What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Nicos]

Glad you are ok Pen. Scary!

[Jungle Jane]

That could’ve been disastrous,something else to watch for on windy days,good that you didn’t get hurt. When you’re gardening your in a peaceful mindset & then suddenly that happens,unexpected shock,hopefully it won’t happen again,ever.

[Penellype]

I hope they’ve secured their polytunnel now,it’s good there was no damage,must’ve been scary for a minute seeing that coming over.

At the moment the cover is off, so there is no danger of a repeat. It was very scary. particularly as I had been squatting down trimming grass edges exactly where it landed a little earlier in the day. It all happened very quickly and I would have had no chance of getting out of the way! The problem with those small polytunnels is that they have a door at one end but no way out at the other. A strong gust of wind from the direction of the door simply hits the back of the cover and takes the whole thing with it. The fact that the frame was weighed down by 4 large concrete blocks made no difference - they simply came over the fence with the tunnel. I have seen this happen to my brick garage so I know how powerful wind is and how futile it is to try to peg large things down.

[Jungle Jane]

I hope they’ve secured their polytunnel now,it’s good there was no damage,must’ve been scary for a minute seeing that coming over.
I need to sow a lot of different things over the weekend & get the blowaway out the shed for all the little plants.

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Cut grass and finish edges at allotment - done edges
Plant peas - done, also some beetroot
Sort out covers for potatoes and strawberries - no
Sow carrots, dwarf beans - done
Weeding and remove horsetail and bindweed from hedge - done some
Harvest microgreens, lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, spinach, PSB - done except PSB, plus rhubarb

Got interrupted when the next door plot's polytunnel came flying over the fence and landed upside down on my raised beds. Thankfully it didn't do any damage, but I had to spend the rest of the gardening time removing its cover, disentangling it from the raspberries and putting it back where it belonged.

No gardening time today.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding

At allotment
Weeding and check for horsetail
Slug hunt (after rain)
Harvest PSB, spinach

At home
Sort out fleece etc ready for cold spell
Sow peas, leeks
Pot up tomato sideshoots
Tidy garage
Harvest microgreens, salad leaves, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Continue grass edges at allotment - done some
Sort out fleece, bubble wrap etc in preparation for cold spell - no
Take peas to allotment - done
Sow carrots, dwarf beans - no
Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach - done except spinach

Also did quite a bit of weeding and potted up parsley seedlings

Thursday jobs
Cut grass and finish edges at allotment
Plant peas
Sort out covers for potatoes and strawberries
Sow carrots, dwarf beans
Weeding and remove horsetail and bindweed from hedge
Harvest microgreens, lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, spinach, PSB

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect nettle tops and make nettle feed - done
Cut grass edges at allotment if dry - done some
Check pots and water if necessary - done
Sow carrots, tomatoes, dwarf beans - done tomatoes
Pot up tomato sideshoots - done one
Harvest microgreens, salad leaves, red pepper (save seeds) - done

Wednesday jobs
Continue grass edges at allotment
Sort out fleece, bubble wrap etc in preparation for cold spell
Take peas to allotment
Sow carrots, dwarf beans
Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Bring indoor tomatoes downstairs and rig up supports - done
Rearrange plants under lights - done
Mow lawns if dry - done
Cut grass edges at allotment if dry - no
Weeding - done some
Deadhead daffodils - done
Sow carrots, tomatoes, dwarf beans - no
Harvest microgreens, carrots, leeks, kale flowers - done

Also rigged up an edge strip to the bed on the west side of the tunnel to try to prevent the compost from falling onto the path, potted up cabbages and tomatoes and planted out turnips, and trimmed the euonymus hedge.

Tuesday jobs
Collect nettle tops and make nettle feed
Cut grass edges at allotment if dry
Check pots and water if necessary
Sow carrots, tomatoes, dwarf beans
Pot up tomato sideshoots
Harvest microgreens, salad leaves, red pepper (save seeds)

[Penellype]

Sunday jobs

At my friend's
Plant out peas if big enough - done
Weeding - done some

At allotment
Finish attaching top net to tunnel - done
Trim long grass edges if dry - no
Weeding - done some
Harvest leek - no

At home
Pot up germinating pepper seed - done
Mow lawns if dry - no
Remove cover from peas - done
Weeding - no
Sow carrots, leeks - done leeks
Harvest carrots - no

Monday jobs
Bring indoor tomatoes downstairs and rig up supports
Rearrange plants under lights
Mow lawns if dry
Cut grass edges at allotment if dry
Weeding
Deadhead daffodils
Sow carrots, tomatoes, dwarf beans
Harvest microgreens, carrots, leeks, kale flowers

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Secure top net on tunnel (currently loosely attached in case of snow*) - done one side
Weeding - done some
Sow carrots, peas - done peas
Check tomatoes for sideshoots and pot up if big enough - not ready yet
Harvest carrots, spinach, PSB - done

No gardening time on Saturday

Sunday jobs

At my friend's
Plant out peas if big enough
Weeding

At allotment
Finish attaching top net to tunnel
Trim long grass edges if dry
Weeding
Harvest leek

At home
Pot up germinating pepper seed
Mow lawns if dry
Remove cover from peas
Weeding
Sow carrots, leeks
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Secure top net on tunnel (currently loosely attached in case of snow*)
Weeding
Sow carrots, peas
Check tomatoes for sideshoots and pot up if big enough
Harvest carrots, spinach, PSB

* snow is not impossible but seems reasonably unlikely now.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Check for wind damage - done, repaired roof of tunnel
Pot up tomatoes and sort lights - done
Sow carrots, fennel, salad leaves - done
Continue tidying garage - no
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots and possibly the first PSB - done except PSB

No gardening time today

[FromYorkshiretoBucks]

Jobs for upcoming weekend

Finish filling 2 new raised beds
build small raised bed for lettuce
plant out potatoes in pots
Sow broad beans
transfer beetroot from tray to edge of raised beds
sow sweetcorn
build small picnic bench for kids from old IKEA bed slats (I think this counts)

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Plant main crop potatoes - done
Take cauliflowers to allotment - done
Plant cauliflowers and find a suitable net to cover with - done
Pot up 4 Shirley tomatoes and 1 sideshoot - done sideshoot
Set up taller lights for tomatoes - no
Sow carrots, fennel, tomatoes - done tomatoes, also some lettuce
Harvest carrots - done plus spinach

Also trimmed some long grass edges at the allotment.

Wednesday jobs
Check for wind damage
Pot up tomatoes and sort lights
Sow carrots, fennel, salad leaves
Continue tidying garage
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots and possibly the first PSB

[Penellype]

Jobs for Easter weekend

At my friend's
Check peas and plant out if big enough - decided to leave them for now
Weeding - no

At allotment
Continue moving compost out of old hotbed - done
Make new hotbed if possible - done
Cut long grass edges - done some
Sow parsnips - done
Harvest parsnips, leeks, lettuce thinnings - done plus spinach and rhubarb

At home
Move compost into correct buckets for carrots and potatoes - done some
Plant Desiree potatoes - no
Sow carrots, peas, fennel, flowers, microgreens - done except fennel
Tidy garage - in progress
Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

Also planted 2 cauliflowers in buckets and replaced the net over the carrot buckets with blowaway shelving as the cat was getting into the carrot cage and using the buckets as litter trays (thankfully not the one I have already sown). This is the next door neighbour's cat (a replacement for the old ginger one which was much better "garden trained" ) and it is an almighty nuisance.

Tuesday jobs
Plant main crop potatoes
Take cauliflowers to allotment
Plant cauliflowers and find a suitable net to cover with
Pot up 4 Shirley tomatoes and 1 sideshoot
Set up taller lights for tomatoes
Sow carrots, fennel, tomatoes
Harvest carrots