What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

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Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest peas, cucumbers - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Cut grass - no
Trim grass edges - no
Cut hedges - done west side
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, peas, fennel, raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries, check beans, courgettes - done except fennel

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Cut hedges - done front
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, calabrese, beans, strawberries and possibly the first pepper - done plus potatoes

Also made a start on trimming the strawberry plants and harvested some brassica seeds for use as microgreens

Monday jobs
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cut allotment grass if dry
Remove bolting lettuces
Plant turnips
Watering
Harvest tomatoes, cucumber, fennel, kohlrabi, potatoes, raspberries, check blueberries, gooseberries, beans

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Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers
Weeding
Watering
Harvest peas, cucumbers

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Cut grass
Trim grass edges
Cut hedges
Watering
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, peas, fennel, raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries, check beans, courgettes

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Cut hedges
Watering
Harvest lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, calabrese, beans, strawberries and possibly the first pepper

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Thursday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Finish mulching flower beds - done
Trim strawberries - done some
Watering if necessary - done
Harvest kohlrabi, florence fennel, peas, carrots, tomatoes, raspberries, check calabrese, strawberries, gooseberries, blueberries - done except fennel.

Also did some deadheading, mowed the front lawn and trimmed the lawn edges.

Very little gardening time today but I will have to water as it is going to be hot.

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Tuesday jobs (expecting rain all day)
Collect rain water - done
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries - done

It actually wasn't as wet as expected and I managed to get some weeding done as well.

Very busy yesterday but did more weeding, mulched some of the flowerbeds, trimmed the lawn edges and planted out 2 PSB. Harvested lettuce, beetroot, microgreens, potatoes and tomatoes.

Thursday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Finish mulching flower beds
Trim strawberries
Watering if necessary
Harvest kohlrabi, florence fennel, peas, carrots, tomatoes, raspberries, check calabrese, strawberries, gooseberries, blueberries

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Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers - done
Remove tomato sideshoots - done
Weeding - no
Water greenhouse and fill self watering trays - done
Possibly harvest first cucumber - done

At allotment
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Sort compost bins ready for leylandii trimmings - done
Trim grass edges if dry (unlikely) - no
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, peas, kohlrabi, raspberries, blueberries, check gooseberries - done

At home
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Continue mulching flower beds - done some
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers and melon - done
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, carrots, strawberries, framberries, check calabrese, blueberries - done

Also dug out the bottom of the hotbin, mowed the back lawn, cut back the hedge and weeds that were blocking the path on the neighbouring allotment and sowed kohlrabi, beetroot, spinach and florence fennel.

Tuesday jobs (expecting rain all day)
Collect rain water
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, raspberries, blueberries

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Friday jobs
Collect rain water if any - none
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Take leeks and kale to allotment and plant - done some of the leeks plus a replacement runner bean
Continue mulching flower beds - no (need weeding first)
Trim allotment hedges - done some
Finish harvesting white currants if possible - done
Watering if needed - done greenhouse
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, beetroot, peas, tomatoes, potatoes, raspberries, blueberries, framberries, check gooseberries, calabrese - done except beetroot, also harvested a couple of carrots.

Also ordered a blueberry, a redcurrant and 3 gooseberry bushes for the old raspberry bed. The gooseberries are bare root and won't arrive until autumn, the others are in 9cm pots so can be potted on for a while.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers
Remove tomato sideshoots
Weeding
Water greenhouse and fill self watering trays
Possibly harvest first cucumber

At allotment
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Sort compost bins ready for leylandii trimmings
Trim grass edges if dry (unlikely)
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, peas, kohlrabi, raspberries, blueberries, check gooseberries

At home
Weeding
Deadheading
Continue mulching flower beds
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers and melon
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, carrots, strawberries, framberries, check calabrese, blueberries

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Thursday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Take leeks and kale to allotment and plant - no, but did plant tomatoes and courgette
Continue mulching flower beds - no
Trim allotment hedges - no
Finish harvesting white currants if possible - no
Check and water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, raspberries, check blueberries, gooseberries, framberries, peas - done also a few beans from the windowsill and a small courgette

Friday jobs
Collect rain water if any
Weeding and horsetail
Take leeks and kale to allotment and plant
Continue mulching flower beds
Trim allotment hedges
Finish harvesting white currants if possible
Watering if needed
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, beetroot, peas, tomatoes, potatoes, raspberries, blueberries, framberries, check gooseberries, calabrese

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Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water (still space in the water butt) - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Mulch flower beds - done some
Trim finished strawberry plants - done some
Check and trim allotment hedges - no
Harvest lettuce tomatoes, raspberries, strawberries, white currants, check blueberries, gooseberries, peas - done some

Change of plan with the harvesting having noticed that one of the kohlrabi had split. I therefore harvested kohlrabi and florence fennel to make a risotto rather than just tomatoes. I haven't managed to finish harvesting the white currants - the bush was far too wet yesterday.

Also removed some of the finished peas.

Thursday jobs
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Take leeks and kale to allotment and plant
Continue mulching flower beds
Trim allotment hedges
Finish harvesting white currants if possible
Check and water greenhouse plants
Harvest lettuce, microgreens, tomatoes, raspberries, check blueberries, gooseberries, framberries, peas

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Tuesday jobs
Collect rain water - done - just the 5 dustbins full from the paths at the allotment.
Water greenhouse plants and fill self watering trays - done
Sow florence fennel - no, decided against for now as I have plenty
Mulch flower beds - no
Harvest lettuce, strawberries - no

Wednesday jobs (weather and flooding permitting)
Collect rain water (still space in the water butt)
Weeding and horsetail
Mulch flower beds
Trim finished strawberry plants
Check and trim allotment hedges
Harvest lettuce tomatoes, raspberries, strawberries, white currants, check blueberries, gooseberries, peas

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (including Monday)

At my friend's
Plant courgette - done
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Collect any rain water - done
Continue digging out old raspberries - done and roots and horsetail taken to tip.
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Plant melon, tomato, florence fennel - done except tomato
Trim grass edges - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, peas, kohlrabi, raspberries, strawberries, check blueberries, gooseberries - done except kohlrabi, also harvested the last cauliflower (there is one more at home) and some beetroot

Also mulched half of the old raspberry bed with hay and sowed the other half with buckwheat as a green manure.

At home
Collect any rain water - done
Check and tie in tomatoes, melon, cucumbers - done
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Sow turnips - done
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, strawberries, framberries, white currants - done

Also mowed the front lawn and went to the garden centre to get Strulch and replace some finished packets of seeds.

Tuesday jobs (expecting rain most of the day)
Collect rain water
Water greenhouse plants and fill self watering trays
Sow florence fennel
Mulch flower beds
Harvest lettuce, strawberries

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Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim nettles in hedge - done
Start digging out old raspberries - done somet
Plant melon and tomato - no
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, beetroot, peas, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, white currants and the first courgette - done except white currants

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Plant courgette
Check and tie in tomatoes, cucumbers
Weeding
Watering

At allotment
Collect any rain water
Continue digging out old raspberries
Weeding and horsetail
Plant melon, tomato, florence fennel
Trim grass edges
Watering
Harvest lettuce, peas, kohlrabi, raspberries, strawberries, check blueberries, gooseberries

At home
Collect any rain water
Check and tie in tomatoes, melon, cucumbers
Weeding
Deadheading
Sow turnips
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, tomatoes, strawberries, framberries, white currants

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Thursday jobs
Vote - if you don't vote you can't complain! - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim grass edges if dry - done some
Plant melon, tomato, pot up pepper - done pepper
Tie in clematis - no
Watering if necessary - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, beetroot, turnips, peas, cauliflower, strawberries, white currants, check raspberries, blueberries - done most

Also cut the allotment grass

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim nettles in hedge
Start digging out old raspberries
Plant melon and tomato
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, beetroot, peas, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, white currants and the first courgette

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Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Pollinate melon flower - done
Put up strings in tunnel for beans to climb - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim grass edges if dry - no
Trim acer back from path - done, also trimmed euonymus
Plant melon, tomato, pot up pepper - no
Water under covers - done
Harvest cauliflower, peas, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, white currants, check blueberries - done most

Also sowed some microgreens

Thursday jobs
Vote - if you don't vote you can't complain!
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim grass edges if dry
Plant melon, tomato, pot up pepper
Tie in clematis
Watering if necessary
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, beetroot, turnips, peas, cauliflower, strawberries, white currants, check raspberries, blueberries

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Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Plant flowers, tomatoes, melon - done flowers and 2 tomatoes
Pot up peppers - done 1
Trim long grass if dry - no, but cut the back lawn
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, beetroot, calabrese, raspberries, white currants, check peas, strawberries - done except beetroot, also found 3 french beans on the windowsill plant.

Also adjusted the raspberry net to give the new shoots more room.

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water
Pollinate melon flower
Put up strings in tunnel for beans to climb
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim grass edges if dry
Trim acer back from path
Plant melon, tomato, pot up pepper
Water under covers
Harvest cauliflower, peas, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, white currants, check blueberries

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Monday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Plant flowers, tomatoes, melon - no
Pot up peppers - no
Trim long grass if dry - done some
Sow lettuce (previous lot didn't germinate), calabrese - done
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas, cauliflower, raspberries, strawberries, framberries, white currants - done except currants

I was getting on very well until it started raining at lunchtime.

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Plant flowers, tomatoes, melon
Pot up peppers
Trim long grass if dry
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, beetroot, calabrese, raspberries, white currants, check peas, strawberries