What I intend to do today or tomorrow number2

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding - done a bit
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers - done
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse - done

At allotment
Collect water from Friday evening's deluge - done
Check tomato plants for signs of blight - done
Remove tomato sideshoots - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Cut back nettles in hedge - done
Plant turnips - no
Harvest peas, cucumber, beans, potatoes, courgettes, tomatoes, blueberries - done

Also trimmed some of the drier bits of long grass and cut down a few elderberry branches.

At home
Check for cat poo - done
Weeding - no
Deadheading - no
Check and tie in tomato plants - done
Cut front hedge if dry (unlikely) - done
Cut down finished indoor tomatoes - no
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest lettuce, turnips, peppers, blueberries, check tomatoes and pick up any windfall apples - done peppers, tomatoes and apples

Monday jobs (weather permitting)
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Cut grass at allotment if dry
Decide what else to sow and sow it
Plant out turnips and salad leaves
Cut down finished indoor tomatoes
Cut down finished raspberry canes
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest lettuce, tomatoes, beans, courgettes, blueberries

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers
Fill self watering trays in greenhouse

At allotment
Collect water from Friday evening's deluge
Check tomato plants for signs of blight
Remove tomato sideshoots
Weeding and horsetail
Cut back nettles in hedge
Plant turnips
Harvest peas, cucumber, beans, potatoes, courgettes, tomatoes, blueberries

At home
Check for cat poo
Weeding
Deadheading
Check and tie in tomato plants
Cut front hedge if dry (unlikely)
Cut down finished indoor tomatoes
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest lettuce, turnips, peppers, blueberries, check tomatoes and pick up any windfall apples

[Penellype]

I was hoping to have some gardening time today but it is looking very unlikely. I have already collected the rain water and picked a bagful of beans.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done over 100 litres of it!
Harvest beans - done

No gardening time today

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month) - done
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - no
Plant turnips - no
Sow spinach - done
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, beans, courgette, turnip, blueberries, check peas - done

Wednesday jobs (expecting rain all day)
Collect rain water
Harvest beans

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Plant turnips - no
Sow spinach - no
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomato, beans, florence fennel, courgette, calabrese, blueberries, a couple of raspberries and the only cherry - done most

The weather was particularly unhelpful as I was busy all morning and it rained all afternoon.

Tuesday jobs
Garden photos (1st of month)
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Plant turnips
Sow spinach
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, beans, courgette, turnip, blueberries, check peas

[Penellype]

Sunday jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding - no
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers - no
Check water reservoirs in greenhouse - done

At allotment
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - no
Cut back elderberry in hedge - no
Plant turnips - no
Sow spinach - no
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, beans, blueberries - - done beans

At home
Check for cat poo - no
Weeding - no
Deadheading - done a little
Harvest tomatoes, turnip, blueberries - done turnip

Family matters intervened again - this is likely to continue for some time, rather unpredictably. I will continue to post what I would like to do, but it will be no surprise if I can't manage it.

Monday jobs
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Plant turnips
Sow spinach
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomato, beans, florence fennel, courgette, calabrese, blueberries, a couple of raspberries and the only cherry

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - done a bit
Deadheading - done some
Check and tie in tomatoes, melons and cucumbers - done
Finish front lawn edges - done
Rearrange fence pots - no
Trim strawberry plants - no
Cut back elderberry and brambles in hedge - done brambles
Water greenhouse plants - done
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, beans, courgette, potatoes, a few raspberries and strawberries, check peas, blueberries - done plus the first outdoor tomato (Sungold)
Also lifted a few onions and put under cover to dry and sprayed the peas in the tunnel with garlic granules in water to try to deter vine weevils

No gardening time on Saturday.

Sunday jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Weeding
Check and tie in tomatoes and cucumbers
Check water reservoirs in greenhouse

At allotment
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Cut back elderberry in hedge
Plant turnips
Sow spinach
Harvest lettuce, beetroot, beans, blueberries

At home
Check for cat poo
Weeding
Deadheading
Harvest tomatoes, turnip, blueberries

[Nicos]

Collecting plum windfalls before the birds tuck in and collecting French beans.
If the rain holds off we need to get some baby leeks planted out.

[Penellype]

I did manage to collect rain water and pot up some lettuce seedlings and fuchsia cuttings yesterday.

Friday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Check and tie in tomatoes, melons and cucumbers
Finish front lawn edges
Rearrange fence pots
Trim strawberry plants
Cut back elderberry and brambles in hedge
Water greenhouse plants
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, beans, courgette, potatoes, a few raspberries and strawberries, check peas, blueberries

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Trim front lawn edges if dry enough - done some
Rearrange fence pots - no
Feed allotment tomatoes - done
Harvest florence fennel, kohlrabi, beans, blueberries, a few raspberries - done except kohlrabi

No gardening time tomorrow.

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail - no
Deadheading - done some
Mow front lawn - done
Rearrange fence pots - no
Attempt to attach wires to fence for gooseberry support - done
Water greenhouse plants - done
Feed tomatoes - done at home
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, kohlrabi, beans - done except onion and kohlrabi, also harvested a courgette

Became very showery and the afternoon was a write-off.

Wednesday jobs
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Trim front lawn edges if dry enough
Rearrange fence pots
Feed allotment tomatoes
Harvest florence fennel, kohlrabi, beans, blueberries, a few raspberries

[Penellype]

Monday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - done some
Remove finished peas - done
Mow front lawn if dry - no
Harvest beans, calabrese, potatoes, blueberries, check peas - done

Tuesday jobs
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Mow front lawn
Rearrange fence pots
Attempt to attach wires to fence for gooseberry support
Water greenhouse plants
Feed tomatoes
Harvest lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, kohlrabi, beans

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Check and support greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers - done
Remove sideshoots from tomatoes - done
Fill self watering trays - done
Weeding - no

At allotment
Collect rain water - done
Slug hunt - done
Check and support tomatoes, cucumber and melons - done
Weeding and horsetail - no
Remove finished peas - no
Harvest lettuce, beans, courgette, blueberries, check raspberries - done beans and courgette plus a few peas

At home
Collect rain water - done
Check for cat poo - done
Weeding - no
Deadheading - no
Water greenhouse - done
Harvest tomatoes, beans, calabrese, potatoes, check blueberries - just tomatoes

Monday jobs
Collect rain water
Weeding and horsetail
Deadheading
Remove finished peas
Mow front lawn if dry (unlikely)
Harvest beans, calabrese, potatoes, blueberries, check peas

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
Collect rain water - done
Trim long grass edges - done most
Mow front lawn if dry - no
Weeding and horsetail - done some
Deadheading - no
Plant out beetroot - done, also peas
Harvest cucumber, tomato, potatoes, courgette, beans, gooseberries, raspberries (if the birds have left me any), blueberries - done except blueberries, and there was only one raspberry.

Also sowed some pak choi. Rain stopped play at lunchtime, unfortunately.

Weekend jobs (weather permitting)

At my friend's
Check and support greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers
Remove sideshoots from tomatoes
Fill self watering trays
Weeding

At allotment
Collect rain water
Slug hunt
Check and support tomatoes, cucumber and melons
Weeding and horsetail
Remove finished peas
Harvest lettuce, beans, courgette, blueberries, check raspberries

At home
Collect rain water
Check for cat poo
Weeding
Deadheading
Water greenhouse
Harvest tomatoes, beans, calabrese, potatoes, check blueberries