What I Did Today Archive 2011

[Two_Sheds]

- sowed 4 types of chilli and some Auntie Madge tomatoes in heated prop
- sowed some supermarket marrowfat peas (for shoots & plants)
- squished greenfly & fungus gnats on the indoor plants
- watered the forced hyacinths which have now broken through the compost and growing fast
- amaryllis (hippeastrum) is growing over an inch a day & looking v.phallic
- collected another 5 sacks of autumn leaves from the bike lane
- threw out onion seedlings starting to rot
- threw out a dozen gourds starting to rot
- made chutney from my 4 Uchiki Kuri (indoors, but also starting to rot)

[bramble]

Made another 16 lbs of blackcurrant jam today. That's the last of the fruit from the freezer except for a few bags of redcurrants.
Next I have to tackle the glut of frozen tomatoes. I hope to do this next week and then \i will be back on track.
have had a really busy and strange year just gone out. Don't quite know where the tine went in that I am just now getting around to using up all my summer produce.

[susieq100]

Not really vegetable related but cleared all the cr*p out of the greenhouse - now only the glass needs washing. Then inspired by Carol Klein last week (I recorded the first episode and watched it Thursday evening) I dug 3 old shrubs out of the flower border (it took ages ... big old gnarly roots) and now have a pristine space against the fence, SW facing! Some honeysuckle growing up the fence I think, a good sunny post for a gherkin later and some nice bedding plants at the front!

[susieq100]

a good sunny post for a gherkin later

Spot ... eejit!

[stella]

Deadheaded the primroses that I have in pots and and had a gereral tidy up around them removed all the old leaves. Raddish up in the greenhouse and the snowdrops are through

[Currysniffa]

I've managed to clear the spot where I want the shed to go on plot 2 and I moved the slabs for the greenhouse onto the plot (17 of the buggers), just a little work to do on the shed base next week, got 8 1x1 slabs (freebie) to take to the plot for the bearers of the shed to sit on, just hope the weather holds next week.

[zeezeezed]

Just popped over the allotment quickly to get a few leeks for tea tomorrow - everything is still waterlogged and almost impossible to walk on without leaving boot shaped pools behind

Then ended up pulling out a car and the truck that tried to rescue the car from the field

Totally covered head to foot in mud!!!

[Snadger]

Today I pulled out my woodburning stove from the corner of my greenhouse and re-sited it at the other end of the greenhouse in the middle. The reason for doing this is that I am rebuilding my greenhouse roof & placing the woodburner on the North wall which should make better use of available daylight/sunshine in the greenhouse.
I have a permanet raised bed along one side and intend putting a raised bed along the other side with a central pathway along the middle from the door to the woodburner.
The woodburner is a home made jobbie made from a gas bottle with a flue on top. It worked very well where it was so should work well in its new position.
I have stood two household radiators on end behind it to protect the glass. Eventually I will connect these together, put a bung in the bottom and fill them with water. This theoretically should warm up withthe heat of the burner, plus the flue pipe and give extra heat over a longer period.

Had to call it a day today because I didn't have my saw, for the roof trusses, my tape to measure them with,my stepladders to reach and no nails or screws to fix things together. These i will have with me for my next visit!

I need to get my greenhouse sorted before I can start sowing!

[Pumpkin Becki]

Today I started training my fig tree into an espalier, sowed lots and lots of onions (Ailsa Craig) and leeks 'Musselburg', and also potted up some chilli plants Jeanied had given me in the summer - they were looking a bit desperate!

[Sylvan]

Today I sorted out my seeds, washed pots, made Grumpy bring in some more compost to thaw and emptied the airing cupboard's single shelf so I can sow some tomato seeds and put them in there tomorrow.

(Then I had to reconfigure another cupboard so I'd have somewhere to put the towels I removed from the airing cupboard)

[Currysniffa]

Today I've been on both my plots, first I helped unload a lorry of 60 bags of compost 60 bags of groworganic manure 10 bags of seed potatoes and all the onion sets for the lottie, I'm being given some compost for helping then called home to pick up 8 1x1 slabs (freebies) to make some pads for my shed to sit on on plot 2, When I got them to my plot I found that the chaps I've got the shed off (2nd hand refurb £40) have been and done the job for me

So home early and now going to pick son up from school before cooking tea..

[missalaska]

Gave up on the idea of sowing some spinach and repotting a green pepper, just too windy, so went and said hello to my aubergines, 4 of which are setting fruit, I'm very excited as I had a wonderful crop last year and the fruit has started to set a little earlier than last year.

[Florence Fennel]

Finally managed to sow some aubergines. Seems really odd missalaska reading that your aubergines are setting fruit and mine have only just gone in!

[Gearoid]

Sowed some broad beans and walked to Netto to get some 19p seeds (plus some Rachel's full fat greek coconut yoghurt which is one of the specials this week).

[binley100]

Repotted some of my leggy seedlings, sowed some more seed . Moved the mini blowaway into the GH so that the onions can go in there out of the way.