What I did today 2018

[Dynamo]

wow, whats the constant heat in your gh and what heater do you use ?

I haven't bothered checking the actual temperature. I figure that as long as it's above zero and doesn't let any frost form it'll be ok. Don't know the make of heater but it's an electric radiator. It isn't on very high and I noticed it had knocked itself off when I was working in there this afternoon and that was despite there being snow on the ground. I think I've probably planted a bit early, itchy fingers lol, but I've got plenty more seeds if these plants fail.

[Small pumpkin]

I've bagged, labelled and filed my self saved seeds.
Started sorting out the very big pot my pumpkin was in last year, ready for my asparagus to go into.
Moved a few things round ready for putting down a new floor in the little tunnel.

[Dynamo]

Wormery day. I sorted the two home worm bins out and got about 25 litres of compost out of them. I've been having problems with them being too wet. They seem to catch the rain even though they have lids on so I've fitted a sheet to keep the rain off.

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on the tom seedling I found growing in my GH border early December.

[Small pumpkin]

Another beautiful but cold day ( 2 in one month, amazing! ).
Done a good majority of my annual compost juggling.
Sieved the re usable compost out of another 4 chilli pots

[Bacchus]

Just visable through the snow is elephant garlic. I keep it under black plastic for a few months but set it free at this time of year.

[Jay-ell]

Popped some tuberour nasturtiums that were starting to sprout into pots. Also potted some potatoe onions that started to grow

[rary]

sowed some sweet million tomatoes, two lots of sweet peppers, and some spring onions, while working in the greenhouse i had the fire on went from 2c. to 16c so quite happy with that

[1Bee]

Thought longingly of spring.

Also, printed out 2017 and 2018 allotment plans and made wistful notes. Checked my tatty order delivery date.

Realised I get my ten years' service annual leave allowance this year (albeit pro-rata for part time hours) and planned a few days' gardening leave...

[bikermike]

lifted lots of slabs (33 to be precise) from the bottom of my parents' garden to a van (equiv of two storeys), about 10 big timber baulks (1.5-2.7m long x 2"x 6" - rejected structural timber), and a most of a fruit cage and a shredder into same van, drove it home and unloaded it. On the plus side, I now have lots of slabs and wood and fruitcage bits for the allotment (I need to return the shredder). On the downside, my arms hurt...

[Dynamo]

Another busy day here. I sowed a load of Ailsa Craig onions and took them to the allotment. 95 so far but I'll be planting more over the next few weeks.



I also filled two drawers with taties to chit. One with those I'll use for mash and the other with boiling taties.



Another thing I did was my bit for wildlife. I made a baker's dozen bird cakes with the old fat from the chip pan and seeds.

[bramble]

Spent the afternoon cutting back the old dahlia stalks from last years plants.
Raked up all the old leaves.
Lightly pruned my two gooseberry bushes.
Tidied up the overwintering plants in the greenhouse.
Washed some pots and plastic bottles that go on the top of the bamboo canes.
Great to be out in the garden after all the bad weather.

[Dead Dogs]

Continued to tidy/clear 2nd plot.
Also dug a small area in order to plane Elephant Garlic.

[Snadger]

I have a pile of tree branches that were overhanging my plot when I cut them down in the autumn. They are positioned behind my greenhouse where i would like to plant some raspberry canes when i get some.
In the hour or so of daylight I had after work I dragged some of the branches out and broke them up into pieces small enough to fit into my woodburner.
After about three evening doing this I should have cleared the area for raspberries and I can go ahead and buy some. I fancy a mix of summer fruiting and autumn fruiting types and its a good time to be planting them!

[bario1]

Cut back all the canes of autumn fruiting raspberries to ground level.
Cut down last year's canes of summer fruiting raspberries.
Pruned unknown tree on the plot, just to stop it getting too big.
Dug out a sheet of rusty corrugated iron that's obviously been there for donkey's years as a retaining wall. It was right in the middle of an area i've got earmarked for a pond/bog garden.
Pulled a few weeds.
Dredged a drainage ditch that'd filled up with leaves/mud/weeds.