What I Did Today Archive - 2010

[rustylady]

Went to work. Person due on next shift phoned in sick. Contacted Manager. Ended up working a nine hour shift. Then found that I have no work in 3 weeks. Totally p***** off and wondering why I bother.

[Ja9]

Not an awful lot, blinkin' weather Not that I mind the rain myself, I'm Irish after all!, but I do mind it when I've got a complaining four and two year old in tow. Bought a couple of saxifrage for the new rockery while doing the weekly shop, so a small element of gardening crept into the day.

yes I have the same problem...I don't mind the wet and cold too much if well wrapped up, but the two 7 year olds, and 4 year old not so keen!
lets hope its better next week.

[Bex]

Potted on a few squashes/courgettes, rudbeckia into individual cells, and sowed a few cells of nigella and Bo Jangle Marigold. I also put a lot of stuff in the cloche and then refilled my window sills with various toms and chillis.

[Suky]

Looked out the window at the rain, then switched on the pc! Maybe it will dry up a bit later

[stella]

Took the dogs out for a walk and it is freezing brrrrr. Hope to get out and get some rosemary and bay cuttings started

[binley100]

Thought about doing housework ............then booted up the poota . Say no more

[Flummery]

Potted on my 3rd of January sown Cayenne chillies into 5" pots. Dibbed out my Black Cherry toms into 3" pots. Sowed a dozen more Salmon flowered peas - suddenly thought I might not have enough!
Did some more weaving on my very first basket but had to stop as my Brown willow isn't soaked enough. Will do more on Friday!

[grahama]

Sowed all my tom varieties, butternut squash, beets, mangetout, spring onions and perpetual spinach into modules and put into the green house in my conservatory.

Yes I have a green house in my conservatory, but only temporary so my dog does not eat all my seedlings !!!

[Welsh Wizard]

Started construction of some wooden frames to edge the beds I am planning. Bought all the timber, but forgot the nails!

Planted out shallots and artichokes.

[wellie]

To be perfectly honest, I could have done without my Early, Mid and Late Leeks deciding to germinate so sporadically, but hey! so I sowed some more seeds in modules today, just to ensure that I have zillions rather than nillions.
After all, what can one NOT do with a Leek? Answers on a miniscule postcard.X

[jogette]

I went up to the allotment with some garlic that had been sitting in modules for ages and making me feel guilty every time I looked at them. I planted them out and some onions that I hadn't finished last time.
I was the only one up there as it was VERY windy, cold and wet but dressed like Scott of the Antarctic I kept going and weeded the parsley bed ( and felt very virtuous as I came home to thaw out)

[yeti]

today got my potatoes in up the allotmant(rocket) and a row of shallots(red sun)..put some shallots in at home and weeded my winter onions,got one asparagus shoot coming through! also put some pink fir potatoes in also at home..

[Welsh Wizard]

Dug over new 4x4 ft bed for her indoors.
Found most of my direst sown seedlings dying following thunderstorm+ cloudburst that has flattened them totally.

[Nykied]

Marvelled at my garlics sprouting and half-fixed the zip on the cr@ppy plastic greenhouse which has been broken since we got it. Also got grumpy at my other half, who has lost the receipt...

[maytreefrannie]

Yesterday, put down some potatoes - just ahead of Good Friday.

Saw the firsrt pumpkin seedling is showing in the kitchen.

Chllie seedlings are also coming along.