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  • Penellype
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    Originally posted by Andraste View Post
    I had to google framberry - not heard of those before but they sound smashing
    They are absolutely delicious. You don't get as much fruit from 1 plant as you would from a strawberry and I find the insect pests (often tortrix moth) like them so some of the fruit is damaged, but as something to pick and eat in small quantities they are superb.
    Last edited by Penellype; 25-06-2024, 06:14 AM.

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  • Andraste
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    I had to google framberry - not heard of those before but they sound smashing

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Take lettuces and courgette and plant - taken lettuces but not planted
    Plant last lot of tomatoes, melon - done
    Weeding - done some
    Watering - done

    At allotment
    Slug hunt - done
    Plant cucumber, tomatoes, possibly melons and beetroot - done cucumber and one of the tomatoes
    Trim hedges and grass edges - done some
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest cauliflower, turnips, peas if ready, strawberries, raspberries - done except turnips

    At home
    Clear out garage (woodworm treatment on Monday) - in progress
    Plant out remaining flowers - no
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Watering - done
    Harvest new potatoes, strawberries, possibly the first framberry, check tomatoes, calabrese, white currants - done

    Decided it was too hot to plant out anything that wasn't absolutely desperate, and in any case most of the time had to be spent clearing out half of the garage.

    Monday jobs (woodworm treatment this afternoon)
    Clear out the half of the garage that couldn't be done earlier (things have to go on the lawn)
    Put things back in the garage ASAP (in the way of watering)
    Watering
    Harvest strawberries, lettuce

    If time and able to get to allotment
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest raspberries, cauliflower

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Put away cloches - done
    Plant tomatoes, beans, remaining flowers, cucumbers - done beans and 1 tomato
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Cut grass if dry enough - done allotment
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, beetroot, peas, strawberries, raspberries, check tomatoes - done

    I was getting on really well with this until lunchtime when I was watching TV and my Sky box died. It took the rest of the afternoon to sort out an engineer to set up a new system (Sky+ HD is obsolete now) which won't be until 15th July, then find out how to download and use the Sky Go app which stubbornly refused to work for a good 90 minutes.

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Take lettuces and courgette and plant
    Plant last lot of tomatoes, melon
    Weeding
    Watering

    At allotment
    Slug hunt
    Plant cucumber, tomatoes, possibly melons and beetroot
    Trim hedges and grass edges
    Weeding and horsetail
    Watering
    Harvest cauliflower, turnips, peas if ready, strawberries, raspberries

    At home
    Clear out garage (woodworm treatment on Monday)
    Plant out remaining flowers
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Watering
    Harvest new potatoes, strawberries, possibly the first framberry, check tomatoes, calabrese, white currants

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  • Penellype
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    Thursday jobs
    Continue rearranging plants - in progress
    Stake tomatoes - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, remainder of spinach, new potatoes, strawberries, check cauliflowers, peas, raspberries - done except new potatoes

    Also planted out some of the bedding plants

    Friday jobs
    Put away cloches
    Plant tomatoes, beans, remaining flowers, cucumbers
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Cut grass if dry enough
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, beetroot, peas, strawberries, raspberries, check tomatoes


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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    French beans, cucumber, romanesco and tomato from greenhouse to allotment - done except romanesco
    Florence fennel, beans, cucumber, courgette and melons to greenhouse - done
    Plant out tomatoes and courgette at allotment, flowers at home - done courgette, also beans
    Remove plastic cover from tomatoes (too tall now) and add supports - removed cover but not yet added supports
    Put up raspberry net when it arrives - done
    Find homes for displaced buckets of rhubarb and cauliflower - no
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Watering - done some
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, new potatoes, strawberries, check raspberries, red currants, cauliflowers, tomatoes - done plus beetroot

    Thursday jobs
    Continue rearranging plants
    Stake tomatoes
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, remainder of spinach, new potatoes, strawberries, check cauliflowers, peas, raspberries

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Put more beans to chit - done
    Plant out peas - done
    Harvest spinach, cauliflower, strawberries, check raspberries - done except spinach - found a few peas instead and also harvested new potatoes

    The frame for the raspberry net arrived and I put that up, and hopefully the net will arrive today.

    Wednesday jobs
    The last of the cold nights was meant to be last night, although if you look at some models they have tonight and tomorrow down to 7. I will kill my plants if they stay in their pots any longer (some may already be beyond recovery), so the main job today is a big rearrangement:
    French beans, cucumber, romanesco and tomato from greenhouse to allotment
    Florence fennel, beans, cucumber, courgette and melons to greenhouse
    Plant out tomatoes and courgette at allotment, flowers at home
    Remove plastic cover from tomatoes (too tall now) and add supports
    Put up raspberry net when it arrives
    Find homes for displaced buckets of rhubarb and cauliflower
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, new potatoes, strawberries, check raspberries, red currants, cauliflowers, tomatoes
    Last edited by Penellype; 19-06-2024, 07:31 AM.

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Slug hunt - done
    Sow PSB to replace plants eaten by snail - done
    Weeding and horsetail - no
    Deadheading - no
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach - done plus strawberries

    Also potted up some lettuce seedlings.

    Tuesday jobs
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Put more beans to chit
    Plant out peas
    Harvest spinach, cauliflower, strawberries, check raspberries

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Take peppers to greenhouse - done and planted
    Plant out runner beans - done
    Feed greenhouse tomatoes - done
    Weeding - done some
    Watering - done

    At allotment
    Find a different way of stopping birds eating the raspberries - ordered some poles and a very large net
    Plant florence fennel - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Take down courgettes and cucumber - done courgette
    Remove some bolting spinach - done some
    Trim long bits off hedges - done some
    Watering if necessary - done
    Harvest peas, strawberries, raspberries (if any left), check cauliflowers, red and black currants - done, also a florence fennel and a kohlrabi

    Also put up some mesh for the next lot of peas.
    The extremely unusual weather (hot February, cold June) has resulted in me having to scrap my planting plan and completely re-do it.

    At home
    Move more plants around - in progress
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading- done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries, check calabrese - done, also a carrot and the first nearly ripe indoor tomato

    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water
    Slug hunt
    Sow PSB to replace plants eaten by snail
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach
    Last edited by Penellype; 17-06-2024, 12:46 PM.

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Check chitting beans for roots - done - nothing happening
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Big rearrangement of plants - done some
    Plant 2 tomatoes in greenhouse pots - done
    Plant out french beans - done
    Watering if required - done
    Harvest lettuce, peas, cauliflower, spinach, strawberries, check raspberries, beetroot - done

    Also trimmed some long bits of grass and sowed some late carrots.

    Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

    At my friend's
    Take peppers to greenhouse
    Plant out runner beans
    Feed greenhouse tomatoes
    Weeding
    Watering

    At allotment
    Find a different way of stopping birds eating the raspberries
    Plant florence fennel
    Weeding and horsetail
    Take down courgettes and cucumber
    Remove some bolting spinach
    Trim long bits off hedges
    Watering if necessary
    Harvest peas, strawberries, raspberries (if any left), check cauliflowers, red and black currants

    At home
    Move more plants around
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries, check calabrese

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  • Penellype
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    Wednesday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Slug and snail hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Trim long grass edges if dry - done some
    Sow kale, pak choi - done
    Watering if required - done
    Harvest peas, cauliflower, spinach, a couple of beans, strawberries, check raspberries - done except kohlrabi instead of cauliflower, also a baby carrot

    Also removed the first batch of spinach, which had well and truly bolted.

    Very busy yesterday with no gardening time.

    Friday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Check chitting beans for roots
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Big rearrangement of plants
    Plant 2 tomatoes in greenhouse pots
    Plant out french beans
    Watering if required
    Harvest lettuce, peas, cauliflower, spinach, strawberries, check raspberries, beetroot

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  • Penellype
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    Tuesday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Slug and snail hunt - done
    Trim long grass edges if dry - no but did manage to mow the back lawn
    Sow kale, pak choi - no
    Pot up lettuces - done some
    Water plants under cover - done
    Harvest lettuce, florence fennel, turnips (if ready), strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries - done

    Also did some weeding and deadheading, which I forgot to put on the list and fed the allotment potatoes.

    Wednesday jobs
    Collect rain water
    Slug and snail hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Deadheading
    Trim long grass edges if dry
    Sow kale, pak choi
    Watering if required
    Harvest peas, cauliflower, spinach, a couple of beans, strawberries, check raspberries

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  • Penellype
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    Monday jobs
    Collect rain water - done
    Finish tidying garage (man coming to look at woodworm tomorrow) - done
    Move some plants to greenhouse or growhouse - done
    Net blackcurrants - done
    Sow late peas - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas, spinach, strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries - done Plus some new potatoes

    Tuesday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water
    Slug and snail hunt
    Trim long grass edges if dry
    Sow kale, pak choi
    Pot up lettuces
    Water plants under cover
    Harvest lettuce, florence fennel, turnips (if ready), strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries
    Last edited by Penellype; 11-06-2024, 12:39 PM.

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  • Penellype
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    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Pot up tomatoes in greenhouse - done
    Weeding - done some
    Watering - done

    At allotment
    Slug hunt - done
    Weeding and horsetail - done some
    Trim long grass edges - done some
    Check blackcurrants and net if necessary - need netting soon
    Watering - done
    Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, check beetroot, raspberries - done plus one redcurrant

    At home
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - done some
    Plant cucumber in greenhouse - done
    Pot up peppers no
    Shuffle indoor plants - done some
    Tidy garage - done some
    Watering - done
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries - done

    Also put some dwarf beans to chit as the slugs are eating the climbing ones.

    Monday jobs (weather permitting)
    Collect rain water
    Finish tidying garage (man coming to look at woodworm tomorrow)
    Move some plants to greenhouse or growhouse
    Net blackcurrants
    Sow late peas
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, peas, spinach, strawberries, check cauliflowers, raspberries

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  • Penellype
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    Friday jobs
    Take horsetail to tip - done
    Weeding - done some
    Deadheading - no
    Put up fruit cage net - done
    Watering - done
    Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries. Check raspberries - done

    Also moved the buckets of onions and planted out tomatoes under a cloche, and planted some beans in a pot near the arch as both were simply too big to leave any longer. The beans were supposed to go to the allotment, but as the last lot I planted there was simply a snail snack, I decided on a change of plan.

    Weekend jobs

    At my friend's
    Pot up tomatoes in greenhouse
    Weeding
    Watering

    At allotment
    Slug hunt
    Weeding and horsetail
    Trim long grass edges
    Check blackcurrants and net if necessary
    Watering
    Harvest spinach, peas, strawberries, check beetroot, raspberries

    At home
    Weeding
    Deadheading
    Plant cucumber in greenhouse
    Pot up peppers
    Shuffle indoor plants
    Tidy garage
    Watering
    Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, strawberries

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