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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Pick last 2 melons and remove plant
    Cover romanesco to protect from frost
    Remove finished greenhouse tomatoes and cucumber
    Pot up experimental french beans
    Weeding if not too wet
    Harvest cucumber, romanesco, beans, check strawberries

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Start bringing green tomatoes back from allotment - done most
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Continue planning for next year - done some
    Harvest melons - done some

    No gardening time today.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Remove blighty tomatoes at home - done
    Check tomatoes at allotment for blight - done
    Trim lawn edges - done
    Trim long grass edges at allotment - done some
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading -- done some
    Decide what to do about upcoming cold nights - done
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, romanesco, carrots, check strawberries, melons - done except beans instead of carrots

    Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Start bringing green tomatoes back from allotment
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Continue planning for next year
    Harvest melons

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight - done allotment
    Cut leylandii in hedge at allotment - done
    Cut grass at allotment if dry - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Harvest beans, courgette, tomatoes, peppers, melon, check strawberries - done

    Forgot to check tomatoes for blight at home, which was a mistake!

    Tuesday jobs
    Remove blighty tomatoes at home
    Check tomatoes at allotment for blight
    Trim lawn edges
    Trim long grass edges at allotment
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Decide what to do about upcoming cold nights
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beetroot, romanesco, carrots, check strawberries, melons

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check greenhouse tomatoes and remove any mouldy bits - done
    Weeding - done some
    Harvest tomatoes. peppers - done tomatoes

    At allotment
    Collect rain water - done
    Check tomato plants for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Remove dead brassica leaves - done
    Check brassicas for aphids - done - kale removed as almost invisible under a mat of aphids!
    Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, romanesco, check strawberries, melons - done plus a turnip

    At home
    Check tomato plants for blight - done
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Mow lawns if dry - done
    Treat carrots, strawberries and heucheras with vine weevil nematodes - done
    Harvest tomatoes, peppers, carrots - done except carrots

    Also sowed some kale to either eat as baby plants or grow on in greenhouse depending on what happens.

    Monday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Cut leylandii in hedge at allotment
    Cut grass at allotment if dry
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest beans, courgette, tomatoes, peppers, melon, check strawberries
    Last edited by Penellype; 09-10-2023, 01:58 PM.

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Trim long grass if dry - tried but too wet
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, courgettes, melon + 2 strawberries - done

    Weekend jobs

    Ay my friend's
    Check greenhouse tomatoes and remove any mouldy bits
    Weeding
    Harvest tomatoes. peppers

    At allotment
    Collect rain water
    Check tomato plants for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Remove dead brassica leaves
    Check brassicas for aphids
    Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, romanesco, check strawberries, melons

    At home
    Check tomato plants for blight
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Mow lawns if dry (very unlikely)
    Treat carrots, strawberries and heucheras with vine weevil nematodes
    Harvest tomatoes, peppers, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Trim long grass if dry
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, courgettes, melon + 2 strawberries

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  • Penellype
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    Very little time today, but managed to cut back the nettles in the allotment hedge and harvest some beans and tomatoes.

    No gardening time tomorrow.

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  • burnie
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    That's my out door gardening finished for this season, raised beds just cleared of the last sweetcorn and climbing french beans, just autumn raspberries producing now.

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Pot up calendula, corn salad and french bean seedlings - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, romanesco, beans, courgettes, melon - done

    No gardening time today.

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check tomatoes and cut off any mouldy bits - done
    Weeding - done some
    Fill self watering trays if necessary - done
    Harvest tomatoes - done

    At allotment
    Photos (Sunday, 1st of month) - done
    Collect rain water - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Collect any dried bean pods - too wet
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, romanesco, leek, turnips - done

    At home
    Photos (Sunday) - done
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding - no
    Deadheading - done some
    Water greenhouse plants - done
    Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, carrots - done

    Very busy this week so updates are likely to be erratic.

    Monday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Pot up calendula, corn salad and french bean seedlings
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, romanesco, beans, courgettes, melon

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check tomatoes and cut off any mouldy bits
    Weeding
    Fill self watering trays if necessary
    Harvest tomatoes

    At allotment
    Photos (Sunday, 1st of month)
    Collect rain water
    Weeding and horsetail
    Collect any dried bean pods
    Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, beans, romanesco, leek, turnips

    At home
    Photos (Sunday)
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Water greenhouse plants
    Harvest tomatoes, lettuce, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Plant out spinach seedlings - done
    Check everything is secure (gales forecast) - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, beans, carrot. leek, check cucumbers - done

    Not a lot of time today, but checked for wind damage and harvested tomatoes and beans.

    No gardening time tomorrow.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Trim long bits of grass - no
    Check pots etc and water if needed - no
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, romanesco - done plus a courgette

    The weather was unkind - I was expecting a fine morning, but it rained, and I had appointments in the afternoon, so very little got done.

    Wednesday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Plant out spinach seedlings
    Check everything is secure (gales forecast)
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, beans, carrot. leek, check cucumbers

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Check tomatoes for blight - done
    Check for wind damage - done
    Collect any rain water - none
    Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
    Deadheading - done some
    Cut back nettles in hedge - done some
    Water plants in greenhouse and check fence pots - done
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beans, tomatoes - done

    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Trim long bits of grass
    Check pots etc and water if needed
    Harvest tomatoes, beans, romanesco

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