Started clearing GH No 1 to make room for the tomatoes.
Lots of woodlice and creepy crawlies in the compost so I brought in Mrs Brown to give it a peckover.
Had to keep her away from the lettuce and kale on the other side.
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Originally posted by SarrissUK View PostI've spent the day painting the eight pallet collars that Ghexton so kindly got me. The inside got the less palatable orange/brown fence paint, and the outside got the more upmarket slate paint.
I stuck one in the greenhouse, and tipped in compost from last year along with some well rotted chicken manure/home made compost. My goodness, it will need a lot more than what I can make myself to fill all these eight pallet collars! I can feel a bulk delivery coming lol
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I've spent the day painting the eight pallet collars that Ghexton so kindly got me. The inside got the less palatable orange/brown fence paint, and the outside got the more upmarket slate paint.
I stuck one in the greenhouse, and tipped in compost from last year along with some well rotted chicken manure/home made compost. My goodness, it will need a lot more than what I can make myself to fill all these eight pallet collars! I can feel a bulk delivery coming lol
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First day of plants going out to harden off. Dug over another couple of beds and we’re all done. Replaced my hardening off bench to something that doesn’t look like a banana. Moved the salad bar. Strimmed the veggie patch.
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Potted on 14 of my tomatoes into their final 12" pots, in a mixture of one part soil to two parts sifted home-made compost with Growmore added. I took off the cotylodons and bottom two leaves and planted them deep to maximise root growth and keep the first truss low and hopefully get an extra truss before they hit the roof of the greenhouse. After planting, I made up the last two inches in the pots with bought compost to reduce weed growth from the home-made stuff.
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Went to the allotment to pull up the purple sprouting broccoli, which I took home to shred. While I was there, I noticed the potatoes were coming up, so I earthed them up.
Some of the seeds I put to sprout two days ago were sprouting, so I potted them up. All 13 Cobra french beans, 12 of 15 Swift sweetcorn, 4 of 6 Marina di Chioggia squash, and 1 of 4 Galeux d'esynnes squash.
Started pollarding my big cherry tree. I've pollarded about half of it, and now every available space is completely stuffed with cherry branches, so I'll have to shred that half before I can cut off the other half.
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Finally got the base ready for the greenhouse relocation project. Mortar on that is drying nicely and should be ready for the greenhouse frame tomorrow.
Removed the glass from the greenhouse in its current location. Couple of broken pieces but given how much silicone the previous owner had used I am quite pleased with that.
Pretty much ready for the frame to be picked up and carried to the new location. Hopefully I'll be able to do that with it in piece.
Not a huge amount of actual gardening today, just a little weeding/removing of nettles.
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Sowed some seeds
Sat put of the wind on an old camping chair in the Gh reading my kindle , with a hot choc and some banana loaf.
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Potted on my Jalapeno chilli plants.
Planted out my spring onions.
Planted out my shallots.
Potted on my cucumbers.
Put in supports for my peas and beans.
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Sowed Jerusalem artichoke tubers (5 each of Stampede and Fuseau)
Made some progress with the greenhouse relocation project. Weed proof membrane has arrived so that is now down over the area along with about 2/3 of the flags.
Turns out not all the pile of large flags are not the same size (they "came with the house", we periodically unearth them!) with the odd one a CM or so bigger than the rest so it will likely end up with a slightly whimsical paved area.
Finish off laying and mortaring the flags over the weekend and then hopefully on to the actual moving of the greenhouse!
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Potted up 10 Tithonia flowers into slightly larger pots.
Potted up a few tomatoes that were getting big
Ailsa Craig x 1
Alicante x 1
Amateur x 1
Cuor di bue x 1
Euromoney x 1
Gardener's Delight x 2
Iraqi Heart-shaped x 1
More to do tomorrow as I need to bring some pots down from the allotment
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Got talked, against my better judgement, into starting on the pond, which has been neglected for about 3 years. Hacked and hauled out about 3 wheelbarrow loads of lily roots and and a huge clump of horsetail. Spotted some newts and decided to downscale from full clear-out to tidy-up to protect the wildlife. Scooped out several million duckweed with a fine net and topped up the water level. I'll do a more thorough job in Autumn, once the amphibians vacate.
Potted on the final 12" pot the first of my cucumbers, which is in flower.
Planted out 4 of my sweet potatoes into what was supposed to be a hotbed but has now cooled to little warmer than a standard cold frame. Kept the fifth one in the greenhouse and potted it up into a larger pot. the new plan is to grow it on a bit for cuttings and try growing them out in the open once the summer comes.
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Spread manure on another bed.
Put another 9 chillies into final pots.
Put all the summer bling back on my shed
Started the search for runner bean supplies. As 20 out of 24 have rotted. maybe I should start whining like a little girl about it .
Made a smoked chilli sauce.
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Took delivery of 4 tumbler tomato plants, 1 french flat leaf parsley, 2 chillies and 2 cucumber plants. Watered them well as they looked very thirsty will plant out in the poly tunnel tomorrow
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