What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Plant out leeks (urgent)
Tie in tomatoes and remove sideshoots
Tie in cucumbers
Weeding
Fill self watering trays
Watering

At allotment
Take down plenty of water
Collect any rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Trim grass edges
Trim leylandii hedge
Harvest peas, beetroot, cucumber, courgette, beans, gooseberries, blueberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Plant french beans (find a home for them)
Check tomatoes and remove sideshoots
Tie in tomatoes and cucumbers
Watering
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, blueberries

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Deadheading - done some
Pull horsetail - done some
Trim grass edges - done some
Replenish water bins at allotment (no rain) - done
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, calabrese, blueberries, check gooseberries - done, also a bucket of potatoes and some french beans

No gardening time today.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Walk round and assess heat damage - done, visible losses/damage include a lot of flowers that have gone over, peppers losing leaves, cucumber fruit shrivelled, potatoes wilting, pak choi bolting.
Deadheading - done some
Pull horsetail - done some
Replenish water bins at allotment (no rain) - done for today
Watering - done
Harvest microgreens, peppers, tomatoes, gooseberries, blueberries - done

Thursday jobs
Unfortunately I have yet another problem with my car (the 4th thing that has gone wrong in about a fortnight) so the afternoon will be spent at the garage.
Deadheading
Pull horsetail
Trim grass edges
Replenish water bins at allotment (no rain)
Watering
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, calabrese, blueberries, check gooseberries

[Penellype]

Monday and Tuesday jobs
Apart from doing a little deadheading at 7am this morning, the plan is just to keep everything watered as well as I can. Everything else will have to wait, although hopefully I will be able to harvest a handful of peas. - done the watering. Too hot to pick peas but I did rescue a couple of cucumbers from the greenhouse and grab a courgette from the allotment. Also netted a couple of baby melons.

Wednesday jobs
Walk round and assess heat damage
Deadheading
Pull horsetail
Replenish water bins at allotment (no rain)
Watering
Harvest microgreens, peppers, tomatoes, gooseberries, blueberries

[Penellype]

Sorry Pen - only just realised about your Covid.
You are doing really well keeping on top of what you have done! An inspiration to us all.

Thanks Nicos. As always there is a fine dividing line between doggedly keeping going and being foolish. Not quite sure which side of the line I am, but probably closer to it than ideal!

[Nicos]

Sorry Pen - only just realised about your Covid.
You are doing really well keeping on top of what you have done! An inspiration to us all.

[Snoop Puss]

Really sorry to hear about the Covid, Penellype. Just keeping everything watered is plenty enough given the weather and Covid. Take care.

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs
Take enough water to allotment to last until Wednesday - done
Sort out better protection for melon bed - done for now
Remove copious quantities of horsetail, which seems to thrive with no water - done some
Watering - done
Harvest peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cucumbers, calabrese, blackcurrants, blueberries, white currants - done except calabrese & white currants. Also harvested some gooseberries.

Also, ideally I would:
Cut grass at allotment - no
Finish trimming leylandii at allotment - done a bit
Cut hedges at home - no
Empty bottom of hotbin - no
Harvest potatoes - no

Monday and Tuesday jobs
Apart from doing a little deadheading at 7am this morning, the plan is just to keep everything watered as well as I can. Everything else will have to wait, although hopefully I will be able to harvest a handful of peas.

[Penellype]

Thanks JJ, I appear to be recovering slowly.

[Jungle Jane]

Hope you get better soon Pene!! Make sure you eat something,a lot of jobs can wait another day

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Continue sorting strawberry plants - done some
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Watering - done
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, peas, beans, blueberries, blackcurrants, the first courgette and the last cherry - done except blackcurrants

Also covered the smaller melon plant with a temporary net to stop the cat using the bed as a litter tray.

This week has been a disaster - I was going to use the cooler weather to catch up, trim hedges and generally get prepared for the heatwave. However, I have been trapped in the house waiting for phone calls that didn't arrive and I got Covid (no idea where from) and have therefore had no energy and been unable to do all but the absolute essentials plus a few bits that required no energy. I still feel very weak, so I am taking things easy.

Weekend jobs
Take enough water to allotment to last until Wednesday
Sort out better protection for melon bed
Remove copious quantities of horsetail, which seems to thrive with no water
Watering
Harvest peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cucumbers, calabrese, blackcurrants, blueberries, white currants

Also, ideally I would:
Cut grass at allotment
Finish trimming leylandii at allotment
Cut hedges at home
Empty bottom of hotbin
Harvest potatoes

However all of these probably require more energy than I have and it is likely to be too hot.

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Remove finished peas - done
Plant cosmos where peas were - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Watering - done
Harvest peas, cucumber, tomatoes - done

Friday jobs
Continue sorting strawberry plants
Weeding and horsetail
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, peppers, peas, beans, blueberries, blackcurrants, the first courgette and the last cherry

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Take water to allotment - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Continue cutting leylandii hedge - no
Deadheading - done some
Sort and trim strawberry plants - done some
Watering - done
Harvest peas, beans, blackcurrants, blueberries, last cherry, check gooseberries, tomatoes - done peas, beans and a few blueberries. Decided the other fruit wasn't quite ready.

Thursday jobs
Remove finished peas
Plant cosmos where peas were
Weeding and horsetail
Watering
Harvest peas, cucumber, tomatoes

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Take water to allotment - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Harvest last bucket of Lady C potatoes - done
Remove finished peas - done
Watering - done
Harvest peas, beans, blackcurrants, blueberries, last 2 cherries - done peas, beans and 1 cherry, plus a couple of cucumbers

Wednesday jobs
Take water to allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Continue cutting leylandii hedge
Deadheading
Sort and trim strawberry plants
Watering
Harvest peas, beans, blackcurrants, blueberries, last cherry, check gooseberries, tomatoes

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Take water to allotment - done
Watering - done
Harvest last bucket of Lady C potatoes at allotment - no

Tuesday jobs (if I can find the energy)
Take water to allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Harvest last bucket of Lady C potatoes
Remove finished peas
Watering
Harvest peas, beans, blackcurrants, blueberries, last 2 cherries