What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding, especially in tunnel - done some
Dig horsetail - done some
Cut back brambles sprouting from hedge - done
Harvest tomatoes, potatoes, leek, carrot, blueberries - done
Check pots and water if required - done

Also sieved a bucket of compost ready for carrots next year (there are 10 of these to get through)

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and deadheading
Sieve another bucket of compost for carrots
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, courgette, cucumber, salads. Check apples.
Watering if required

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Sieve another bucket of compost for carrots - done
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, courgette, cucumber, salads. Check apples. - done some
Watering if required - done

Also trimmed some branches off the hedge at the allotment and dug some horsetail. Sowed some spinach in loo roll innards (may be a bit late).

Wednesday jobs
Pull/dig horsetail
Weeding
Tidy up long grass under hedges
Collect water at allotment after overnight rain
Harvest potatoes, tomatoes, beans, salads
Watering if required

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Weeding - done some
Tidy up long grass under hedges - done some
Collect water at allotment after overnight rain - done
Harvest potatoes, tomatoes, beans, salads - done
Watering if required - done

No gardening tomorrow.

[Snadger]

I was at the local market in the high street yesterday. I managed to pick up two six pack modules with Spring Cabbage plants for £1.00 a punnet. Intend planting the twelve spring cabbage plants out at the allotment later today, along with some overwintering onion sets if I can find where I've put them.

This is all dependent on weather conditions of course which is at the moment looking decidedly ropey!

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Apply slug nematodes at allotment
Plan weekend gardening
Freeze tomatoes
Harvest tomatoes, salads, carrots
Watering if required

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Apply slug nematodes at allotment - done
Plan weekend gardening - done
Freeze tomatoes - done
Harvest tomatoes, salads, carrots - done
Watering if required - done

Also took horsetail and broken old lawn mower to the tip, making some space in the garage.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, beans
Check melons, sweet potatoes
Watering and fill self watering trays

At home
Apply slug and vine weevil nematodes if weather suitable
Weeding and deadheading
Sieve compost for carrots
Pot up strawberry runners
Tidy garage
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, calabrese, carrots
Check apples
Watering

At allotment
Pull/dig horsetail
Trim long bits of grass
Weeding
Cut back more elderberry
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, beetroot
Watering if required

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

When I wrote this list I had completely forgotten that I had about half the usual amount of time this weekend!


At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, beans - done
Check melons, sweet potatoes - done, not ready yet
Watering and fill self watering trays - done

At home
Apply slug and vine weevil nematodes if weather suitable - no
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Sieve compost for carrots - done some
Pot up strawberry runners - no
Tidy garage - done a bit
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, calabrese, carrots - done
Check apples - done
Watering - done

Also took the net off the fruit cage as there are several lots of gales forecast this week and the blueberries have just about finished. The frame is already a bit broken in places and I don't want to make it worse if I can help it.

At allotment
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Trim long bits of grass - done some
Weeding - done some
Cut back more elderberry - no
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, beetroot - done
Watering if required - no


Monday jobs
Take spinach and fennel seedlings to allotment
Pull/dig horsetail
Weeding and deadheading
Continue tidying garage
Pot up strawberry runners
Harvest yet more tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, salad leaves
Watering

[muck lover]

I never thought I would come across a human as persistent as horsetail. But I think you might be that person! You are going to win.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Take spinach and fennel seedlings to allotment - done
Pull/dig horsetail - done quite a bit
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Continue tidying garage - done some
Pot up strawberry runners - no, planted spring cabbage instead
Harvest yet more tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, salad leaves - done
Watering - done

Also mowed the lawns and sieved some more compost for carrots (as part of tidying the garage). I'm attempting to see if I can create space for a small chest freezer as I am seriously running out of freezer space!

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Pull/dig horsetail
Deadheading
Weed drive
Continue tidying garage
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, calabrese, beans
Check apples
Watering

[bikermike]

bit more weeding and clearing. Trying to work out if I can make time to strim (the problem with that is that I'd need to go home after the plot (when you only get about half an hour of plot time, losing ten minutes to walk home and back out is a pest)

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Weed drive - no
Continue tidying garage - done some
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, calabrese, beans - done
Check apples - done
Watering - done

Wednesday jobs (gales permitting)
Walk round and check everything is secure both morning and evening (gales mid day)
Pull/dig horsetail
Deadheading
Weed drive
Continue sorting garage
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, beans, carrot
Watering if required (care needed - deluge forecast tomorrow!)

I was going to do the nematodes today but I think they may get washed away by tomorrow's rain.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Walk round and check everything is secure both morning and evening (gales mid day) - done
Pull/dig horsetail - done
Deadheading - done a bit
Weed drive - done
Continue sorting garage - done some
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, beans, carrot - done
Watering if required - done some pots

Also washed a load of plant pots and labels so they will be clean to put away and harvested a huge marrow for my brother, whose family might possibly eat it (I definitely won't).

No gardening tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs (weather permitting)
33mm (over 1 inch) rain yesterday and over night here, so everywhere is very wet.
Check everything for wind damage
Collect water at allotment
Clear up fallen leaves
Weeding if possible
Harvest tomatoes, apples, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, calabrese

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Check everything for wind damage - done
Collect water at allotment - done
Clear up fallen leaves - done some
Weeding if possible - done some
Harvest tomatoes, apples, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, calabrese - done some, also a courgette and some peppers

Also sieved a bucket of compost for carrots and sowed cauliflower and winter lettuce.

Weekend jobs
Large uncertainty about rain on Sunday, which may or may not get this far north

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens
Weeding
Attempt to rescue leaning runner beans
Harvest melons and remove dying plants
Harvest beans, tomatoes
Water greenhouse

At home
Deadheading
Apply nematodes (vine weevil and slug) if weather suitable
Remove finished bush tomatoes and runner beans
Tidy garage
Harvest tomatoes, beans, calabrese, carrots, check apples

At allotment
Collect slugs and snails
Pull/dig horsetail
Weeding and clear up leaves
Tidy up stakes etc from finished tomatoes
Do something with parsnip net (plants too big)
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beans

[kitty12345]

Weekend jobs
Harvest whatever is remaining - got my first calabrese this morning (yay!) and some beetroot look ready too.
Decide whether or not to bring in remaining beans indoor for drying - yes brought in CToT and borlotti
Dig bed, plant out four more PSB plants - done
Salvage dahlias (poor things got knocked over by the storm and are looking worn - not yet as it is chucking it down
Pot up brocolli raab - decided to wait until it has more leaves first (lazy)