What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[Penellype]

Sit at the door waiting for the key to my allotment like I've been doing since the 27th
To pass the time I might order some more equipment or fruit bushes

I remember that feeling well - the wait from Christmas Eve to 2nd January seemed like several years.

[PotteringAtPlot12]

I remember that feeling well - the wait from Christmas Eve to 2nd January seemed like several years.

It's painstaking! However I'm passing the time planning & buying so I can't complain too much Wheelbarrow arrived today, never thought I'd be so excited haha!

[piskieinboots]

Just looking back through my Facebook feed on the memories bit. Seems husband was out cutting the grass today last year and the grass was covered in daisies! I'd called it 'Daisy Murder in Audlem'.

I've just placed an order for spuds, bedding plants etc - something to look forward to. Husband finished off a patio area today.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Remove pile of dog poo from front lawn and take to bin on way to allotment - done
Remove dead bedding plants if ground is dry enough for access - no
Move some compost from hotbed to onion bed - done some
Harvest lettuce, peppers - done plus carrot

Wednesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month)
Harvest Romanesco, remove plant and remainder of compost
Line 2nd half of onion bed with cardboard
Fill with contents of hotbed if possible
Harvest carrots

[happyhumph]

Finish turning compost heaps, then carry on weeding and spreading cow poo. Maybe tidy out gh, and make border tidy of have time...

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Harvest Romanesco, remove plant and remainder of compost - done
Line 2nd half of onion bed with cardboard - done
Fill with contents of hotbed if possible - done
Harvest carrots - done

No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Assess state of beetroot in hotbed and bring home any that looks edible
Dig out remaining compost from hotbed
Weeding
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Assess state of beetroot in hotbed and bring home any that looks edible - done
Dig out remaining compost from hotbed - done
Weeding - done a little
Harvest carrots - no

Weekend jobs

This weekend I intend to fill the hotbed, which will probably take all the time and energy I have available. It involves transporting several car loads of horse manure in trugs or buckets, carrying it to the hotbed and treading it down. I also need to go to the garden centre for 3 bags of compost to top it up with, and find a cover for it to keep the heat in.

The job may spill over into Monday depending on whether there is enough muck in the trailer or whether it has recently been emptied.

[Guest]

Okay, baby steps. Must do something....

Today
Order more seeds (oops, that wasn't on my mental list)
Sowed bronze burpleurum and cactus seeds
Started clearing gh 1 ready for washing down

Tomorrow
Cover new flower bed with card
Make some paper pots
Take photo of the patch (poor thing seems very unloved the last 2 years)

[elsie-scot]

Went through flower and herb seeds. Any old or doubles I’ve mixed together in tub to scatter sow in Spring. I enjoy the strange variety that grows. I’ve add some old carrot seeds to the mix and might add more veg when I go through those.

Added some more ripped newspapers to base of new mini raised beds for summer bulbs.

[Penellype]

Over the weekend I transported 24 buckets of horse manure to the allotment and filled the hotbed. I tried to get some compost from the garden centre but it was shut despite saying it was open online.

Monday jobs
Get compost from garden centre and top up hotbed
Harvest lettuce, carrots

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Get compost from garden centre and top up hotbed - done
Harvest lettuce, carrots - done plus a tomato

Had a bit more time than I expected so also cut off a low branch from the weigela bush and one of the 2 stems of the white currant cordon, which was too close to the apple tree. Removed the tomato supports from near the fence as the lawn was just about dry enough to step on, and pulled out the remains of the bedding plants.

Tuesday jobs
Tidy shed at allotment
Weeding
Harvest peppers, carrots

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Tidy shed at allotment - done
Weeding - done some
Harvest peppers, carrots - done

Wednesday jobs
Weeding
Sow lettuce, indoor tomatoes
Harvest lettuce, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding - done some
Sow lettuce, indoor tomatoes - done
Harvest lettuce, carrots - no

Thursday jobs
Harvest leek

[broadway]

Planted 40 broad beans in modules, will move to plot once beds are completed

Ordered a few more bits from linkabord to supplement my 10/15 year old kit. I hoping to have my first 3 beds in the allotments ready in a couple of weeks. All 3 will be 1.5 x 3 metres, will be used for strawberries, onions/garlic, and BB's.