What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

I did manage to get a little weeding done yesterday and also harvested salad leaves, carrots, kale and a leek.

Wednesday jobs
Move germinated spinach to greenhouse
Pot up salad leaves
Weeding
Trim long grass at allotment if dry
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Check onions and loosen fleece if necessary - done
Weeding - done
cut back ivy invading greenhouse - done

At allotment
Empty old compost out of potato buckets - done
Mulch beds ready for cauliflowers - done one
Weeding including hotbed - done
Remove dead brassica leaves - no
Plant cauliflowers if arrive - done 8 and potted up 8
Harvest leeks, kale - no

At home
Mow lawns if dry - done front
Plant peas, early potatoes (under cover) - done peas and some potatoes
General tidy up including garage - no
Harvest carrots, salad leaves, microgreens - done

I now have workmen here this afternoon and tomorrow, trying to sort out a damp patch of concrete floor. I don't know how long they will be here or what they will have to do until they take up the flooring, and I won't be able to leave the house while they are here. I may also not have access to the back garden until the damp proofing dries, which could be upto a day after they put it down. They won't be able to do that if the concrete is wet until it has dried out. So basically I have no idea when I will next be able to get in the garden or to the allotment!

[Penellype]

After a very busy week, finally (hopefully) some time for gardening.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check onions and loosen fleece if necessary
Weeding
cut back ivy invading greenhouse

At allotment
Empty old compost out of potato buckets
Mulch beds ready for cauliflowers
Weeding including hotbed
Remove dead brassica leaves
Plant cauliflowers if arrive (currently in transit)
Harvest leeks, kale

At home
Mow lawns if dry (unlikely)
Plant peas, early potatoes (under cover)
General tidy up including garage
Harvest carrots, salad leaves, microgreens

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Pot up tomato seedlings - done
Feed fruit bushes - done
Re-sow failed beetroot - done
Sow kohlrabi, calabrese, florence fennel for early crops - done
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, salad leaves, pak choi flowers, carrots - done

Very little time today but did sow spinach, summer leeks and peppers to replace the ones that haven't germinated.

No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Check allotment covers for wind damage - done
Bring in compost to warm ready for transplanting tomatoes - done
Sow microgreens, peas - done
Harvest carrots, leek - done

Tuesday jobs
Pot up tomato seedlings
Feed fruit bushes
Re-sow failed beetroot
Sow kohlrabi, calabrese, florence fennel for early crops
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, salad leaves, pak choi flowers, carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check onions and loosen fleece if necessary - done
Weeding - no

At allotment
Weed hotbed - done some
Check remainder of plot for weeding - done
Check under cover plants for watering - done
Consider cutting grass - done, cut the long bits

Also harvested a couple of parsnips.

At home
Check and water greenhouse plants - done
Weeding - no
Harvest microgreens, carrots, pak choi flowering stems - done carrots

Monday jobs
Check allotment covers for wind damage
Bring in compost to warm ready for transplanting tomatoes
Sow microgreens, peas
Harvest carrots, leek

[Penellype]

As expected this week was a write-off for gardening with no time followed by inclement weather. We didn't actually get much snow, and although I have been a bit busy today I'm hopeful of getting some gardening done tomorrow. I did manage to harvest salad leaves and carrots, both of which are grown at home and therefore available to grab quickly.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check onions and loosen fleece if necessary
Weeding

At allotment
Weed hotbed
Check remainder of plot for weeding
Check under cover plants for watering
Consider cutting grass

At home
Check and water greenhouse plants
Weeding
Harvest microgreens, carrots, pak choi flowering stems

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - no

At allotment
Put cover back over romanesco (cold weather incoming) - done
Weed hotbed - done some
Harvest romanesco, possibly spinach - done plus a parsnip

Also tidied up the remaining strawberry plants and removed a couple of dead romanesco plants.

At home
Paint arch if possible - done
Weeding - no
Tidy up - no
Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

Tomorrow to Wednesday I am having an air to air heat pump installed which means I will have to be at home. It will probably be too cold and possibly too snowy for gardening anyway.

[Penellype]

Not a lot of gardening time today either, although I did plant out the oldest set of Meteor peas (under a plastic cover) and harvested carrots and a few small calabrese shoots.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding

At allotment
Put cover back over romanesco (cold weather incoming)
Weed hotbed
Harvest romanesco, possibly spinach

At home
Paint arch if possible
Weeding
Tidy up
Harvest salad leaves, carrots

[mrsbusy]

Hi. Well today I found my boxes of seeds. Some are very out of date. But I am hoping to have enough viable seed and not buy any more. So I have started some off in damp tissue to see if they will do anything.
Yesterday, I shifted my bags of leaves into 3 darlek type compost bins, and shared the contents of the large bin between the three - chicken house straw and droppings. Mr Busy emptied all the compost out for his rose garden and so I have empty bins but there is a lot of beech leaves just waiting to be collected and composted - I saw an article about composting leaves with animal manure and urine (!) and results in 6 months - giving it a go.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Weeding - no
Tidy up - no
Pot up lettuces - no but I did pot up 2 tomato plants
Harvest carrots, microgreens, rhubarb - done except rhubarb

No gardening time today

[Penellype]

Monday and Tuesday
Weeding, especially hotbed - done a little
Take peas out to greenhouse - done
Continue tidying up - no
Pot up lettuces - no
Sow parsley, chervil - done
Harvest carrots, leeks, salad leaves, microgreens, forced rhubarb - done carrots and leek plus a parsnip

Wednesday jobs (work permitting)
Garden photos (1st of month)
Weeding
Tidy up
Pot up lettuces
Harvest carrots, microgreens, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - no

At allotment
Weed hotbed - done some
Check forced rhubarb and harvest if big enough - checked, not quite ready
Harvest leek - no

At home
Weeding - done some
Continue tidying up - done some
Check and plan sowings for March - done
Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

The weather has turned very showery and this week is very busy at work. What I hope to achieve between showers and in snatched moments is:

Weeding, especially hotbed
Take peas out to greenhouse
Continue tidying up
Pot up lettuces
Sow parsley, chervil
Harvest carrots, leeks, salad leaves, microgreens, forced rhubarb

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Check garden for further cat activity - done
Weed more hotbed - done some
Other weeding - done some
Continue tidying up - no
Sow beetroot, salad leaves - done
Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

No gardening time today.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding

At allotment
Weed hotbed
Check forced rhubarb and harvest if big enough
Harvest leek

At home
Weeding
Continue tidying up
Check and plan sowings for March
Harvest salad leaves, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weed more hotbed - done some
Pot up some strawberry runners - done
Continue general tidy up including garage - done some
Sow Meteor peas - done
Harvest carrots - done plus a few small romanesco florets

Also spent some time putting nets over buckets of sieved compost waiting for carrots and other stored buckets of compost. The neighbour's new cat has taken to leaving me unwanted "presents" - on Tuesday it was half a baby rabbit, yesterday I found diarrhoea in 2 of my compost buckets - not what I want when I am going to use them to grow food!

Thursday jobs
Check garden for further cat activity
Weed more hotbed
Other weeding
Continue tidying up
Sow beetroot, salad leaves
Harvest salad leaves, carrots