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  • Penellype
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    Thursday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Bucket some water from water butt into IBC - done
    Continue planning for next year - no
    Harvest carrots - done

    No gardening time tomorrow, and forecast to be too wet anyway.

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Mow lawns if at all possible - done
    Harvest cucumber, romanesco - done

    Thursday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Bucket some water from water butt into IBC
    Continue planning for next year
    Harvest carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Remove finished bedding plants - done some
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, leek, carrot - done plus a couple of turnips and a few small beans

    Wednesday jobs
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Mow lawns if at all possible
    Harvest cucumber, romanesco

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Take horsetail etc to tip - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Sow microgreens - done
    Remove finished bedding plants - no
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, pea shoots - done

    Tuesday jobs (weather permitting, currently raining)
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Remove finished bedding plants
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, leek, carrot

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check greenhouse plants and remove any dead ones - done
    Weeding - done some
    Harvest tomatoes, peppers - done

    At allotment
    Remove finished courgette plant - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Trim long grass edges - done some
    Cut down finished hollyhocks and scatter seeds - done
    Trim nettles in hedge - done
    Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, romanesco, 1 strawberry - done

    At home
    Weeding - no
    Deadheading - no
    Move fuchsias under cover - done
    Sow microgreens - no but sowed some lettuce
    Make list of seeds needed for next year - done and ordered
    Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, carrots - done except carrots

    Monday jobs
    Take horsetail etc to tip
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Sow microgreens
    Remove finished bedding plants
    Harvest lettuce, cucumber, pea shoots

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  • Jungle Jane
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    I need to put a bamboo stick in the soil for my broccoli plant that’s growing from a shoot off of a plant I grew in 2022,I cut the plant down after flowering around Feb/March & it grew this little shoot this year,you can see in the photo,I was really surprised this happened,it’s doing quite well,took this photo September 6th

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Pick last 2 melons and remove plant - done
    Cover romanesco to protect from frost - done
    Remove finished greenhouse tomatoes and cucumber - done some
    Pot up experimental french beans - done
    Weeding if not too wet - no
    Harvest cucumber, romanesco, beans, check strawberries - done

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check greenhouse plants and remove any dead ones
    Weeding
    Harvest tomatoes, peppers

    At allotment
    Remove finished courgette plant
    Weeding and horsetail
    Trim long grass edges
    Cut down finished hollyhocks and scatter seeds
    Trim nettles in hedge
    Harvest cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, romanesco, 1 strawberry

    At home
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Move fuchsias under cover
    Sow microgreens
    Make list of seeds needed for next year
    Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, carrots
    Last edited by Penellype; 14-10-2023, 07:33 PM.

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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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