What I did today - 2015

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Did a bit of weeding! Deadheaded the roses.



Then commenced the "Battle" with the newly bought! yes bought "Passion Flower" The idea being to train it up the east side of the "Summer House"



Tis in, really wants "Trellising" Winter job I'm thinking!

Bagged a few bits for home! and the "Greenhouse" is going mental!



Yep! Like Martin n "Lady P" says! what a difference a few day's make!

[Snadger]

Put an old metal table frame over my carrot seedlings and constructed an enviromesh cover over it! Looks quite professional even if I do say so myself!
Lots of hand weeding in various areas of the allotment. Watered all indoor stuff.

Gathered a bucket full of luscious strawberries, two days after the last bucketfull. This is the best crop I've ever had and I just can't keep up with them. Think I may need to make some jam to use them up

Borrowed half a dozen fertilised hens eggs from my mate at the allotments and after making a nest from hay put them on it for a suspected broody hen I am looking after. Went back and she was sitting clocking on the hay beside them. If she hasn't moved onto them tomorrow I may need to try and sneak them under her.

Lots of raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries about ready for picking along with strawberries, broad beans and tatties.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Did a long few hours in the "Nut House" nipped into "The Oasis" on the way home!

Bagged a few offerings!





Off tomoz! Thank god!

[Greenleaves]

Eradicated two deseased plum trees with my trusty chainsaw but bottled it when it came to the 25' cherry tree, someone put the picture in my head of it crashing onto someones car!

Watered as much as my arms would allow, but treading on your fingers when you walk is no fun

[Martin H]

Today I potted on some cauliflower seedlings into modules. Also sowed some spring cabbage and lettuce seeds. Then I got away from gardening to go for a nice walk in the local country park with Mrs H.

[susieq100]

Mowed lawns and did the edges this morning, weeded the drive and then down to the plot. Lifted my garlic and shallots, dug up some spuds for supper tomorrow night (FiL is coming for his dinner), picked a bag of broad beans, cut a load of rhubarb for rhubarb and raspberry jam. Then I armpitted and de-leafed the tomatoes in the glass shed, planted some beetroot, broccoli and turnips. Came home and watered the little greenhouse and it has started to rain Yay!

[kris1960]

After the enjoyment of greenhouse tomatos I thought that I would stake outdoor ones before they started falling over - they are looking great now that they have had a bit of warmth. Got everything together and remembered grand daughters second birthday, rushed home to make and applique name on apron to match her mother and sisters. Only got back to allotment to put tools away and pick cabbage, completed apron at 2.00 am and will deliver this afternoon.
The Gods conspire against my tomatos again!

[Martin H]

Today I pulled out the bolting PSB plants, leaving more room for the non-bolting ones. The bed looks a lot better now, although I forgot to take a photo.

I got all the weeds out of a bed that I had harvested overwintering onions from earlier in the week and planted out 48 sweet williams to bulk up before they get moved back home in the autumn. It's brilliant having the space to do this, I've got some wallflowers that I'll take there at the weekend.

Then I layered the tallest sweet pea cordons, did lots of watering and gave away a ripe cabbage (Golden Acre) to a grateful plot neighbour.

[kris1960]

Its done- why have I been avoiding it, it was very satisfying and pleasant! Did it with string, took off a lot of bottom leaves and armpitted. Only had 30 after all. Gave a good drink with homemade comfrey. All have flowers and some have small fruit.
Rewarded myself with half an hour by pond- saw a froglet catch a fly from water margin and a pair of azure damsel flies dancing around each other. The male has been there all morning, was thrilled to see female but no sign of mating before I left.

[kris1960]

Still haven't started staking greenhouse tomatos- it is at the bottom of the allotment and I have to walk past loads of other jobs that need doing before I get to it.
Yesterday I couldn't stand looking at the mixed veg and flower border that runs the full length of allotment- It had become very overgrown and weedy! By the time I had made a dent in that the greenhouse was too hot!
Loads of watering, more pond maintenance.
Emergency clear of thistles in asparagus bed, not sure why I haven't noticed before. I really hope roots are not damaged- not sure how delicate asparagus is.
I will go and do the tomatos NOW! Straight to it without looking right or left! I think there are over 50 to do- it would have been much easier 2 weeks ago.

[skeggijon]

Yesterday I finished protecting the sweet corn. The marauding flying rats won't get it this year!

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Wish my outdoor sweetcorn looked as good as yours

put spade in ground, swatted, took spade out of ground, swatted, ran round the patch like a complete idiot and then repeated process until it became to much. So I hoed the fastest I have ever done in my entire life and typically still got bitten by horseflies. Grrr!

[Martin H]

Yesterday I finished protecting the sweet corn. The marauding flying rats won't get it this year!

[1Bee]

Grubbed up some more perennial weed roots. Am discovering that I actually really enjoy this task...

Harvested courgettes, stakes sorry-looking sunflowers, hoed and tidied ahead of four days away.

All looking good.

[Jay-ell]

Measured my kiwi - it's grown 4" since I planted it on Sunday. At this rate I'll be nipping out the tip on July 29th for it to start developing its horizontal cordons.


Planted some pennyroyal, creeping thyme and chamomile into the path - will jump up and down on it in a couple of weeks.


Jumped up and down on the other aromatic path. This seems to encourage the thyme, pennyroyal and chamomile to spread horizontally and form a mat. Strangely the thyme is out growing and smothering the mint.