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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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