What I Did Today Archive - 2010

[Newbie]

Took delivery of my Merriweather Damson Tree that my parents bought me for Christmas! Hurrah! Only had a quick half hour in the garden after work but managed to prune my 2 blueberries, pull of all the dead leaves from the strawberry plants & moved them into the greenhouse to force them along a bit, filled my electric propagator with compost to warm up over night ready to sow seeds tomorrow and put the Damson tree in a bucket of water to soak over night before planting in a large tub tomorrow.

[Bigmallly]

I must be mad. 6:30am waiting for dawn to break so I can get out & start building the greenhouse base. Have got all the blocks & the concrete. Just want to get it done so it sets before GH is delivered next week............Hope you guys enjoy whatever it is you are going to do.

[Liza]

I must be mad. 6:30am waiting for dawn to break so I can get out & start building the greenhouse base. Have got all the blocks & the concrete. Just want to get it done so it sets before GH is delivered next week............Hope you guys enjoy whatever it is you are going to do.

I dont think thats sad BM,.... how exciting good luck with it.

[stella]

I think our charity shop must have very differnt price guidlines than yours. A book for 50p ours start at around £2.00 However I could not resist 'the Home farm a practical guide to the good life' which I bought today. I then planted some turnips and dahlias.

[Two_Sheds]

- tidied up the garden, because the spring bulbs are coming through fast now
- composted a mouse (that's 2 caught now)
- started carrot wine
- soaked Violetta broad beans for sowing in modules in cold greenhouse
- sowed chitted sweet peas in loo rolls, put out in cold greenhouse

[Flummery]

Noticed this morning that my experimental early sowing of some heritage tomatoes has shown germination in all but one case. Have to keep turning them to the light now so they don't get drawn! Will leave it another week and maybe sow another of the one that hasn't shown yet.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Dug out and manured my new potato bed.
Realised how desperately out of condition I am.
Came in, sat in front of computer.

[Jeanied]

Dug out and manured my new potato bed.
Realised how desperately out of condition I am.
Came in, sat in front of computer.

Ditto, CC! Except mine was last year's pumpkin bed so I was turning it over and clearing - lots of manure last year so I'm not sure what to follow it with.

[Newbie]

Today I went to the garden centre & bought a bag of compost & a bird seed feeder (desperately trying to find one that actually keeps the seed dry!), planted my new Damson tree up in a huge pot, moved said pot onto patio beside greenhouse, pulled up the last of the leeks, manured now empty bed ready for goosegogs & currants to be moved into it, forked the bed over, and planted 7 different types of seed into my new heated propogator (1st sowings of the season - hurrah!). I sowed: 2 types of passion fruit, Pretty in Purple Chilli, Hot Mexican Chilli, Red Cherry Tomato, San Marzano Tomato & Red Robin Tomato.

[glasgowdan]

Tpday I have been out looking around. Planted some clumps of snowdrops I got from a friend, sowed some garlic cloves into the beds (first plantings out this season in the new dug beds), planted some grape vine cuttings to root (from a member on here) and tidied some of the pots in the greenhouse.

I intend to do lots of ground preparation over the coming 2-3 weeks and to sow chillies, sweet peas, more onions and shallots and a few more tomatoes.

Got a new virgin plot to get ready, currently long grass, but more space than I can shake a stick at. Also have a poly tunnel to build (24x14) and dig up some beds within it.

I am a gardener by trade and from 1st March I have 4 contracts starting up so I want to do as much as I can before then!

[janeyo]

I have weeded the garlic and onion bed. Looks SO much better.
FINALLY got round to pulling out the summer cosmos from the front garden, bene on my list all winter lol. Looks SO much better out there now, and am not so ashamed of how it's been looking lately.
Also planted Red Canadian rhubarb in very large pot and put in g/h til it warms up a bit, and also one of Victoria.
Moved the finished autumn pots about (snow killed a lot of them off) and moved the spring ones into their places.
Hoping to get some cabbages , caulis, salad leaves and sweet peas sown later. For the cold frame.
Sowed a row of broad beans direct. Not sure if the autumn sown ones have survived the winter as they have gone black to the stems but have green shots too.

[WeeGarden]

Today I (convinced hubby to, who) built a new raised bed for extra growing space in our tiny garden. I'm going to make it into my herb bed & space for a few asparagus crowns, which frees up my half barrel for my new rhubarb crown. I'm so excited!

We're going to end up with no lawn left at this rate, but I don't eat grass so who cares?

[Snadger]

Today I went to the allotment shop and bought a big bag of potting compost and some paraffin for my heater for £19!

I then went to Wickes and bought six uprights for the corners of my new chicken run, another £15.

I'll need to go on bread and water for a couple of weeks to make up for it.

Took out my exasperation on my woodpile with an axe. Now I'm not only skint but full of aches and pains!

[binley100]

Went to lottie for monthly meeting. Checked everything was as it should be on our plot. Too flippin' cold , lost all sensation in toes so came home and retired to the greenhouse. Where I sowed Chillies, Peppers. Cos , nasturtiums and some marigolds.

[Bren In Pots]

Just arrived home from work so apart from rinsing my alfalfa sprouts that's it for gardening stuff today.