What I did today 2025

[Containergardener]

I'd love to send you some rain Peanut

[Peanut]

Thank you CGardener

[Containergardener]

Managed to get the grass edges cut and collected even though soaking.
Planted out mizuna
Planted broccoli raab
Harvesting
Pulled out some finished lettuces

[Peanut]

Yesterday I got the lawns mowed and watered the greenhouses. Today I made a start on cutting back my hedges. Why are hedge timmmers so bloody heavy! My arms and shoulders are killing me!

[Containergardener]

Pricking out of pak choi and salads
Also planted some direct into bed
Pricked out teasels I'd grown from seed
Pricked out kohl rabi

[Nicos]

Only had a chance to cut back the wisteria and chop off a few lower branches from one apple tree…then the heavens opened. It’s just about stopped now but I’m not in the mood to do any more out there.

[Jungle Jane]

Covered my just germinated rocket with a bit of netting today whilst harvesting everything. Earthed up a few more carrots because I could see a bit of carrot tops.

[Containergardener]

Finally got outside.
Chopped down all tomatoes and cucumbers in the greenhouse.

[Jungle Jane]

Yesterday I cut down three of my finished tomato plants,watered some of the pots,fixed the broccoli cover stick upright,it’d blown over a bit. Deadheaded the marigolds & geraniums.

[Peanut]

Pricked out all the brassicas I sowed a few weeks ago. Watered the greenhouses. Picked up lots of rotting windfalls, left the good ones for the birds etc. Filled the garden waste bin with pyracantha prunings, which were full of ladybirds, rehomed them onto an apple tree and left the bin open with twiggy bits sticking up for any ladybirds I missed to climb up, I will also check it tomorrow for any stragglers.
This was the last day of beautifully warm and sunny weather, it was 28c here yesterday and 23c today, from tomorrow its 15c and possibly down to 5c at night.
Boo to cold weather, I'm not ready for it to turn cold yet!

[MelanieSW]

Today I finally continued with the conversion of the old coal bunker into veg/potato storage. Several years ago I had a builder cut access into the very solidly built brickwork, then my dad and I constructed a nice cedar shingle roof. And then it was used as dumping ground for old plant pots, empty compost bags, bags of vermiculite etc. ...
Now it finally has a door, very proud of my diy skills.
Tomorrow I'll thoroughly clean the inside and construct a few shelves.

[Peanut]

What a great place to store your veggies MelanieSW It looks fab. I'd love to see photos of the inside when you've got it done.

[Containergardener]

That looks fab Melanie

[Containergardener]

Picked my borlotti and removed the plants
Bit of weeding bit it was sodden so will wait to bit
Deadheading
Cut down some finished sweet peas and the poppies that had grown there too
Put my self germinated viola from the veg bed into a tub
Covered some things incase it's a minus tonight
Moved some staging to the gh and some plants

[Bren In Pots]

Weeded GH borders to make space to stand my lettuce buckets, dismantled self watering system giving it all a wash.