What I did today 2026

[Bren In Pots]

Planted my Charlottes yesterday.

[Peanut]

Planted my jazzy and lady christl potatoes yesterday.

[Nicos]

I’ve made in dent in the weeding of the path, but it’s now in full sun and it’s hot..fully sheltered from any breeze so I’ve come in for a restorative pint…… of water

[Mark Rand]

Put the nemisia out to harden off.
Potted on the chilli and pepper seedlings.

[Mark Rand]

Soaked a dozen Gigantes bean seeds for a few hours and then sowed them in a collection of bits of drainpipe and tall pots.

Put the sweet peas out to harden off.

[Peanut]

Mowed the lawns and started shredding pile one of 3, got three quarters of it done. I think it's going to take me until I need to start pruning the hedges again!
Took the netting off a patch of kale that is going to flower for the bees to enjoy.

[Containergardener]

Had a look at another two compost bins. Not ready as too much wrong stuff (OH) I think maybe if I empty them into a heap and sort them off again using some of the pile stuff?

Sowed some seeds

[Bren In Pots]

Potted on tomatoes, cucumbers and Marigolds, then planted lettuces into buckets.

[Containergardener]

Pricked out chard , was a bit head scratch about a few which looked rather tomato (hairy stem) to me.
Potted up some cuttings .
Got cold outside though.

[Peanut]

Pricked out chard, was a bit head scratch about a few which looked rather tomato (hairy stem) to me.

That definitely sounds more like a tomato than chard, chard is smooth and more likely to be confused with beetroot seedlings than toms. Did you rub the stem and have a sniff? Tom seedlings have a very faint tom smell to them.

[Peanut]

Planted out overwintered spring onions, swiss chard and a few beetroots and Spring sown broad beans.

[Containergardener]

That definitely sounds more like a tomato than chard, chard is smooth and more likely to be confused with beetroot seedlings than toms. Did you rub the stem and have a sniff? Tom seedlings have a very faint tom smell to them.

I didn't sniff the stem , good idea. Will do though.
Have the same scratch head re some cucumbers

[Andraste]

Grumbled about the weather we've had the last few days meaning it was too rainy to plot this morning and the ground would be too wet to dig spud trenches as planned. Cheered myself up by getting some chitted beans into compost

[Peanut]

Carried on snipping up laurel and yew prunings until I filled my garden waste bin for the 3rd time I think, still loads more to do!
Threw chicken pellets into the compost bin and around the fruit bushes.
Weeded.
Rain keeps stopping play.

[Peanut]

I spent 4hrs doing more shredding, I broke the back of the pyracantha prunings but still a fair bit left.
Sowed seeds.