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  • Next year starts here: got Jack's magic and top soil for renewing greenhouse beds; seed potatoes arriving any day; aubergine seed going in today.

    Going to do everything right this year. Well, maybe.
    I live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."

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    • I've been having a Christmas and weather enforced rest for the last few days - everything is far too wet and it has been too cold and damp to do anything much outside. All I have managed to do is scrape up wet leaves off the weed matting path at the allotment (after I slipped and nearly fell on them) and harvested some carrots and lettuce leaves.

      Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
      Clear more leaves
      Weeding
      General tidy up
      Harvest 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
        Clear more leaves - no
        Weeding - no
        General tidy up - no
        Harvest carrots, leeks - done

        Too wet to do anything much today. 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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        • Friday jobs (weather permitting)
          Tidy garage
          Tidy up brassicas, remove any dead leaves
          Weeding
          Remove dead bedding plants
          Cut back nettles
          Clear leaves
          Harvest leek
          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
            Tidy garage - done a bit
            Tidy up brassicas, remove any dead leaves - done
            Weeding - done a bit
            Remove dead bedding plants - done
            Cut back nettles - done
            Clear leaves - done some
            Harvest leek - done

            Weekend Jobs

            At My Friend's
            Check and water plants in greenhouse
            Weeding

            At Allotment
            Photos (1st of month)
            Weeding
            Clear leaves
            Harvest PSB

            At Home
            Photos (1st of month)
            Check plants in greenhouse and water if necessary
            Tidy garage
            Weeding
            Clear leaves
            Cut down perennials
            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 (including Monday)

              At My Friend's
              Check and water plants in greenhouse - done
              Weeding - no

              At Allotment
              Photos (1st of month) - done
              Weeding - done some
              Clear leaves - done some
              Harvest PSB - no

              Also mulched raspberries with partly rotted leylandii clippings having sprinkled bfb on them first.

              At Home
              Photos (1st of month) - done
              Check plants in greenhouse and water if necessary - done
              Tidy garage - done a bit
              Weeding - done some
              Clear leaves - done some
              Cut down perennials - done back garden
              Harvest carrots - done

              Tuesday jobs
              Tidy garage
              Harvest last 2 indoor tomatoes and remove dead plants
              Update sowing plan for 2022
              Harvest lettuce, carrots, PSB
              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
                Tidy garage - no
                Harvest last 2 indoor tomatoes and remove dead plants - done
                Update sowing plan for 2022 - no
                Harvest lettuce, carrots, PSB - no

                The day got rather hi-jacked by a problem with my solar panels - luckily I was able to find a local installer who could come and have a look today. It seems the very damp weather has caused water to get into the system somewhere and it is going to be a case of putting up scaffolding and having a closer look. At least I am reassured that the fault is not dangerous and the panels are working again after turning themselves off for a couple of days over Christmas.

                I did get time to cut down the crocosmia in the front garden while I was waiting for the man to arrive.

                Wednesday jobs
                Tidy garage
                Update sowing plan for 2022
                Harvest lettuce, carrots, PSB
                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
                  Tidy garage - no, too cold
                  Update sowing plan for 2022 - made a start
                  Harvest lettuce, carrots, PSB - done except PSB

                  I did go down to the allotment and construct a makeshift plastic cover for the romanesco and some of the PSB as last year the combination of wet and frost caused the central heads to rot.

                  Far too cold and wet for gardening today and no gardening time tomorrow.
                  Last edited by Penellype; 06-01-2022, 05:23 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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                  • The weekend seems to have escaped with the bare minimum of gardening - checking and watering plants under cover, checking the allotment and harvesting a large carrot. I did sow some lettuce and microgreens indoors.

                    Monday jobs
                    Tidy garage
                    Clear dead brassica leaves
                    Weeding
                    Sow peas for 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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                    • I need to get a bag of compost for some indoor sowing,everything else (cell trays/sieve) all in the kitchen ready,stored on top of the kitchen cupboards. I should go through my seeds first,if I need to buy petunia seed I’ll get them with the compost,I haven’t looked at my seed packets for months,it’s nice looking through seed packets & remembering what you’ve got
                      Location : Essex

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                      • Monday jobs
                        Tidy garage - done
                        Clear dead brassica leaves - done
                        Weeding - no
                        Sow peas for pea shoots - no

                        Didn't get much time today so only managed to harvest some PSB. Also phoned the garden centre to see if they have seed potatoes and onion sets yet - they do, but not the varieties I want (Lady C and Sturon). I can see it is going to be difficult this year - I am already struggling to get my favourite carrots and cucumbers

                        Wednesday jobs (work permitting)
                        Weeding
                        General tidy up
                        Harvest 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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                        • Wednesday jobs
                          Weeding - done some
                          General tidy up - done a bit
                          Harvest lettuce, salad leaves - done lettuce

                          Also trimmed dead leaves of some of the strawberries.

                          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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                          • Went to the garden centre yesterday for compost, onion sets and seed potatoes. Came back with the first 2 but they had no Desiree potatoes. Otherwise too busy for gardening yesterday and frozen solid here today.

                            Sunday jobs (weather permitting)
                            Take horse muck to allotment and fill hotbed
                            Harvest carrots, PSB
                            A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                            • Sunday jobs
                              Take horse muck to allotment and fill hotbed - done
                              Harvest carrots, PSB - done plus lettuce and microgreens

                              Very little gardening time yesterday but managed to do a little weeding around the bits of the allotment that get some sun - the rest was frozen, as was my garden. No gardening today as everywhere is still frozen.

                              Wednesday jobs
                              Trim dead and mouldy bits off geraniums in greenhouse
                              Check fence pots and water if needed
                              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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                              • Wednesday jobs
                                Trim dead and mouldy bits off geraniums in greenhouse - done
                                Check fence pots and water if needed - no
                                Harvest carrots - no, parsnips and PSB instead.

                                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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