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  • Friday jobs
    Check for aphids - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Trim allotment hedge - done
    Pot up rooting beans and tomato sideshoots - done
    Check watering - done
    Harvest PSB, spinach - done

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Cut back ivy in greenhouse
    Weeding
    Watering

    At allotment
    Check for aphids
    Weeding and horsetail
    Remove raspberry suckers
    Trim grass edges
    Watering
    Harvest PSB, spinach, peas

    At home
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Cut back pulmonaria
    Check chitting beans and plant any that are rooting
    Sow parsley, chervil, lettuce, melons
    Watering
    Harvest peas
    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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    • Plan for today: get the last of the climbing beans in, they've been hardening off long enough. Also need to sort out the strawberry bed which has got a bit weedy while I was focused on everything else.

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      • Weekend jobs

        At my friend's
        Cut back ivy in greenhouse - done some
        Weeding - done some
        Watering - done

        At allotment
        Check for aphids - done
        Weeding and horsetail - done some
        Remove raspberry suckers - no
        Trim grass edges - no
        Watering - done
        Harvest PSB, spinach, peas - done

        At home
        Weeding - done some
        Deadheading - done some
        Cut back pulmonaria - done
        Check chitting beans and plant any that are rooting - done
        Sow parsley, chervil, lettuce, melons - no
        Watering - done
        Harvest peas - done

        Also collected the rain water, emptied the bottom of the hotbin, potted up some flower seedlings and rearranged the plants under lights.

        Monday jobs
        Check for aphids
        Weeding and horsetail
        Deadheading
        Remove raspberry suckers
        Sow parsley, chervil, lettuce, melons
        Put replacement beans to soak (one lot didn't germinate)
        Rearrange pots in front garden now bulbs have finished
        Remove bolting parsnips and leeks
        Check watering
        Harvest spinach, peas
        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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        • Monday jobs
          Check for aphids - done
          Weeding and horsetail - done some
          Deadheading - done some
          Remove raspberry suckers - done
          Sow parsley, chervil, lettuce, melons - done parsley and chervil
          Put replacement beans to soak (one lot didn't germinate) - done
          Rearrange pots in front garden now bulbs have finished - done
          Remove bolting parsnips and leeks - no
          Check watering - done
          Harvest spinach, peas - done peas

          Also trimmed some long grass edges and planted out some of the bedding plants at home and a courgette and tomato (in the greenhouse) at my friend's as they were getting desperate.

          Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
          Collect rain water
          Check for aphids
          Weeding and horsetail
          Deadheading
          Sow lettuce, melons
          Go to garden centre and look at hanging baskets and trailing plants
          Water in greenhouse if required
          Harvest spinach, peas
          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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          • Today: finally getting the last of the courgettes in the ground, been sitting in pots for weeks. Also need to sort out the bean wigwam before they get any taller.

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            • Tuesday jobs
              Collect rain water - done
              Check for aphids - done
              Weeding and horsetail - done some
              Deadheading - no
              Sow lettuce, melons - done
              Go to garden centre and look at hanging baskets and trailing plants - done
              Water in greenhouse if required - done
              Harvest spinach, peas - done

              Also tied back the redcurrant in the hedge as it has been dislodged by the rain and was hanging over the path.
              I was going to plant up hanging baskets today but as nobody has the sort I want I have had to order them.

              Wednesday jobs
              Collect rain water
              Check for aphids
              Check chitting beans and plant any that have roots
              Weeding and horsetail
              Deadheading
              General tidy up
              Water in greenhouse if required
              Harvest spinach
              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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              • Wednesday jobs
                Collect rain water - done
                Check for aphids - done
                Check chitting beans and plant any that have roots - done
                Weeding and horsetail - done some
                Deadheading - done some
                General tidy up - done some
                Water in greenhouse if required - no
                Harvest spinach - done plus leeks

                The hanging baskets arrived so I went to the garden centre, bought some plants and planted them up.

                Thursday jobs (weather permitting)
                Collect rain water
                Check for aphids
                Check chitting beans and plant any that have roots
                Weeding and horsetail
                Deadheading
                Trim grass edges if dry enough (unlikely)
                General tidy up
                Water in greenhouse
                Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach
                Last edited by Penellype; 21-05-2026, 07:24 AM.
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • Thursday jobs
                  Collect rain water - done
                  Check for aphids - done
                  Check chitting beans and plant any that have roots - done
                  Weeding and horsetail - done some
                  Deadheading - done some
                  Trim grass edges if dry enough - done some
                  General tidy up - no
                  Water in greenhouse - done
                  Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach - done plus peas

                  Friday jobs
                  Check for aphids
                  Weeding and horsetail
                  Deadheading
                  Trim long grass edges
                  Mow lawns if dry
                  Feed citrus
                  Watering
                  Harvest spinach
                  Last edited by Penellype; 22-05-2026, 11:27 AM.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • Friday jobs
                    Check for aphids - done
                    Weeding and horsetail - done some
                    Deadheading - done some
                    Trim long grass edges - done some
                    Mow lawns if dry - done back
                    Feed citrus - done
                    Watering - done
                    Harvest spinach - done

                    I was going to cut the front lawn but discovered an early purple orchid and decided to leave it for a while.

                    Weekend jobs

                    At my friend's
                    Weeding
                    Watering

                    At allotment
                    Check for aphids (mainly on the cherry now)
                    Weeding and horsetail
                    Trim more grass edges
                    Cut grass if dry
                    Remove finished parsnips and PSB
                    Watering
                    Harvest spinach, check peas

                    At home
                    Rearrange plants under lights
                    Sow peas, beetroot, PSB
                    Pot up tomato and cucumber seedlings
                    Plant out busy lizzies
                    Weeding
                    Deadheading
                    Trim lawn edges
                    Remove bolting leeks
                    Watering
                    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, a few french beans, check peas
                    Last edited by Penellype; 23-05-2026, 07:12 AM.
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • Its very hot today,I’ve been taking the wilted plants out the blowaway,watering them & putting them on the patio in the shade. We went out most of yesterday,my cousin & family came down to mums so we got home at about 7pm & I’d left the blowaway door wide open for air but they were a bit wilted in full sun,the pots had water weight in them,they hadn’t dried out,it’s just the sun is too hot,I’ve put a shade net up for some on the patio,the potatoes are shading the others. I’ve got about five tomato plants in the kitchen that are staying there in safety for this early heatwave,just incase. I’m not putting all my eggs in the same basket
                      Location : Essex

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                      • Weekend jobs

                        At my friend's
                        Weeding - done some
                        Watering - done

                        At allotment
                        Check for aphids - done
                        Weeding and horsetail - done some
                        Trim more grass edges - done some
                        Cut grass if dry - no
                        Remove finished parsnips and PSB - no
                        Watering - done
                        Harvest spinach, check peas - done

                        Also took the net off the hotbed as the spinach is starting to bolt in the heat
                        At home
                        Rearrange plants under lights - done
                        Sow peas, beetroot, PSB - no
                        Pot up tomato and cucumber seedlings - done
                        Plant out busy lizzies - done
                        Weeding - done some
                        Deadheading - done some
                        Trim lawn edges - done
                        Remove bolting leeks - no
                        Watering - done
                        Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, a few french beans, check peas - done plus 6 small new potatoes

                        Monday jobs (heat permitting)
                        Check for aphids
                        Weeding and horsetail
                        Deadheading
                        Remove bolting parsnips, PSB and leeks
                        Sow peas, beetroot, PSB
                        Cut back elderberry in allotment hedge
                        Take compost to allotment and top up hotbed
                        Watering
                        Harvest spinach, peas
                        Last edited by Penellype; 25-05-2026, 07:35 AM.
                        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                        • Monday jobs
                          Check for aphids - done
                          Weeding and horsetail - done some
                          Deadheading - done some
                          Remove bolting parsnips, PSB and leeks - done parsnips and leeks
                          Sow peas, beetroot, PSB - no
                          Cut back elderberry in allotment hedge - no
                          Take compost to allotment and top up hotbed - no
                          Watering - done
                          Harvest spinach, peas - done peas

                          Tuesday jobs (heat permitting)
                          Plumber here this morning so I missed the coolest part of the day.
                          Check for aphids
                          Weeding and horsetial
                          Deadheading
                          Watering
                          Harvest spinach, check peas
                          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                          • Tuesday jobs
                            Check for aphids - no (I'm losing this battle anyway)
                            Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
                            Deadheading - done a bit
                            Watering- done
                            Harvest spinach, check peas - no

                            I couldn't face the walk to the allotment in the heat, although I did get there to water in the evening

                            Wednesday jobs
                            Check for aphids
                            Take compost to allotment and top up hotbed
                            Cut back elderberry
                            Take peas and melon to allotment and plant
                            Sow peas, beetroot, PSB
                            Sort plants under lights (again)
                            Watering
                            Harvest spinach, peas
                            Last edited by Penellype; 27-05-2026, 09:09 AM.
                            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                            • Wednesday jobs
                              Check for aphids - done
                              Take compost to allotment and top up hotbed - done
                              Cut back elderberry - done some
                              Take peas and melon to allotment and plant - done peas
                              Sow peas, beetroot, PSB - done peas
                              Sort plants under lights (again) - done
                              Watering - done
                              Harvest spinach, peas - done

                              No gardening time today even if there wasn't a huge thunderstorm nearby
                              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                              • Busy week dealing with a broadband issue, a broken kettle, a leaking tap and a draughty back door - all (I hope) are fixed now and I might be able to catch up a bit in the garden!

                                Today I have done some weeding, cut the grass at the allotment, planted climbing beans, a melon and a cucumber and harvested a decent bagfull of peas for the freezer as well as the obligatory watering.

                                Weekend jobs

                                At my friend's
                                Take tomatoes, cucumber and melon and plant them
                                Sort out supports for runner beans
                                Weeding
                                Watering

                                At allotment
                                Weeding and horsetail
                                Cut back more elderberry
                                Prune cherry to get rid of aphid infestation
                                Remove finished PSB
                                Trim long grass edges
                                Watering
                                Harvest spinach, peas

                                At home
                                Weeding
                                Deadheading
                                Mow rear lawn
                                Sow beetroot, PSB and replacement courgettes
                                Pot up lettuce and brassica seedlings
                                Plant up pots near fence
                                Watering
                                Harvest peas, new potatoes
                                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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