horsetail - done some
            Weed tunnel - done a little
            Remove nasturtiums (covered in blackfly, dying) - no, also covered in ladybirds!
            Trim back long bits of grass, nettles and brambles in hedges - no, too wet
            Harvest beans, peas, courgettes, kohlrabi, turnips, beetroot, tomatoes, fennel (bolting), raspberries - done some
            Collect rain water - done
            Watering if required - not required

            Also tied in several large raspberry canes.

            Monday jobs (weather permitting)
            Pull/dig horsetial
            Take horsetail to tip
            Weed tunnel if possible
            Collect any rain water
            Harvest beans, peas, courgette, tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries
            Last edited by Penellype; 12-08-2018, 09:40 PM.
            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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            • Monday jobs
              Pull/dig horsetail - done some
              Take horsetail to tip - no
              Weed tunnel if possible - done some
              Collect any rain water - just the odd lake full
              Harvest beans, peas, courgette, tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries - done some

              Tuesday jobs (subject to flooding)
              Assess flood damage at plot
              Pull horsetail from roadside hedge if not too wet
              Take horsetail to tip if roads passable
              Rescue plants in drip trays from drowning
              Harvest beans, courgette, peppers, tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries
              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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              • Tuesday jobs (subject to flooding)
                Assess flood damage at plot - done, water mostly gone and nothing looks badly damaged.
                Pull horsetail from roadside hedge if not too wet - done some
                Take horsetail to tip if roads passable - done
                Rescue plants in drip trays from drowning - done
                Harvest beans, courgette, peppers, tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries - done, also a kohlrabi and a leek for soup

                Wednesday jobs
                Continue pulling horsetail from under roadside hedge
                Deadheading if lawn is fit to walk on
                Check onions at home and bring in any that have died down
                Harvest peas, beans, tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, calabrese, carrots, blueberries
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • Wednesday jobs
                  Continue pulling horsetail from under roadside hedge - done some
                  Deadheading if lawn is fit to walk on - done some and cut grass
                  Check onions at home and bring in any that have died down - done
                  Harvest peas, beans, tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, calabrese, carrots, blueberries - done some

                  Also trimmed dead leaves off the framberries and started stringing the driest of the onions.

                  No gardening tomorrow.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • Friday jobs
                    Dig/pull horsetail, nettles and brambles
                    Take horsetail to tip
                    Plan weekend gardening
                    Check to see if pots need watering
                    Harvest tomatoes, beans, peas, courgettes, peppers, raspberries, blueberries
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • I need to
                      - prune currant bushes and root some of the prunings
                      - collect and bag flower seed
                      - link new water butts together
                      - sow more green manures in empty beds
                      - harvest corn, beans, courgettes. Cook & freeze
                      - cut the roots of the beans I’m saving for seed. This dries them quicker
                      - continue removing new stems of the squash plants: I need ripening now, not new growth
                      - remove the leaves with powdery mildew
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • Saturday Jobs -
                        - Clear 2nd half of plot up to shed
                        - Clear area behind shed of brambles/nettles/hogweed
                        - Pull everything out of shed to stock take (now my son has evicted the spiders)
                        - Build compost bin from newly acquired pallets
                        The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
                        - Sir Terry Pratchett, Diggers

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                        • Weeding
                          Harvest beans, courgettes, blackberries and eating apples (before wasps have the lot).
                          Cook/store the above. Nearly out of freezer space, so will have to be creative....
                          Plant out some oriental veg and spring cabbages as soon as I have built a net cage to keep pigeons and butterflies away
                          Cull a couple of summer squash plants before we drown in them...

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                          • Friday jobs
                            Dig/pull horsetail, nettles and brambles - done some
                            Take horsetail to tip - done
                            Plan weekend gardening - done
                            Check to see if pots need watering - no, raining again
                            Harvest tomatoes, beans, peas, courgettes, peppers, raspberries, blueberries - done some

                            Also dug up some geranium plants to go to the tip, lifted the onions at home and put them in the garage out of the rain, sowed spring cabbage and florence fennel and ordered some seeds (winter salads mostly).

                            Weekend jobs
                            Likely to be interrupted by rain, particularly Sunday morning.

                            At my friend's
                            Tie in, sideshoot and feed tomatoes
                            Check melons for new fruit and support with nets if any
                            Take lettuces and plant in hotbed
                            Feed snails to chickens
                            Remove peas if finished
                            Weeding
                            Fill self watering trays

                            At home
                            Pot up lettuce seedlings
                            Sow turnips
                            Weeding and deadheading
                            Water fence pots if required
                            Harvest beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, calabrese, carrots, blueberries

                            At allotment
                            Try to clear tunnel of annual weeds
                            Pull/dig horsetail
                            Dig onion bed if dry enough (unlikely)
                            Check cucumbers and remove any male flowers
                            Harvest beans, peas, tomatoes, courgettes, beetroot, turnips, potatoes (Desiree), raspberries
                            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                            • Weekend jobs

                              At my friend's
                              Tie in, sideshoot and feed tomatoes - done
                              Check melons for new fruit and support with nets if any - done, no new fruit
                              Take lettuces and plant in hotbed - done
                              Feed snails to chickens - done
                              Remove peas if finished - done some
                              Weeding - done some
                              Fill self watering trays - done

                              At home
                              Pot up lettuce seedlings - done
                              Sow turnips - no
                              Weeding and deadheading - done some
                              Water fence pots if required - done
                              Harvest beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, calabrese, carrots, blueberries - done

                              At allotment
                              Try to clear tunnel of annual weeds - done some
                              Pull/dig horsetail - done some
                              Dig onion bed if dry enough - done, still very wet
                              Check cucumbers and remove any male flowers - done
                              Harvest beans, peas, tomatoes, courgettes, beetroot, turnips, potatoes (Desiree), raspberries - done most

                              Monday jobs
                              Pull/dig horsetail
                              Remove more annual weeds from tunnel
                              Cut grass at allotment if dry enough (currently drizzling)
                              Weeding and deadheading
                              Watering if required
                              Harvest beans, beetroot, tomatoes, turnip, raspberries, blueberries
                              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                              • Monday jobs
                                Pull/dig horsetail - no, spent the time picking up bits of horsetail from next door's strimming
                                Remove more annual weeds from tunnel - no
                                Cut grass at allotment if dry enough - no
                                Weeding and deadheading - done some
                                Watering if required - done
                                Harvest beans, beetroot, tomatoes, turnip, raspberries, blueberries - done most

                                Tuesday jobs
                                Pull/dig horsetail
                                Remove annual weeds from tunnel
                                Cut grass at allotment if dry (unlikely)
                                Harvest beans, peas, tomatoes, turnip, raspberries, blueberries, potatoes
                                Watering
                                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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