What I did today - 2015

[Tripmeup]

Hi Bramble - wire mesh to protect from pidgeons until they are a bit bigger but also so that I could put thick layer of manure around without it touching the stems. The collars are about 9" diameter and about a foot tall. Will remove in about a month.

Any chance of a piccie Kris?

[marcofez]

Yes it's that time again! Making passata!

[bramble]

Spent the afternoon planting out my daffodils and wallflowers.
Have this image in my head of a lovely spring display.
I know wallflowers are out of favour but theres a garden close by that has a lovely display of these every spring and so I decided to do the same.
We will wait and see.

[kris1960]

Whats the wire mesh collars for Chris.?

Hi Bramble - wire mesh to protect from pidgeons until they are a bit bigger but also so that I could put thick layer of manure around without it touching the stems. The collars are about 9" diameter and about a foot tall. Will remove in about a month.

[bramble]

Whats the wire mesh collars for Chris.?

[kris1960]

Put wire mesh collars around brassicas that I planted yesterday and then top dressed between cages with horse manure. Distributed with dutch hoe - lovely job in drizzle!

[Snadger]

Weeded one of my strawberry beds. Hard to ascertain which were strawberry runners and which were bindweed runners!

Harvested a couple of beetroot (one was a bit on the large side!) Can't find a pan that will hold enough water to cover it!

[1Bee]

[Weekend]

Dug up the last of the potatoes - another big garden tub full enough for me to struggle to carry it. Dug over a small patch of a bed that's been under cardboard all season, for winter salads under a cold frame. Weeded swedes and parsnips. Shook my head over the massive should-be-Crown-Prince-but-isn't squash and decided I still didn't know what to do with it.

Picked runner beans, parsnips and swede and ate them for tea with roast tattie and a nice joint of lamb.

[kris1960]

Hello all- spent a much needed day in allotment as I am away next 3 weekends. Awake now and up as back is so sore from digging that I can't sleep.
Dug very large bed and planted red cabbage, psb, kale- curly and cavolo nero -and some tatsoi.
Lost all the rows of oriental greens(sowed 6 odd weeks ago) that I alternated with various types of onion seeds. They all germinated well but completely disappeared at 2 leaf stage. Onion seedlings doing well and don't know whether to thin and replant in now unused rows or how critical it is to decide now- any advice very welcome.....
Am bringing home tomatos whenever they show slight signs of ripening, had about half a dozen decent sized aubergines from greenhouse and some delicious and well named minnesota midgets(maybe the melons will be bigger next year!Still very proud though).
Gigante beans doing well but absolutely covered with wasps, other beans have been slow but nice. Gourds a total failure, will get some sweetcorn but it has also struggled.
Brussels,swede and kales now growing through caterpiller damage and look good.
Aztec brocoli and vegetable mallow looked good and grew well but failed taste test.
Flowers have been fabulous.
Desperately need more time at allotment but won't get it until late october- apart from today have only had time for odd bit of weeding and picking. I miss having proper time there.

[Snadger]

Dug up some tatties, planted PSB plants out where tatties were. Weeded some pathways. Let a plot to someone who was keen to take it on.

[bramble]

Picked a load of eagerly awaited red toms...tasted a few...rotten! . Also picked, prepared,packed and froze a load of runner beans...at least they have been successful but way behind on last year.

Ah Jay22, this year has been so different to the last one. Don't be pug off, there's always next season. ☺

[Jay22]

Picked a load of eagerly awaited red toms...tasted a few...rotten! . Also picked, prepared,packed and froze a load of runner beans...at least they have been successful but way behind on last year.

[SusieG]

A load more tomatoes ripened and picked. Lots of red chillis too. Chopped up my runner bean plants and put used compost into compost box. Picked up loads more windfall apples. More trying to tame ever present weeds in borders.

Waved a sad farewell to my 5 chickens and cockerel - gone back to their original owner so they can free-range.

[skeggijon]

Planted out 50 each of Shakespeare and Senshyu Onion sets. Measured my largest Pumpkin and saw it was good!
Watered the greenhouse and PT's before coming home and whipping up 6 jars of Tomato and Red Pepper Chutney, 4 jars of Green Tomato and Apple Chutney and 6 tubs of Tomato sauce to stick in the freezer

[bramble]

Got rid of a few tomato plants out of the greenhouse. Stripped a lot of the leaves from the outdoor toms. Pruned back a few chilli plants.took more fuschia cuttings with a view to train them into standards next year. Took some of my potted geraniums into the greenhouse and dead headed the dahlia's.
Oh, and played pitch and putt.