What I did today 2021

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on my toms, cucs and courgettes they're all back indoors on windowsills.

[bramble]

I have grown echinacea from seed this year for the first time. Was really slow to grow over autumn/winter but hoping they will pick up a bit now. When do you think you will plant them out?

Annie, as they are still small plants I will probably wait until they grow a bit sturdier. They are frost hardy so they should be ok to plant out by the middle of May. I dont think they will flower this year however. Let me know how you get on with yours.
I bought a rooted one in a pot last year and it flowered right up through the autumn.

[ameno]

Pricked out and potted on my tomato seedlings.
At the allotment I collected three buckets full of goose grass from a vacant overgrown plot to fill my compost bin with.

[Mr Bones]

Planted out lettuce, more coriander and more onions.

[Containergardener]

Had a trip to garden centre , bought plants and compost for new flower bed area
Came home and split what plants I could to make more.
Found another heap of beech leaves behind shrubs, bagged them up to rot down.

[StephenH]

Bought a new oscillating sprinkler hose attachment from Wilco today - I used to have one, but it got bust. Ideal for a veg pot, as it covers a rectangular area. I set it up and watered the plot for an hour or so, because we haven't had significant rain for some time. The plot is now thoroughly drenched.
I hope the weather warms up soon - my apple trees are on the verge of opening their blossom, and I want warm weather to encourage the bees and other pollenating insects.

[Mr Bones]

Planted out perpetual spinach and cultivated my social skills.. (socially distanced of course)

[Bren In Pots]

Planted out mixed lettuce and perpetual spinach that I'd sown in newspaper pots.

[ameno]

Potted up my five rooted sweet potato cuttings, and then took three more and put them in water.

[Purple Primrose]

Spent a couple of hours removing all traces of couch grass from the bed I intend planting asparagus crowns in. Having gone over it in the autumn, I thought it was couch grass free but some more wiry roots had made their way in there.

[annie8]

Planted out my peas, some land cress and a new rhubarb.

[Mr Bones]

Turned the compost, took down wind breaks and secured further against the allium miner which no doubt will be visiting soon.

[Purple Primrose]

Some lovely, healthy asparagus crowns arrived today. I thought I'd ordered 10 but it turns out I ordered 15. Robinson's/mammothonion also very kindly sent me 3 extras. Since I received 18 crowns instead of the 10 I was expecting, I had to create another asparagus bed before getting them all put in it. What a lovely 'problem'! Luckily I hadn't yet transplanted any strawberries into the empty bed next to the asparagus so I just put the unexpected crowns in there.

[ameno]

Pulled out the purple sprouting broccoli and brought it home to shred it. Started digging over the patch where it was.

[StephenH]

Sowed climbing bean 'Blue Lake' and Runner bean 'Scarlet Emperor' (12 of each) in fibre pots. I'll have to buy some long bamboo poles to grow them up.