What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[greenishfing]

Looking out at the miserable, drizzly weather......not a lot. In fact nothing at all. It looks as if it will be Sunday before we get a half decent day here. Where is the season of mellow fruitfulness?

[Gillykat]

Today ~ first visit in 3 weeks as been really ill so concentrated on pulling up nettles, thistles and brambles against back fence.

Friday ~ rain forecast in early afternoon so morning visit to continue weeding as much as possible

[Penellype]

Today ~ first visit in 3 weeks as been really ill so concentrated on pulling up nettles, thistles and brambles against back fence.

Friday ~ rain forecast in early afternoon so morning visit to continue weeding as much as possible

I hope you are feeling better now Gillykat.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Attempt to rescue plants from forecast cold spell:
Move pots of begonias into growhouse, garage and cold frame
Move hanging basket into garage
Move lettuces and fruiting strawberries into growhouse at allotment
Rearrange fence pots
Pick all tomatoes that show any hint of colour, last courgette and any edible cucumbers
Remove finished courgette plant
Harvest salad leaves, carrots

[Mark_Riga]

Moved trays of acorns and shallots out of the greenhouse into the rain.

Then put them back after a while.

[lolie]

We've only got a couple of cooler days forecast over the next week so I want to use them to transplant/pot on some stuff.

Need to make a trip to the garden centre this weekend to buy more supplies.

Will probably pull the peas out. They're really struggling and its clear I won't get a decent crop from them. I might plant some more in a container, although the weather is really too hot to be starting them now.

[Penellype]

Moved trays of acorns and shallots out of the greenhouse into the rain.

Then put them back after a while.

Acorns? Do you mean onions?

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Attempt to rescue plants from forecast cold spell:
Move pots of begonias into growhouse, garage and cold frame - done my best
Move hanging basket into garage - not yet
Move lettuces and fruiting strawberries into growhouse at allotment - done lettuces
Rearrange fence pots - done
Pick all tomatoes that show any hint of colour, last courgette and any edible cucumbers - done
Remove finished courgette plant - no
Harvest salad leaves, carrots - no

Weekend jobs
This weekend will be a complete write-off. We have had 30mm of rain since yesterday lunchtime and there is probably half as much again still to come today. Tomorrow looks better, but I will have absolutely no time to do any gardening and it will probably be under water anyway. Therefore the joblist is:
Bring in hanging basket this evening (frost forecast)
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, carrots if possible.

[greenishfing]

Yet again the forecast is pouring rain and cold 6°C, but feeling like 3°C. It is so depressing. Nothing going to happen at the allotment today. But......light at the end of the tunnel.....tomorrow's forecast is full sun. So hopefully clear a greenhouse out tomorrow and weed the onions which are up now (depending how boggy it is).

[Mark_Riga]

Acorns? Do you mean onions?

No they are acorns - thinking of planting a few trees about the place. Put 200 acorns in a tray but unlikely to be able to plant them all if they all grow.
Was going to last year but couldn't find any acorns but this year there are thousands on the roads and verges.

[muck lover]

I’ve been raking leaves and building compost piles. There’s so much more to do. I think my rotary composter will be retired until spring as it’s unlikely to get warm given it’s relatively small volume.
One large new heap in an old tile crate ( about a cubic meter) did heat up gratifyingly to 68 degrees. It sunk right down all in a week or so. So I’ve added more layers on top of some tasty old cow manure, partially done compost from the rotary composter and grass clippings and leaves all garnished with a bit of chicken manure. Topped it off with plastic and put some containers of leeks and strawberries on it.
That area gets full sun so in late spring I’m hoping it will be decomposed enough to grow spuds or courgettes or pumpkin. I’ll check the temperature in a week or so but even if it doesn’t heat up it should compost down a bit.

[Penellype]

As anticipated, almost nothing got done in the garden over the weekend. Saturday was impossible after about 2 inches of rain in 24hrs and yesterday was even busier than I expected. I did manage to sow a few lettuce seeds in a pot under the grow lights and cover the hanging basket with a piece of fleece when the temperature had dropped to 2C by about 8pm last night (white frost this morning).

Monday jobs
Uncover hanging basket and cover again tonight
Check tomatoes and harvest any that look like turning red
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Uncover hanging basket and cover again tonight - done
Check tomatoes and harvest any that look like turning red - done
Harvest carrots - done

Tuesday jobs
Uncover hanging basket and cover again tonight
Remove dead tomato plants at home
Pick more tomatoes at allotment
Remove dead courgette and cucumber plants
Collect fallen leaves
Harvest carrots, check calabrese, strawberries

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Uncover hanging basket and cover again tonight - done
Remove dead tomato plants at home - done some
Pick more tomatoes at allotment - done
Remove dead courgette and cucumber plants - done courgette plus some tomato plants at allotment
Collect fallen leaves - no
Harvest carrots, check calabrese, strawberries - done except carrots

Wednesday jobs
Cut down remaining tomato plants at home
Cut down remaining tomato plants and cucumbers at allotment
Collect leaves
Weeding
Harvest microgreens, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Cut down remaining tomato plants at home - done most
Cut down remaining tomato plants and cucumbers at allotment - done tomatoes
Collect leaves - done some
Weeding - done some
Harvest microgreens, carrots - done

No gardening time today.