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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Take climbing beans and tomatoes to my friend's - no
    Cut grass at allotment - done
    Plant turnips - done
    Decide where I am putting excess brassicas and tomatoes - sort of
    Plant out bedding plants - no
    Remove finished PSB - no
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach - done plus the last of last year's snackbite peppers (!)

    Thursday jobs
    Trip to the dentist this morning which always disrupts any plans I try to make.
    Plant out bedding plants
    Pot up biggest pepper plant
    Remove finished PSB
    Take climbing beans and tomatoes to my friend's and plant beans
    Trim rear lawn edges
    Weeding and horsetail
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, baby leaves, spinach and just possibly the first strawberry from the allotment growhouse.
    Last edited by Penellype; 25-05-2023, 12:53 PM.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Move tomatoes and runner beans to greenhouse - done for now
    Take fuchsia cuttings from new plants - done
    Trim allotment hedge especially near gate - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading especially bluebells - done some
    Take tomato and courgette plants to allotment - no
    Watering - done
    Harvest baby lettuce, microgreens, spinach - done

    Also potted up 2 tomato plants

    Wednesday jobs
    Take climbing beans and tomatoes to my friend's
    Cut grass at allotment
    Plant turnips
    Decide where I am putting excess brassicas and tomatoes
    Plant out bedding plants
    Remove finished PSB
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Trim allotment hedge especially near gate - no
    Decide on bedding plants and go to garden centre - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, baby leaf salads, spinach, kale flowers - done except kale flowers

    Tuesday jobs
    Move tomatoes and runner beans to greenhouse
    Take fuchsia cuttings from new plants
    Trim allotment hedge especially near gate
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading especially bluebells
    Take tomato and courgette plants to allotment
    Watering
    Harvest baby lettuce, microgreens, spinach

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  • Penellype
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    Saturday jobs

    At my friend's
    Take tomato plants to greenhouse - done
    Plant 6 tomato plants - done
    Weeding - no
    Watering - done

    At allotment
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Plant climbing beans - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest spinach - done, also the last of the PSB

    At home
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Pot up tomatoes - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest microgreens, lettuce, salad leaves - done plus a couple of dwarf beans off the windowsill.

    Monday jobs (work permitting)
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Trim allotment hedge especially near gate
    Decide on bedding plants and go to garden centre
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, baby leaf salads, spinach, kale flowers

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  • Jungle Jane
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    Im about to pot on the marigolds,they’re just having a good drink. Also need to earth up the potatoes (plant more but maybe tomorrow along with beans,carrots,peas,I’ve done sweetcorn). Water the potatoes with seaweed fertiliser. I need to go through the seed packets see what I’m forgetting,ooh sunflowers need sowing

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  • Penellype
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    Problems at work annihilated any hope of gardening yesterday and family matters mean I won't have much time tomorrow.

    Saturday jobs

    At my friend's
    Take tomato plants to greenhouse
    Plant 6 tomato plants
    Weeding
    Watering

    At allotment
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Plant climbing beans
    Watering
    Harvest spinach

    At home
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Pot up tomatoes
    Watering
    Harvest microgreens, lettuce, salad leaves

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs (+ Wednesday)
    Take fennel to allotment and plant - done
    Get compost for greenhouse tomatoes - done
    Finish lawn edges - done some
    Cut lawns if dry - done
    Sow peas, kale, beetroot - no
    Don't forget to water! - done
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach - done

    Also attempted to put up supports for new raspberries and planted some turnips.

    No gardening time tomorrow.

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs (including Monday)

    Keep eye on overnight temperatures and close covers if necessary - ok over weekend but covered things up for tonight

    At my friend's
    Plant out peas - done
    Pot up tomatoes - no
    Weeding - done some

    At allotment
    Slug hunt - done
    Cut grass if dry enough - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Harvest lettuce, spinach, PSB, rhubarb - done

    Also trimmed more long bits off the hedges.

    At home
    Check for cat poo - done, more holly applied
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Pot up cosmos, lettuces, peppers, tomato - done
    Sow runner beans - done
    Trim lawn edges if dry - done some
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens and the last of the carrots, check french beans - done, still a couple of carrots left

    Also trimmed the euonymus hedge

    Tuesday jobs
    Take fennel to allotment and plant
    Get compost for greenhouse tomatoes
    Finish lawn edges
    Cut lawns if dry
    Sow peas, kale, beetroot
    Don't forget to water!
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach
    Last edited by Penellype; 15-05-2023, 08:20 PM.

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  • Jungle Jane
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    This week I need to plant out more potatoes,pot on about thirty marigolds. Sow sweetcorn,runner beans,peas & carrots.

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Pot up cosmos seedlings - no
    Sow melons, replacement brassicas - done plus leeks
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, leek, rhubarb - done spinach, carrot & leek

    Also nipped a few long bits off the allotment hedge and thinned parsnips

    Weekend jobs

    Keep eye on overnight temperatures and close covers if necessary.

    At my friend's
    Plant out peas
    Pot up tomatoes
    Weeding

    At allotment
    Slug hunt
    Cut grass if dry enough
    Weeding and horsetail
    Harvest lettuce, spinach, PSB, rhubarb

    At home
    Check for cat poo
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Pot up cosmos, lettuces, peppers, tomato
    Sow runner beans
    Trim lawn edges if dry
    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens and the last of the carrots, check french beans

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    slug hunt - done
    weeding and horsetail - done some
    deadheading - done some
    sow cucumbers, melons, carrots - done except melons
    rearrange indoor plants - done
    take peas and beetroot to my friend's greenhouse - done
    harvest lettuce, microgreens, spinach, kale flowers, carrots - done

    No gardening time today.

    Friday jobs (weather permitting)
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Pot up cosmos seedlings
    Sow melons, replacement brassicas
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, leek, rhubarb

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Sow cucumbers, courgettes, melons - done courgettes
    Pot up chitted beans - done
    Harvest lettuce, microgreens, carrots, spinach and the first indoor grown french beans - done

    Also mowed lawns as they were dry enough.

    Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
    slug hunt
    weeding and horsetail
    deadheading
    sow cucumbers, melons, carrots
    rearrange indoor plants
    take peas and beetroot to my friend's greenhouse
    harvest lettuce, microgreens, spinach, kale flowers, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Check and water plants in greenhouse - done
    Take peas to greenhouse - no
    Feed slugs to chickens - no
    Weeding - no

    At allotment
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
    Trim long bits off hedge - done
    Water plants under cover - done
    Harvest lettuce, PSB, spinach, leek - done

    At home
    Pot up tomato seedlings and rearrange plants under lights - done
    Sow peas, cucumbers, courgettes, melons, climbing beans - done peas and beans
    Remove tomato sideshoots - done
    Weeding - no
    Deadheading - done some
    Tidy garage - no
    Water plants under cover - done
    Harvest carrots, salad leaves, microgreens - done

    No gardening time today but I did take 3 large tomato plants to my friend's greenhouse as they were growing far too fast in the house.

    Tuesday jobs
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Sow cucumbers, courgettes, melons
    Pot up chitted beans
    Harvest lettuce, microgreens, carrots, spinach and the first indoor grown french beans

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Slug hunt - done
    Move peas to greenhouse - done
    Sow peas - no
    Weeding and horsetail - no
    Trim long bits of allotment hedge - no
    Deadheading - done some
    Tidy garage - no
    Harvest salad greens, lettuce, microgreens - done

    Also potted up a couple of chitted bean seeds and sowed some more.

    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Check and water plants in greenhouse
    Take peas to greenhouse
    Feed slugs to chickens
    Weeding

    At allotment
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Trim long bits off hedge
    Water plants under cover
    Harvest lettuce, PSB, spinach, leek

    At home
    Pot up tomato seedlings and rearrange plants under lights
    Sow peas, cucumbers, courgettes, melons, climbing beans
    Remove tomato sideshoots
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Tidy garage
    Water plants under cover
    Harvest carrots, salad leaves, microgreens

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Check for cat poo - done
    Slug hunt - done
    Sow PSB, romanesco, calabrese, kale, turnips, peas, lettuce - done except peas
    Pot up another chitted tomato seed - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Check allotment grass and cut if necessary - trimmed some long bits
    Trim lawn edges - done
    Harvest microgreens - done plus carrots, kale flowers, spinach and rhubarb

    No gardening time yesterday although I did pot up a tomato sideshoot and moved the sprouting dahlias to the growhouse. Someone recommended Vicks vaporub as a slug deterrent so having had my dahlias massacred by slugs last year, I smeared some around the rims of the pots as an experiment.

    Friday jobs (weather permitting)
    Slug hunt
    Move peas to greenhouse
    Sow peas
    Weeding and horsetail
    Trim long bits of allotment hedge
    Deadheading
    Tidy garage
    Harvest salad greens, lettuce, microgreens

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