Finally a decent day when I am at home...and the man is coming to paint the front fence.
Tuesday jobs
Remove plants from fence ready for painting
Put plants back on fence after painting
Tidy up fence plants before replacing
Deadheading
Weeding
Clear leaves
Cut down dead cosmos and bean plants
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Nothing doing over the weekend as first everything was covered in snow, then it poured with rain and blew a gale, and now everywhere is flooded again. I did manage to prick out a few lettuce seedlings and pick up the remains of the carrot cage frame which blew down in the wind, but that was it.
No gardening time tomorrow as I have meetings all day - typical when the weather might actually be tolerable!Last edited by Penellype; 24-11-2024, 08:14 PM.
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The weather in the UK looks like it's going to be awful, Penellype. Even here they're warning of record 'explosive cyclogenesis' of Storm Bert, affecting Britain in particular but even north-west Spain.
Looks like it's time to be battening down the hatches.
Good luck.
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Unable to do anything except check all is ok at the moment as the ground is frozen. Even the garage was below freezing yesterday morning but I did manage to harvest carrots from one of the buckets I moved in there.
No gardening time today and the forecast for the weekend looks diabolical.
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Took the net off the tunnel yesterday and did manage to harvest carrots plus the remainder of the summer leeks.
Not too much snow this morning but far too cold to do anything except check for damage (none).
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Weekend jobs
At my friend's
Continue clearing greenhouse - no
Weeding - no
At allotment
Think of some way to protect PSB - done
Take net off tunnel if it looks likely to snow - not yet
Remove finished courgette - done
Weeding - done some
Harvest beetroot, romanesco, turnips, PSB - done
Also planted one of the redcurrant bushes in the old raspberry bed.
At home
Check covers will cope with snow - done
Remove carrot cage net - done
Move some buckets of carrots to garage - done
Bring begonias and fuchsias into garage - done
Deadheading - no
Harvest carrots - done
Frozen solid this morning but snow still looks possible tonight (although not certain here) so I am going to have to remove the net from the tunnel. Otherwise this week I'm going to concentrate on planning for next year. If I am lucky things will defrost enough this afternoon to harvest romanesco and carrots, otherwise it will be time to start on the stocks in the freezer.
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Friday jobs
Take net off raspberries - done
Drop down net over romanesco - done
Think of some way to protect PSB - no
Harvest beetroot, lettuce, salad leaves, romanesco, carrots - done
Weekend jobs
At my friend's
Continue clearing greenhouse
Weeding
At allotment
Think of some way to protect PSB
Take net off tunnel if it looks likely to snow
Remove finished courgette
Weeding
Harvest beetroot, romanesco, turnips, PSB
At home
Check covers will cope with snow
Remove carrot cage net
Move some buckets of carrots to garage
Bring begonias and fuchsias into garage
Deadheading
Harvest carrots
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Very little time again today but starting to prepare the allotment for the possibility of heavy snow early next week.
Friday jobs
Take net off raspberries
Drop down net over romanesco
Think of some way to protect PSB
Harvest beetroot, lettuce, salad leaves, romanesco, carrots
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Wednesday jobs
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Clear leaves - done some
Harvest romanesco, carrots, chilean guava - done
Also removed the last of the tomato plants and the cucumber at the allotment.
No gardening time today.Last edited by Penellype; 14-11-2024, 10:54 AM.
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Tuesday jobs
Weeding - no
Deadheading - no
Clear leaves - no
General tidy up - done a little
Harvest carrots, turnip - no
Got distracted, first by trying (and failing) to remove some ivy that is trying to grow between the wall and flat roof over the bay window, and then by some computing stuff. Playing catch up with my usual jobs today as a result.
Wednesday jobs
Weeding
Deadheading
Clear leaves
Harvest romanesco, carrots, chilean guava
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Monday jobs
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - no
Clear leaves - done some
Trim long grass if dry enough - no, much too wet
Remove finished peas - done
Harvest greenhouse tomatoes, PSB and/or romanesco, carrots, check chilean guava - done
Also cut down all the greenhouse tomato plants and removed the melon plant in the growhouse, which was clearly dead and harvested the 2 melons, which I hope will ripen indoors. Planted out some spring onion seedlings.
Tuesday jobs
Weeding
Deadheading
Clear leaves
General tidy up
Harvest carrots, turnip
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Weekend jobs
At my friend's
Weeding - no
Continue tidying up in greenhouse - done some
Harvest tomatoes, apples - done
At allotment
Cut grass if dry enough (highly unlikely) - no
Weeding - done some
Collect leaves - no
Harvest romanesco, possibly PSB, check chilean guava - done romanesco
At home
Cut lawns if dry (unlikely) - no
Weeding - no
Deadheading - done some
General tidy up - no
Start planning for 2025 - no
Check greenhouse plants and water if required - done
Harvest carrots - done
Very dull and drizzly most of the time at the weekend, with enthusiasm to match. Hopefully today will be brighter and I will feel more like doing something useful!
Monday jobs
Weeding
Deadheading
Clear leaves
Trim long grass if dry enough
Remove finished peas
Harvest greenhouse tomatoes, PSB and/or romanesco, carrots, check chilean guava
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Friday jobs
Take bags of leaves to allotment - done
Cut down tomato plants in tunnel (showing signs of blight) - done
Harvest tomatoes, turnip, romanesco, leek and carrot - done
Weekend jobs
At my friend's
Weeding
Continue tidying up in greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes, apples
At allotment
Cut grass if dry enough (highly unlikely)
Weeding
Collect leaves
Harvest romanesco, possibly PSB, check chilean guava
At home
Cut lawns if dry (unlikely)
Weeding
Deadheading
General tidy up
Start planning for 2025
Check greenhouse plants and water if required
Harvest carrots
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Managed to collect 6 bin bags of leaves yesterday.
Friday jobs
Take bags of leaves to allotment
Cut down tomato plants in tunnel (showing signs of blight)
Harvest tomatoes, turnip, romanesco, leek and carrot
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