What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding and deadheading - no
Trim lawn edges - no
Remove net cover from tomatoes at allotment (less cold for a few nights) - done
Trim road end of west hedge - done
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Harvest tomatoes, courgette, peppers, check apples - done
Watering if required - done

Busy today - no gardening

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Clear up any rubbish blown onto allotment by yesterday's wind
Clear fallen leaves
Cut grass at allotment if dry enough
Pull/dig horsetail
Trim lawn edges
Deadheading and weeding
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beans

[veggiechicken]

Yesterday

Clean out chooks DONE
Tidy Bed 2 B DONE - pruned the fruit bushes
Declutter some Bs - Books and Boots that I'll never wear again.

Today - Weednesday
Weed some where different (DONE a couple of paths)
Tidy Bed 3C DONE - found some Carrots amongst the Cosmos and Calendula
Declutter some Cs - Clothes for the Charity shop

Tomorrow
Thursday is Thinning and Transplanting
Tidy bed 4 D
Declutter some Ds.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Clear up any rubbish blown onto allotment by yesterday's wind - done
Clear fallen leaves - done some
Cut grass at allotment if dry enough - done
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Trim lawn edges - done
Deadheading and weeding - done some
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, beans - done

No gardening tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
How much gets done today will depend on when the plumber can come and fix the dripping kitchen tap. The tap has valves in rather than washers, so this is not something I can do myself.
Pull/dig horsetail
Weeding and deadheading
Mow lawns if dry enough
Plan weekend gardening
Pick all ripening tomatoes (cold and wet tomorrow then frost)
Harvest cucumber, lettuce, pea shoots, beans, calabrese

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Mow lawns if dry enough - no, raining
Plan weekend gardening - done
Pick all ripening tomatoes (cold and wet tomorrow then frost) - done
Harvest cucumber, lettuce, pea shoots, beans, calabrese - done

Also potted up some lettuce seedlings

Weekend jobs (expecting wet Saturday and probable frost Sunday morning)

At my friend's
Feed slugs and snails to chickens
Weeding
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, calabrese

At home
Remove dead cucumber plant and anything else killed by frost
Pot up cauliflower seedlings
Deadheading
Harvest salads, tomatoes if any, carrots

At allotment
Collect water and any slugs and snails
Take compost and pot up spinach and fennel
Trim long bits of grass
Remove any plants killed by frost
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers if any, courgette (if survives), leeks

[Chestnut]

Get started on tidying up the back garden for winter. Done enough for one day.
Prune variegated holly (deferred from spring due to birds nesting),
Weed leeks.
Make soup. Done x 28 portions.
Wash pots. Done half, ran out of drying space
Paint timbers for raspberry supports. Not yet - can’t get at them due to pots drying!

[Chestnut]

Having a non gardening day tomorrow, off to meet the giants ;-)

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs and snails to chickens - done
Weeding - done some
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse - done
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, calabrese - done

Also harvested the last cucumber and removed the 2 plants in the greenhouse, which had finished.

At home
Remove dead cucumber plant and anything else killed by frost - done cucumber
Pot up cauliflower seedlings - done
Deadheading - done some
Harvest salads, tomatoes if any, carrots - done

At allotment
Collect water and any slugs and snails - done
Take compost and pot up spinach and fennel - done spinach
Trim long bits of grass - no
Remove any plants killed by frost - seem ok
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers if any, courgette (if survives), leeks - done most

Also covered up the tomatoes to protect against frost.

Monday jobs
Go to stables and change rugs on horses so they don't cook, open greenhouse
Uncover tomatoes
Trim long bits of grass at allotment
Pot up fennel
Weeding and horsetail
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, carrots

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Go to stables and change rugs on horses so they don't cook, open greenhouse - done
Uncover tomatoes - done
Trim long bits of grass at allotment - done
Pot up fennel - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, carrots - done lettuce, carrots, courgettes, cucumber and tomatoes.

Also pinned down strawberry runners into pots of compost and cleared up some fallen leaves.

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Mow lawns if dry enough
Continue clearing leaves
Harvest beetroot, carrots, check calabrese

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Mow lawns if dry enough - done
Continue clearing leaves - done a little
Harvest beetroot, carrots, check calabrese - done

Wednesday jobs
Possibly the last dry day for a while.
Finish the path next to the tunnel and put down weed matting
Weeding and deadheading
Clear fallen leaves
Harvest tomatoes, calabrese, carrots, beans

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Finish the path next to the tunnel and put down weed matting - done
Weeding and deadheading - done some
Clear fallen leaves - done some
Harvest tomatoes, calabrese, carrots, beans - done

Also dug over the tomato bed again (more horsetail roots) and cut down the dead courgette plants and a couple of finished tomatoes.

Thursday jobs (weather permitting)
Check everything is secure (gales tomorrow/Sat)
Remove drip trays from under carrots
Weed drive
Go to tip
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber if any, peppers

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Check everything is secure (gales tomorrow/Sat) - done
Remove drip trays from under carrots - no
Weed drive - done
Go to tip - done
Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber if any, peppers - done tomatoes

Friday jobs
Today's forecast is absolutely vile - wet and very windy. Looks like a housework day.
Plan weekend gardening
Put some alfalfa to sprout
Harvest lettuce, peppers

[Chestnut]

Hunker down indoors.
Tidy desk.
Clean windows (inside parts).
Wash pots in garage.
Finish library book.
Maybe sort seed tin or make paper pots.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Plan weekend gardening - done
Put some alfalfa to sprout - done
Harvest lettuce, peppers - done lettuce, cucumber and carrots

Weekend jobs
Expecting more rain both days and gales tomorrow so most things are "weather permitting".
Check for wind damage

At my friend's
Feed slugs and snails to chickens
Check if sweet potatoes are ready to harvest
Tidy up in greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes and peppers
Water greenhouse plants

At home
Weeding and deadheading
Harvest carrots, tomatoes if any
Water fence pots if needed

At allotment
Collect water
Clear fallen leaves
Weeding and horsetail
Dig dandelions out of grass
Harvest leeks, beetroot, tomatoes