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

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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.
      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
        Check chitting beans and pot up if germinating - done
        Weeding - no
        Trim long grass if possible - no
        Sow chervil and parsley - no
        Harvest carrots, check spinach - done plus PSB

        Tuesday jobs
        Too cold to do much outside
        Go to garden centre and get compost
        Sow chervil and parsley
        Harvest carrots
        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
          Go to garden centre and get compost - done
          Sow chervil and parsley - done
          Harvest carrots - no

          Wednesday jobs
          Sow remainder of old packet of half pint peas in hotbed
          Pot up mizuna and kale
          Move biggest pea seedlings to greenhouse
          Weeding
          Harvest 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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          • Wednesday jobs
            Sow remainder of old packet of half pint peas in hotbed - done
            Pot up mizuna and kale - done
            Move biggest pea seedlings to greenhouse - done
            Weeding - done a little
            Harvest salad leaves - no

            No gardening time today.
            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 (very wet so not much happening)
              Garden photos (1st of month)
              Plan March sowings
              Harvest carrots
              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
                Garden photos (1st of month) - done
                Plan March sowings - done
                Harvest carrots - done

                Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

                At my friend's
                Weeding
                Plant onion sets

                At allotment
                Weeding
                Trim long grass if possible
                Dig up raspberry suckers
                Harvest PSB, leeks

                At home
                Sow next batch Meteor peas, microgreens
                Put pepper seeds to chit
                Plant 1st lot of peas
                Weeding
                Harvest salad leaves, carrots
                Last edited by Penellype; 02-03-2024, 08:57 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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                • At my friend's
                  Weeding - done some
                  Plant onion sets - done

                  At allotment
                  Weeding - no
                  Trim long grass if possible - no
                  Dig up raspberry suckers - no
                  Harvest PSB, leeks - done PSB

                  At home
                  Sow next batch Meteor peas, microgreens - done peas, also some kohlrabi
                  Put pepper seeds to chit - done
                  Plant 1st lot of peas - no
                  Weeding - no
                  Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

                  Monday jobs
                  Remove bean teepees
                  Dig up raspberry suckers
                  Prepare bed for peas
                  Take peas to allotment growhouse
                  Sort out path next to raspberries
                  Weeding
                  Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots
                  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
                    Remove bean teepees - done
                    Dig up raspberry suckers - done
                    Prepare bed for peas - done
                    Take peas to allotment growhouse - done
                    Sort out path next to raspberries - done
                    Weeding - done some
                    Harvest salad leaves, microgreens, carrots - done

                    Tuesday jobs
                    Go to Wickes and get wood
                    Work out best way to put a piece of wood across greenhouse to support tomatoes
                    Construct a cover for peas at allotment (sparrows)
                    Plant peas
                    Harvest microgreens, pea shoots
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • Forgot to say yesterday that I also cut the bit of the allotment grass that has not been flooded all winter.

                      Tuesday jobs
                      Go to Wickes and get wood - done
                      Work out best way to put a piece of wood across greenhouse to support tomatoes - done
                      Construct a cover for peas at allotment - done
                      Plant peas - no
                      Harvest microgreens, pea shoots - done

                      Also moved pak choi to the greenhouse to make room under lights for germinating beetroot and spinach.

                      Wednesday jobs
                      Yet another dark, cold, damp and uninspiring day.
                      Plant peas
                      Sow florence fennel
                      Slug hunt
                      Weeding
                      Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, leeks
                      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
                        Plant peas - done
                        Sow florence fennel - done
                        Slug hunt - done
                        Weeding - no
                        Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, leeks - done

                        No gardening time today.
                        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                        • Meetings this afternoon, which is a shame as it is a half-decent day.

                          Friday jobs (if time)
                          Pot up Balconi tomatoes
                          Weeding
                          Plant strawberry plugs if they arrive (in transit but no delivery date)
                          Harvest carrots
                          Last edited by Penellype; 08-03-2024, 09:28 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
                            Pot up Balconi tomatoes - done
                            Weeding - no
                            Plant strawberry plugs if they arrive - put in temporary pots as arrived very late
                            Harvest carrots - done

                            Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

                            At my friend's
                            Weeding
                            Check fleece over onions is secure

                            At allotment
                            Weeding
                            Harvest PSB, rhubarb, check spinach

                            At home
                            Mow lawns if at all possible (unlikely - it is currently raining)
                            Move peas to greenhouse to make room under lights
                            Sow lettuce (recent sowing looks no good)
                            Harvest salad leaves, carrots

                            Last edited by Penellype; 09-03-2024, 09:25 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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                            • Weekend jobs

                              At my friend's
                              Weeding - no
                              Check fleece over onions is secure - no

                              At allotment
                              Weeding - no
                              Harvest PSB, rhubarb, check spinach - no

                              At home
                              Mow lawns if at all possible - no
                              Move peas to greenhouse to make room under lights - done
                              Sow lettuce (recent sowing looks no good) - done
                              Harvest salad leaves, carrots - done

                              Also removed yet more cat poo and put up a cloche to cover an area of bare soil in an attempt to protect it.

                              Monday jobs
                              Attempt to regenerate some enthusiasm to go outside (too cold, dark and wet)*
                              Weeding
                              Harvest salad leaves, carrots, possibly spinach

                              *Yesterday my solar panels generated the 4th lowest amount of solar on a March day since I got them in 2013. On the other 3 days the panels were covered in snow. I was shutting the curtains at 5pm because it was dark.
                              Last edited by Penellype; 11-03-2024, 08:39 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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                              • Monday jobs
                                Attempt to regenerate some enthusiasm to go outside (too cold, dark and wet) - not really
                                Weeding - no
                                Harvest salad leaves, carrots, possibly spinach - done except spinach

                                I did remove a large pile of cat poo, which didn't do much for my enthusiasm!

                                Highly unlikely to have any opportunity to garden today as it is forecast to rain and I have a busy day anyway.
                                Last edited by Penellype; 12-03-2024, 07:43 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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