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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Plant onion sets (might wait until next week) - no
    Weeding - done a little

    At allotment
    Weeding - done some
    Trim more long grass if possible - no
    Harvest parsnip and possibly a few spinach leaves - done parsnip plus some PSB

    Also took spinach and beetroot seedlings to the allotment and put under cover on the hotbed as they were getting too big for their modules and needed planting out. The spinach didn't seem to mind and was planted in the hotbed on Sunday but the beetroot has keeled over and doesn't look happy. The temperature in the hotbed is about 10 degrees, the air temperature outside fell to -1 over night. If you don't try, you don't learn.

    At home
    Pot up chitted tomato seeds - done
    Put french beans to chit - done
    Weeding - done some
    Check greenhouse plants and water if required - done
    Harvest carrots - done

    Also removed TEN piles of cat poo from on top of perennial plants, the path and under a scratchy piece of plastic mesh that I thought would be a deterrent. I can't cover the whole garden with plastic sheet!
    Sowed some replacement spinach and beetroot.

    Monday jobs
    Check chitting beans and pot up if germinating
    Weeding
    Trim long grass if possible
    Sow chervil and parsley
    Harvest carrots, check spinach
    Last edited by Penellype; 26-02-2024, 07:40 AM.

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Check allotment flood level - done
    Open and shut covers - done
    Weeding - no
    Attempt to trim longest bits of grass - done a little (far too wet really)
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB - done

    Weekend jobs (flooding and frost permitting

    At my friend's
    Plant onion sets (might wait until next week)
    Weeding

    At allotment
    Weeding
    Trim more long grass if possible
    Harvest parsnip and possibly a few spinach leaves

    At home
    Pot up chitted tomato seeds
    Put french beans to chit
    Weeding
    Check greenhouse plants and water if required
    Harvest carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs (weather permitting)
    Check allotment flood level
    Open and shut covers
    Weeding
    Attempt to trim longest bits of grass
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB

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  • Penellype
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    I did manage to sow a 2nd batch of Meteor peas yesterday, but that was all.

    No gardening time today, and I would probably need a snorkel anyway.

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Make cover for 2nd hotbed - done
    Sow tomatoes and lettuce to replace ones eaten by slugs - done
    Try to make a cover for apricot tree (flowering) - done
    Weeding - done some
    Harvest carrots - no, but did harvest some forced rhubarb.

    The weather today is comprehensively dreadful and all I will be able to do is check that the covers over the hotbeds are still in place when it stops raining.

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Sow indoor tomatoes - no
    Plant 2 buckets of onions at home - done
    Weeding - no
    Harvest carrots - done

    Tuesday jobs
    Make cover for 2nd hotbed
    Sow tomatoes and lettuce to replace ones eaten by slugs
    Try to make a cover for apricot tree (flowering)
    Weeding
    Harvest carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Move pea supports and clear ground for onions - done
    Weeding - done some

    At allotment
    Weeding - done some
    General tidy up - done some
    Harvest PSB - done

    At home
    Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary - done
    Move germinating peas under lights - done
    Sow tomatoes for indoors - no
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots - done

    Also planted a bucket of Lady C potatoes in the greenhouse.

    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Sow indoor tomatoes
    Plant 2 buckets of onions at home
    Weeding
    Harvest carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Got the hotbed cover made, so now I just have to see how it performs in a gale...

    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Move pea supports and clear ground for onions
    Weeding

    At allotment
    Weeding
    General tidy up
    Harvest PSB

    At home
    Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary
    Move germinating peas under lights
    Sow tomatoes for indoors
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots
    Last edited by Penellype; 17-02-2024, 11:38 AM.

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  • Penellype
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    Thursday jobs
    Continue weeding hotbed - done some
    Continue tidying garage - done some
    Harvest leeks, carrots - done

    Friday jobs
    The main job today is to attempt to make a better cover for the hotbed, which is currently covered by a sheet of plastic over hoops, trapped between the layers of wood that make up the sides of the raised bed. This is very awkward to access.
    My idea is to get 2 pieces of wood the length of the bed and roll the edges of the plastic round them and nail it on, then fix spring clips to the wood at one side to clip round the hoops. Hopefully that will be easier to open, won't blow away and can be removed and rolled up to store over summer.
    I have got the wood etc, so this is going to test my dodgy DIY skills to the limit.

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Continue weeding hotbed - done some
    Feed fruit bushes - done
    Tidy garage - done some
    Harvest leeks, carrots - no

    Thursday jobs
    I was supposed to have a meeting today but it was cancelled.
    Continue weeding hotbed
    Continue tidying garage
    Harvest leeks, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Continue weeding hotbed - done some
    Sow salad leaves, microgreens - done
    Feed fruit bushes - no
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, PSB if flooding allows, first forced rhubarb - done

    Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Continue weeding hotbed
    Feed fruit bushes
    Tidy garage
    Harvest leeks, carrots

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Check for germination in trays - done
    Sow 1st lot of early peas (Meteor) - done
    Weed hotbed if possible - managed 10 minutes then it started to rain
    Harvest microgreens - done

    Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Continue weeding hotbed
    Sow salad leaves, microgreens
    Feed fruit bushes
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, PSB if flooding allows, first forced rhubarb
    Last edited by Penellype; 13-02-2024, 08:43 AM.

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Continue tidying greenhouse - no, flooded
    Weeding - no, too wet
    Clear soil ready for onions - no, too wet

    At allotment (currently flooded)
    Check for germination in hotbed - done
    Weeding if possible - no, flooded including access to hotbed
    Harvest leek, PSB - done PSB

    At home
    Pot up germinating tomatoes and peppers - done
    Plant very early potatoes in greenhouse (prepared to lose these) - done
    Cut down finished pepper plants - done
    Plan sowings for remainder of month - done
    Harvest salad leaves, carrots, pepper - done

    Monday jobs (Stuck in the house waiting for people AGAIN.)
    Check for germination in trays
    Sow 1st lot of early peas (Meteor)
    Weed hotbed if possible
    Harvest microgreens

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Continue tidying greenhouse
    Weeding
    Clear soil ready for onions

    At allotment (currently flooded)
    Check for germination in hotbed
    Weeding if possible
    Harvest leek, PSB

    At home
    Pot up germinating tomatoes and peppers
    Plant very early potatoes in greenhouse (prepared to lose these)
    Cut down finished pepper plants
    Plan sowings for remainder of month
    Harvest salad leaves, carrots, pepper

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Weeding including hotbed - done some
    Check seeds for germination - done
    Cut back perennials - done some
    Remove finished carrot bucket from greenhouse - done
    Check greenhouse plants and water if necessary - done

    No gardening today (snowing) and busy with meetings tomorrow.

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