What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Move germinated peas under lights - done
Put more peas to chit plus parsnips - done (parsnips sown direct)
Sow microgreens, flowers - done scabious
Pot up courgette - done
Trim grass edges - done some
Check fritillaries for lily beetle - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, PSB, carrots, rhubarb - done except rhubarb

Tuesday jobs
Today's job is to spread as much of the gravel on the drive as possible. It is arriving between 7am and 1pm and it is due to rain this morning and hopefully clear up this afternoon, so I might get it done today if I have the energy!
Collect any rain water

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Today's job is to spread as much of the gravel on the drive as possible - done
Collect any rain water - done

The gravel arrived at 7.30am which gave me plenty of time to spread it on the drive. Also planted florence fennel at the allotment and did some weeding.

Wednesday jobs (weather permitting)
Weeding and horsetail
Sow flowers, microgreens, leeks
Trim euonymus hedge
Watering if necessary
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, PSB, rhubarb

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - no
Sow flowers, microgreens, leeks - no
Trim euonymus hedge - no
Watering if necessary - done greenhouse, rain did the rest
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, PSB, rhubarb - done PSB

The weather didn't play ball - it was raining most of the time when I had time to garden, and when I did manage to get to the allotment the wind was so cold that all I could do was collect the small amount of rain water and grab some PSB for tea.

No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

My meeting finished early yesterday so I had time to do a little weeding and trim back the longest shoots on the hedge alongside the path to the allotment. I have been meaning to ask the lady that has the next allotment to do this for weeks, but she is never there, and I am sick of being hit in the face by increasingly long and prickly hawthorn branches, so I did the minimum myself. Also trimmed the euonymus hedge and watered everything as there has been almost no rain here, and harvested some carrots.

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Take peas to allotment and plant
Rearrange plants under lights
Pot up flower seedlings
Sow flowers, microgreens, leeks
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB, rhubarb

[Andraste]

Well done you with the hedge! We have a similar problem with an infrequent neighbour who doesn't tend their designated path. The couch grass encroaches & weed seeds spread to our plot. We could kick up a fuss or let it get overgrown but its easier to give it a minimal weeding to keep it under control. I do draw the line at barrowing woodchip like we do for ours though.

[Penellype]

Well done you with the hedge! We have a similar problem with an infrequent neighbour who doesn't tend their designated path. The couch grass encroaches & weed seeds spread to our plot. We could kick up a fuss or let it get overgrown but its easier to give it a minimal weeding to keep it under control. I do draw the line at barrowing woodchip like we do for ours though.

Thanks Andraste. It is very irritating when you spend hours weeding and then someone next door allows the weeds to seed. The half of the neighbouring plot that is nearest to mine has been roughly strimmed, but is basically weeds and grass, and at the moment is liberally covered with horsetail fruiting bodies. There is nothing I can do about it, and unfortunately the wind is blowing from that direction.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Take peas to allotment and plant - done
Rearrange plants under lights - done
Pot up flower seedlings - done
Sow flowers, microgreens, leeks - done leeks
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB, rhubarb - done except rhubarb and had calabrese instead of PSB

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding
Watering

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Watering
Harvest PSB, spinach, rhubarb

At home
Put more peas to soak
Pot up tomato sideshoots
Weeding
Mow lawns and trim edges
Deadheading
Trim new growth on acer
Sow microgreens, flowers, melon
Sort out compost for carrots
Watering
Harvest carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Watering - done
Harvest PSB, spinach, rhubarb - done

At home
Put more peas to soak - done
Pot up tomato sideshoots - put in water to root
Weeding - done some
Mow lawns and trim edges - done lawns
Deadheading - done some
Trim new growth on acer - done some
Sow microgreens, flowers, melon - done microgreens
Sort out compost for carrots - no
Watering - done
Harvest carrots - done

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Weeding
Deadheading
Feed early tomatoes and potatoes
Trim lawn edges
Sow flowers, melon, carrots
Pot up biggest tomato seedling
Turn compost at allotment
Watering if necessary (rain forecast)
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, PSB

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - no
Feed early tomatoes and potatoes - done
Trim lawn edges - done rear lawn
Sow flowers, melon, carrots - done melons
Pot up biggest tomato seedling - no
Turn compost at allotment - done some
Watering if necessary (rain forecast) - no
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, spinach, carrots, PSB - done except carrots and PSB

Rain stopped play at lunchtime, although it was desperately needed. I collected a couple of buckets full of water at the allotment, which won't last long! Also changed the capillary matting under the lights as it was growing a lot of moss.

Tuesday jobs
Collect any rain water
Pot up chitted peas
Sow flowers, carrots
Pot up biggest tomato seedling
Weeding
Deadheading
Continue turning compost
Go to tip
Check and water greenhouse plants
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Collect any rain water - done
Pot up chitted peas - done
Sow flowers, carrots - done flowers
Pot up biggest tomato seedling - done
Weeding - no
Deadheading - done some
Continue turning compost - done some
Go to tip - done
Check and water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, carrots, PSB - done

Wednesday jobs
Collect any rain water
Pot up remaining peas
Put more peas to soak
Check tomatoes for sideshoots
Sow carrots, courgettes, cucumbers
Weeding
Deadheading
Check fritillaries for lily beetle
Turn more compost
Watering
Harvest spinach, carrots

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect any rain water - none
Pot up remaining peas - done
Put more peas to soak - done
Check tomatoes for sideshoots - done
Sow carrots, courgettes, cucumbers - done some carrots
Weeding - done some
Deadheading - done some
Check fritillaries for lily beetle - done
Turn more compost - done (finished)
Watering - done
Harvest spinach, carrots - done

No gardening time today.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Pot up chitted peas
Sow tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, carrots, calabrese
Go to garden centre and get compost
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Watering
Harvest PSB, carrots

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Pot up chitted peas - done
Sow tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, carrots, calabrese - done tomatoes, carrots and calabrese
Go to garden centre and get compost - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Watering - done
Harvest PSB, carrots - done carrots, calabrese and leeks

Also removed vine weevil larvae in compost from dead heucheras

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take germinated peas to greenhouse
Make a hotbed (if muck trailer has not been emptied)
Weeding
Watering

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail
Cut grass
Trim grass edges
Trim roadside hedge
Plant peas, turnips
Watering
Harvest PSB, spinach, leeks, rhubarb

At home
Rearrange plants under lights and move some to greenhouse
Sow cucumbers, courgettes
Repot remaining heucheras and remove any vine weevil larvae
Check tomatoes and peppers and pot up if required
Trim lawn edges
Weeding
Watering
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, carrots

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Take germinated peas to greenhouse - done
Make a hotbed - done
Weeding - done some
Watering - done

At allotment
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Cut grass - no
Trim grass edges - no
Trim roadside hedge - no
Plant peas, turnips - done
Watering - done
Harvest PSB, spinach, leeks, rhubarb - done

At home
Rearrange plants under lights and move some to greenhouse - done
Sow cucumbers, courgettes - done
Repot remaining heucheras and remove any vine weevil larvae - no
Check tomatoes and peppers and pot up if required - no
Trim lawn edges - done some
Weeding - done some
Watering - done
Harvest lettuce, salad leaves, microgreens, carrots - done

Monday jobs
No 1 job on the list today is to ring the dentist as I have broken a filling. How much time I have today depends on when he can see me.
Check seeds for germination
Sow lettuce
Weeding and horsetail
Remove raspberry suckers
Cut grass at allotment
Deadheading
Watering
Harvest (depending on state of teeth) PSB, carrots, spinach

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
No 1 job on the list today is to ring the dentist as I have broken a filling - done
Check seeds for germination - done
Sow lettuce - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Remove raspberry suckers - no
Cut grass at allotment - no
Deadheading - done some
Watering - done
Harvest (depending on state of teeth) PSB, carrots, spinach - no

The grass was too wet to cut in the morning so I trimmed the roadside hedge instead. Also moved some of the tomato plants onto the sitting room windowsill. Dentist at 3pm and far too sore to eat anything afterwards.

Tuesday jobs
Check for lily beetle (found 2 yesterday)
Weeding and horsetail
Remove raspberry suckers
Cut allotment grass
Deadheading
Mulch strawberries and blueberries
Watering
Harvest PSB, spinach, rhubarb