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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!
    Harvest microgreens, carrots, spinach
    Last edited by Penellype; 15-05-2023, 08:20 PM.
    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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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.
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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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
        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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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
          Location : Essex

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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
            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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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
              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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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
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • 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.
                  Last edited by Penellype; 25-05-2023, 12:53 PM.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • Thursday jobs
                    Plant out bedding plants - done
                    Pot up biggest pepper plant - done
                    Remove finished PSB - done some
                    Take climbing beans and tomatoes to my friend's and plant beans - done beans
                    Trim rear lawn edges - done
                    Weeding and horsetail - done some
                    Watering - done
                    Harvest lettuce, baby leaves, spinach and just possibly the first strawberry from the allotment growhouse.- done

                    Unlikely to have much gardening time today but hoping to cut the lawns if possible.
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • I did manage to find the time to cut the lawns, remove cat poo from raised bed and also found another ripe strawberry.

                      Weekend jobs

                      At my Friend's
                      Take cucumbers and plant in greenhouse
                      Take tomatoes, lettuces, runner beans
                      Plant peas
                      Weeding
                      Watering

                      At allotment
                      Remove remaining PSB and some kale
                      Weeding and horsetail
                      Trim grass edges
                      Deadhead remaining bluebells
                      Watering
                      Harvest lettuce, leek, spinach, strawberries

                      At home
                      Check for cat poo
                      Move biggest tomato plants to greenhouse
                      Replace greenhouse tomato (eaten off by something)
                      Sow pea Terrain, carrots (replacing failures)
                      Pot up pepper, lettuce, hardy fuchsias, cosmos, french beans
                      Trim front lawn edges
                      Deadheading
                      Weeding
                      Watering
                      Harvest salad leaves, check peas, greenhouse strawberries
                      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                      • At my Friend's
                        Take cucumbers and plant in greenhouse - done
                        Take tomatoes, lettuces, runner beans - done
                        Plant peas - done
                        Weeding - done some
                        Watering - done

                        Also potted up the remaining greenhouse tomatoes.

                        At allotment
                        Remove remaining PSB and some kale - done some
                        Weeding and horsetail - done some
                        Trim grass edges - done some
                        Deadhead remaining bluebells - done
                        Watering - done
                        Harvest lettuce, leek, spinach, strawberries - done except leek

                        At home
                        Check for cat poo - done, yet another barrier constructed
                        Move biggest tomato plants to greenhouse - decided against due to forecast cold nights
                        Replace greenhouse tomato (eaten off by something) - done
                        Sow pea Terrain, carrots (replacing failures) - done carrots
                        Pot up pepper, lettuce, hardy fuchsias, cosmos, french beans - done pepper and fuchsias
                        Trim front lawn edges - no
                        Deadheading - done some
                        Weeding - done some
                        Watering - done
                        Harvest salad leaves, check peas, greenhouse strawberries - done

                        Monday jobs
                        Weeding and horsetail
                        Deadheading
                        Grass edges at allotment
                        Front lawn edges
                        Sow peas
                        Watering
                        Harvest baby lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, leek, strawberries and a couple of pods of peas
                        Last edited by Penellype; 29-05-2023, 12:10 PM.
                        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                        • Monday jobs
                          Weeding and horsetail - done some
                          Deadheading - done some
                          Grass edges at allotment - done some
                          Front lawn edges - done some
                          Sow peas - no
                          Watering - done
                          Harvest baby lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, leek, strawberries and a couple of pods of peas - done

                          Also rigged up yet another cat barrier after lemon peel failed to stop the digging. I'm told clear plastic bottles of water laid on the soil deters cats so I am trying that next. Started carrying extra water to the allotment as I am going through the stored water frighteningly quickly and there is no rain on the horizon. Removed most of the bolted overwintered spinach and made soup out of the edible bits.

                          Tuesday jobs
                          Big rearrangement of plants - courgettes and cucumbers to go to the greenhouse
                          Pot up french beans, lettuce, cosmos
                          Sow peas
                          Weeding and horsetail
                          Deadheading
                          Finish front lawn edges
                          Prune minarette cherry
                          Watering
                          Harvest remaining overwintered spinach, salad leaves, check peas and strawberries
                          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                          • Tuesday jobs (and Wednesday)
                            Big rearrangement of plants - courgettes and cucumbers to go to the greenhouse - done
                            Pot up french beans, lettuce, cosmos - no
                            Sow peas - done
                            Weeding and horsetail - done some
                            Deadheading - done some
                            Finish front lawn edges - done
                            Prune minarette cherry - done
                            Watering - done
                            Harvest remaining overwintered spinach, salad leaves, check peas and strawberries - done

                            Also removed the kale, which had got so big it had fallen over, and trimmed long bits off the allotment hedge. Tried bottles of water laid on the soil to deter the cat (failed).

                            No gardening time today, although I need to take photos as it is 1st of June.
                            Last edited by Penellype; 01-06-2023, 06:52 AM.
                            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                            • Friday jobs
                              Move cucumbers, a couple of peppers and large tomato to greenhouse
                              Take runner beans and courgettes to allotment and plant
                              Plant out dwarf beans
                              Remove bolted spinach and PSB
                              Mulch spinach bed with compost
                              Mulch bedding plants with strulch
                              Support peas with string
                              Weeding
                              Deadheading
                              Watering
                              Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, strawberries
                              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                              • Friday jobs
                                Move cucumbers, a couple of peppers and large tomato to greenhouse - done
                                Take runner beans and courgettes to allotment and plant - done, planted beans and one of 3 courgettes
                                Plant out dwarf beans - done
                                Remove bolted spinach and PSB - done spinach
                                Mulch spinach bed with compost - done
                                Mulch bedding plants with strulch - done
                                Support peas with string - done
                                Weeding - done some
                                Deadheading - done some
                                Watering - done
                                Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, strawberries - done

                                Also took a tomato plant to the allotment and planted it.

                                Weekend jobs

                                At my friend's
                                Take peppers and melons to greenhouse
                                Plant out beetroot
                                Weeding
                                Watering

                                At allotment
                                Weeding and horsetail
                                Trim long bits off hedges
                                Tie in hollyhocks
                                Plant courgettes
                                Trim grass edges
                                Spray currant scale insect with neem oil
                                Watering
                                Harvest lettuce, spinach, leeks, strawberries

                                At home
                                Check for cat poo
                                Weed drive
                                Collect seed from bolted salad greens
                                Move peas to greenhouse
                                Deadheading
                                Pot up cosmos, brassicas
                                Tidy garage
                                Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas and the first new potatoes from the greenhouse.
                                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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