What I did today - 2015

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Oh! I actually grew a few half decent carrots! ...............Yay!

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Grabbed a few stuff from the Lottie!



Don't ya just love this time of year!

Weekend off too! May get my spring stuff in time committing!

[Bigmallly]

Managed to finally clear the last of the tunnel beds. Planted 35 various spring Brassicas. Knocked up a couple of cages. Partially stripped the strawberry bed & runners.

[Snadger]

Dug up some tatties for supper. Planted a PSB in there place.Planted some potbound dwarf frenchies where some Kale had failed.
Planted out a Goji berry plant which was wilting in the pot for lack of water, along with a red Heuchera similarly affected. Watered all indoor stuff and left with the tatties,some eggs and a bunch of grapes!

[CaroleL]

Other than checking the watering and examining the chillis to see if any more of them wanted to turn red yet, I did nothing in the garden.

In the house however, I spent a happy couple of hours with a seed catalogue and a big notepad. I do love the planning bit

[rosiepumpkin]

Today's report from the Lost Gardens of Haringey.

From under 6 foot of brambles and weeds, we have found a path! We cleared the brambles last year and it's only today as OH cleared the geraniums from under the plum tree that he found a hidden path with paving stones and everything.

The path curves beautifully and so my Mediterrean herb bed is going to be extended

We got my new blueberry and cranberry planted, and goodness the cranberry has long stems. They trailed all the way down the big pot the blueberry is in and half way to Europe. I gave one a hair cut, curved the other two around the blueberry and established a creche for the cuttings.

[CaroleL]

I've just started a new job so have been getting minimal time to do stuff in the garden, and no time to chat about it.

So, catching up with the last week -

I've had to pull two of the courgette plants as they got mould/mildew? I blame the weather. The other three plants seem to have gone into overdrive to compensate though.

The cucumbers may have been slightly overwatered as I kept anticipating some sunshine to heat up the greehouse. They didn't like that and keeled over and died. They've been removed from the greenhouse now and I've rearranged it to give more room to the peppers and chillis.

The peppers were looking a bit squashed and I'd had to put some of them onto the floor, where they were very much in the way. It looks much better now and I'm hoping the extra air and light will help them to ripen. There is one ripe chilli on one plant so here's hoping.

I was a bit worried about the label in the Apache chillis. I got them from Notcutts when my seeds didn't seem to want to sprout. (they all sprouted nicely once I took the Apache home). According to the label these chillis are HUGE, so I'm really, really hoping it's a misprint

[Jonny.D]

Picked some French beans, Rhubarb (For a crumble ) Runner beans, more tomatoes to ripen in the conservatory & "Shelled" the last of the hollyhock seeds

[Dorothy rouse]

Just made some courgette/marrow/squash chutney, only 4 jars, but added 4 green chillis + fresh root ginger, and garlic cloves, no idea what it'll taste like, bit of an invention!

[Bill Door]

Got soaked!

Woke up fairly early to get spring cabbage and dwarf kale plants in the ground. We are away for a few week or so and I wanted to get the plants in so they did not die. No rain but cloudy. walked to allotment with the plants and as I arrived it started to spit. Got down to it and got five plant holes dug. Then it rained. I got soaked and thought it is only rain so finished the job off (planted 40 spring and Kale cabbage). Covered them with netting and spread slug pellets. I thought I was so wet that I might as well pick chard and runner beans for tonight. Arrived home and the rain slowed. Had a shower and guess what? Sun is out and light breeze, no rain in sight.

Someone does not like me.

Bill

[vixylix]

Lots this weekend! Had a big tidy up / clear out / preserving session!

Harvested and pulled up all my sugarsnap peas, which were at the very edge of survival due to powdery mildew. Pulled up all my spring onions and cleaned ready for eating. Also pulled the bolted radishes which I was leaving, but was sick of looking at. This cleared some space so have spread my chilli plants out a bit hoping this eggs them on to the last push!

This also uncovered my poor cucumbers which had collapsed under the peas - so they are now restaked and still looking surprisingly healthy!

Trimmed all the tomatoes back, removing several which had been munched by caterpillars / earwigs. In doing so several sillly caterpillars fell off and were promptly squashed. For the earwigs I have utilised new gaps to lay several oil / soy sauce traps - which so far seem to be doing a good job!

I pulled all my remaining beetroot (for pickling) onions and garlic (for drying) and baby corn (for eating)

Also cut down all my herbs and spent the weekend making various pesto's / butters / vinegars etc

Looking quite empty now - only tomatoes and peppers still valiantly searching for sunshine. Leeks, broad beans and PSB waiting in the wings now though for end of September

[rosiepumpkin]

Made a mahoosive batch of mango chutney.

[Gillykat]

Oh happy memories of Tynemouth Market It was a rare occasion that I didn't come home without a book or two and a few plants

[Jay-ell]

Popped down to Tynemouth market today - it's a craft/flea market so I thought that I might be safe.

But no - I walked away carrying a chocolate habanero, a Trinidad Butch T and a Reaper.

Doh.

[rosiepumpkin]

Yesterday I pruned down the roses and cotoneaster, watered everything, evicted many caterpillars from my greenhouse, saved yet more seed for swaps, nattered with other plotholders, watered my new thyme and strawberry bed and remembered that August is probably not a good time to prune my plum tree.