What I Did Today (Undercover)

[VirginVegGrower]

Got rid of several trays of plants for the allotment, which meant three new spaces on the benches for greenhouse sowings...wahoo. Watered again. Doors and vents are getting opened like crazy now and I have the first bean set on my broad beans, wahoo. Not sure I will be polytunnel planting them again though as I see no benefit time wise. Still, lesson learned and all that.

[Bren In Pots]

Fitted the louvre window that I'd bought at the back end of last year.

[Snadger]

Arrived at allotment to find those flaming meeces had eaten every sweetcorn and every beetroot seed plus all 9 courgettes that I had sown last night in modules in the greenhouse.

Luckily I still had enough beetroot left for a second sowing! Just resowed this and covered modules with a plastic cover.

Had a root around my seeds and couldn't find any sweetcorn or courgettes so will just have to buy some more!

I hates them meeces to pieces!!! (not really,poor little sods must have been hungry a nd just popped out for a feed at Burger King, a-la my greenhouse!)

[Ericthehalfabee]

It's been reaching almost 30 degres in the gh with the doors closed over the past week, which explains why the plants have shot up, so I'm keeping the doors and all the vents open during the day and closing them during early evening. It really took me by surprise, how hot it's been in there, even for April. Same with the cold frame, it gets opened first thing and closed early evening. The only problem is the pheasants, (!) who can't resist a good nosey about, sometimes helping themselves to whatever take their fancy.

[SarzWix]

We're forecast another cold spell over the weekend too, I think once that's past I'll be shifting a lot of stuff down to the allotment greenhouse. For now, I'm putting everything destined for outside beds out on staging during the day and back inside about teatime. It's keeping them slow growing, and giving them more light than they'd get crammed in the 6x4 greenhouse at home, and leaves more space in there for the tomatoes and chillis. It's just a juggling act at this time of year!

[Ericthehalfabee]

Today I began to wonder if I'd done too much sowing too early .. the gh and coldframe are full with plants that look big enough to go outside but theyre not going anywhere for the next 4 weeks, apart from upwards! Might just have to curb my enthusiasm to get cracking next year. Have decided to transplant the toms to their beds in the gh though, as they may as well be under fleece in beds as in pots .. (is that sound logic, I wonder??) I'll be keeping a keen eye on the expected overnight temperature every night for the next few weeks (the Met Office phone app is very useful) Still have to find the courage to let the chillies and peppers spend a night without any fleece, but tonight might be the night as we seem to be in a relatively mild spell at the moment. Doesn't sound so promising for the weekend though.

[salilah]

At the weekend, moved tomato, cucumber, melon and chilli plantlets out from guest bedroom into GH on staging (guests would not have appreciated sharing room with 7 trays of plants!)

One cucumber was strangling another one, so that got potted into the Morrisons bucket on the floor of the GH - probably too early but it had a flower and seemed to want to move on! Sadly managed to damage the one it was strangling

Still growing asian veg (and a solitary lettuce) in the GH bed - most are in flower now but they are edible and very cute! Not sure what the temperature is supposed to do next weekend - colder I think? - so probably still too early to put the toms in the bed?

[Currysniffa]

This morning I sat in the greenhouse drinking coffee.

[SarzWix]

I spotted shoots of my spuds today too Tucked them in with fleece before I came home from the plot

I also have flowers on some of my peppers, and 2 of my tomato plants, and, the peas are looking suspiciously like they might flower soon too

And I had to help 2 amorous Red Admiral butterflies to find their way out. Spring is definitely here, finally!

[VirginVegGrower]

I gave the tomatoes and peppers a holiday in the big tent today. They are back in now
Watered AGAIN and guess what..? Spuds are through WAHOO. I was beginning to think I'd made a mistake putting them in there, but am happy now. Sat over daughter's shoulder whilst she taught herself to plant peas and to put up a pea frame. It's all just zinging along now isn't it?

[Darwin.]

I planted 7 peas and 6 garlic out in the polytunnel today. I did a lot outside and in the house too but that's all for under cover.

[VirginVegGrower]

Watered again. Temp in the tunnel was sweaty Betty moved stuff around. Planted some more beets in the poly.

[redser]

Watered, with a watering can. Took flippin ages. Worried about water and how long it will last, and whether I should get a new hose before my back objects to carrying the can and whether that would make the water run out faster.

Wondered whether it's safe to move the tomato and chilli plants to the tunnel with fleece yet. Hmmmm. What's everyone else doing?.

Dying to move mine out too. But the tunnel is at the allotment and I cant be running up and down dealing with fleece. A small greenhouse out the back garden is the last piece in the puzzle. If only I could get round SWIMBO
The tunnel is looking fairly full all of a sudden, starting to worry about room for the toms and peppers now.

[VirginVegGrower]

Watered, with a watering can. Took flippin ages. Worried about water and how long it will last, and whether I should get a new hose before my back objects to carrying the can and whether that would make the water run out faster.

Wondered whether it's safe to move the tomato and chilli plants to the tunnel with fleece yet. Hmmmm. What's everyone else doing?.

Keeping mine indoors still, despite wanting stuff out - itchy isn't it. You need a hose

[Bigmallly]

Have put my toms into the tunnel under fleece as zero degrees are forecast later this week. Seedlings are also in there under cheapo tunnels from �land.