What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[annie8]

Picked up 50 leeks for 4 quid at gardening Scotland. Will be planting them tomorrow.

[SarrissUK]

Far too much time lately has been spent away from the garden and allotment due to uni work and stuff. Tomorrow is going to be the day this weekend (today has been spent on opticians appointments and company shop for bargains, after a bit of a wooly head after a night out last night - they're really not worth it in the same way anymore!)

So, plans for tomorrow are.....
- sow carrots and turnips direct on the allotment as well as at home
- do the last bit of digging around the polytunnel for trenching the plastic in
- source wood that can be used around the frame for securing the plastic
- digging down and hopefully concreting in the supports for the door posts (off to B&Q for postcrete first)
- hopefully time to go get another load of horse manure
- fetch cardboard to cover more of the second plot
- weeding. A whole lot of weeding (not done any for two weeks)

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Feed slugs to chickens - done
Take courgettes, runner beans and celeriac to greenhouse - done
Attempt to get buckets of potatoes out of greenhouse (door stuck 1/2 closed!) - no, won't fit
Plant up remaining tomatoes, remove sideshoots and tie in - done
Plant runner beans - done
Make hotbed for melons if time and enough muck - no
Weeding - done some
Watering and fill self watering trays - done

Also harvested a small cucumber form the greenhouse.

At allotment
Cut grass - no, too wet
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Feed blueberries - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, spinach, carrots - done

Also pruned minarette cherry

At home
Mow lawns - no, too wet
Pot up begonias if I can find any suitable pots - done 16, 10 left
Pot up geraniums for fence, kohlrabi and tomatoes - done kohlrabi
Plant out lobelia - no
Weeding - done a bit
Watering - done
Harvest spinach, salad greens, tomato, peas - done tomato and peas

Also moved 2 buckets of cauliflower to make room for rapidly growing tomato plants.

Monday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough
Cut grass at allotment if dry enough
Pull/dig horsetail
Sow lettuce and PSB
Put up plastic covers for tomatoes and plant out
Watering
Harvest lettuce, tomato, spinach

[carolefu]

If it doesn't rain tomorrow (until late on in the afternoon, which will be fine by me), I will get round to planting beans tomorrow in one of the raised beds. And if the little tomato plant has gone past the first truss-stage, I will feed it, & also plant it's remaining companion plant. So, I am praying that it doesn't rain until late on in the afternoon

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Mow lawns if dry enough - done plus edges
Cut grass at allotment if dry enough - done plus some of long bits
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Sow lettuce and PSB - no
Put up plastic covers for tomatoes and plant out - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, tomato, spinach - done

Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
Weed front border and deadhead
Weed near hotbin and plant bedding plants
Bring remaining strawberries into tunnel
Pull/dig horsetail
Put up tomato covers
Sow lettuce and PSB
Collect water
Harvest spinach and possibly the first strawberry (was turning red yesterday)

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weed front border and deadhead - no
Weed near hotbin and plant bedding plants - done
Bring remaining strawberries into tunnel - done
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Put up tomato covers - no
Sow lettuce and PSB - no
Collect water - done
Harvest spinach and possibly the first strawberry (was turning red yesterday) - done spinach plus a few peas

Wednesday jobs (pushed for time)
Collect water
Weed and deadhead front border
Sow lettuce, PSB
Rearrange indoor plants and take courgette and melons to stables
Pull/dig horsetail
Harvest spinach, tomatoes, carrots

[SarrissUK]

I intend to go up to the plots tomorrow with the four HUGE patio slabs that I got for free from FB today. I didn't realise quite how big they are! Foot and a half by a foot and a half, and nearly three inches thick, I'd say! They weight an absolute tonne. I will crawl to work with the van tomorrow, and go drop them off after work.

I'm hoping to have time to whizz around with a hoe too, to keep weeds down. And watering, at least a little bit

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect water - done
Weed and deadhead front border - done
Sow lettuce, PSB - done
Rearrange indoor plants and take courgette and melons to stables - done
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Harvest spinach, tomatoes, carrots - done plus some new potatoes

No gardening time today

[Penellype]

Friday jobs (weather permitting)
Finish trimming grass edges at allotment if dry
Pot up geraniums, begonias and tomatoes
Check tomatoes and see if can get away with not planting out until after storm Miguel
Pull/dig horsetail
Collect water
Harvest spinach, carrots, check peas and strawberries

[MelanieSW]

Jobs for the weekend -
Harvest the autumn-planted garlic.
Sow dill and parsley, maybe coriander, in the freed up bed as the previous batch didn't do anything.
Clear the old strawberry bed and prep for peppers and aubergines.
Find space for the remaining leek seedlings.
Eat many strawberries.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Finish trimming grass edges at allotment if dry - no, far too wet
Pot up geraniums, begonias and tomatoes - done
Check tomatoes and see if can get away with not planting out until after storm Miguel - done
Pull/dig horsetail - done some
Collect water - done
Harvest spinach, carrots, check peas and strawberries - done, ate first strawberry

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friends
Feed slugs to chickens
Fill water reservoirs in greenhouse
Make hotbed for melons
Plant courgettes
Harvest cucumber

At allotment
Collect water
Pull/dig horsetail
Weeding
Take down 2nd melon plant and plant in hotbed
Remove leaning spinach
Harvest beetroot, spinach, carrots, peas, strawberries

At home
Pot up brassica seedlings
Plant out Sungold tomatoes after wind dies down
Move Ferline tomatoes and cucumbers into growhouse
Weeding
Harvest lettuce, salad greens, tomatoes, baby cauliflower

[broadway]

Weather permitting it will be our first day on our plot tomorrow

AM
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-Strim/lop a gap at the top (2 metres x the width) and bottom (fence to greenhouse x width)

-Tidy shed

-Tidy greenhouse

-Measure shed/greenhouse and distances from fence/each other

-Empty butt

-Dump strimmer weeds at top

-Dump crap at bottom

-Review fence/measure height

-Before / after photos


PM
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-More strimming

[burnie]

When I awoke at silly o'clock the sun was shining, when I finally got up around eight it was still dry, so thought I'll get ready to cut the grass as it's forecast wet all week, then the heavens opened, might be cutting Hay if this carries on lol.
On the plus side the garden is as green as I have ever seen it.
Went into the greenhouse and potted on those last "spare" tommies into long tom pots, they may well end up staying in there.

[Florence Fennel]

Pot on my toms if it stays fine

[SarrissUK]

I'm on an induction course tomorrow and Tuesday, so with all that sitting around, I'll be full of energy at the end of the day. I'm bringing scruffy clothes with me that I can change into after work, so I can go get some more horse manure. If I get away early enough, I'll swing by the farm shop and pick up some more cardboard. Still need loads more.