What I did today 2020

[Containergardener]

Sowed more seeds..carnation, cosmos x2, lobeliax2, petunia
Pruned Rose's.in.tubs

[bikermike]

Bought the last seeds for the year (I hope)
Loofa
Cucumber
Sweet romano peppers
Land cress

[Starch]

Also tidied up in front of polytunnel and installed homemade cold frame

[Starch]

Sunny all day, cleared up and prepared beds in polytunnel
Cleared abandoned plot and covered over possibly for a pumpkin patch and another for a small wildflower meadow. Sowed some wildflower mixes in plugs to plant out after the frosts. Bought some yellow rattle to add to the mix but it's not supposed to be planted till the autumn so not sure how to proceed as the wildflower mix is spring sown.

[bramble]

Potted up my zinnia and nigella plants which I grew from seed.
Pinched out the growing tips on my sweetpeas.
Sowed rocket and mixed salad leaves.
Did some tidying and weeding.
It was a lovely sunny day.

[Plot12c]

Planted leek seeds, beetroot and spring onions in modules.

[Small pumpkin]

Tidied little tunnel, repotted lemon thyme. Pruned some mint.

[Containergardener]

Did some chopping up of OHs prunings weeks ago .
Potted up some plants and planted some out that hadnt got done months ago.
Sowed some sweet pea seeds

Oh and had my first sit out in the sun of the year with a cuppa

[ameno]

Finished digging and edging with roof tiles the big bed I was working on.

Attached some wire trellis to the posts I drove in for the akebia to grow up. Those things grow fast: it's only the 5th of March, and some of the new shoots are already 3-4 inches long.

Added about 10kg of coffee grounds to the compost heap, which I picked up in town yesterday.

Started on digging the bed where I plan to plant my new asparagus. Managed to do just less than half of it.

[Gillykat]

First chance to get onto the plot this week due to starting new job

Potted 2 x 'Duke' Blueberries into next-size-up pot and left in greenhouse till I sort out permanent bed in coming weeks.

Potted up more perennial roots ~ 2 x Chocolate Cosmos, 3 x Pineapple Lily

Neighbour gave me some variegated Vinca which I was able to split it and make 3 well-rooted plants.

Potted Arum italicum into larger pot and was able to split this into 2 more plants. Poor thing have been stuck in same pot for three years *badGill*

Tidied up various bits of rubbish that had been scattered round by the weekend winds

Rang council up about second allotment. They rang me 3 weeks ago to check we were still interested and said they'd call back in next week or so. You have to keep pestering them Tim (new guy in charge) was out so will ring me back on Monday....and if not I'LL ring him again and again.....and again if needs be

Left at 4pm and met plot neighbours four up who asked me if I wanted some plant pots & trays. I never say no to free stuff if I can use it! Got 120 round pots of various sizes, 2 seed trays, 10 modules of 40 and 24 modules of six. Chuffed to bits as I have a lot of sowing to do this year and these will keep me going. Will bring them home in a black bag next week and soak them in the bath to clean them ready for use in April.

Back at work for next three days 11am - 6pm so it'll be Monday before I can get back on Plot 34.

[burnie]

Removed the fleece from everything in the greenhouse, removed more dead leaves from plants sunk in pots in the border, watered French strawberries to start them off and also the winter salad leaves, thought they would be lettuce, looks mostly to be Rocket.

Sure they will get eaten......whatever they are lol

[ameno]

Potted up my "accidental" sweet potato cuttings, which had produced some good roots in water.
Sowed some carrots in a big tub in the conservatory.

[Small pumpkin]

Tidied one of the tunnels.
Sown seeds.
Started off the onion sets in trays.

[ameno]

Turned the compost bin at the allotment.
Dug over some more of one of the main beds, lining the edges with old roof tiles as I went. It was harder work than I was expecting, so didn't manage to finish.

[Bonjour]

Do you put seaweed on them, and do they taste like Jersey Royals?!

Yes, the ground has had plenty of Vraic (seaweed) covering it over the winter. I turned that in a fortnight ago and have just planted them about 6 inches down, so they are in contact with the remains of the seaweed.

I'll let you know in June if the taste like Jersey Royals. I suspect they'll be even better straight out of the ground.