What I did today - 2015

[Snadger]

Had a bit of a 'weedfest' at allotment today.Foxgloves that the bees were working in one side of my greenhouse have very nearly finished flowering so it was time to take them out. Problem was that there were ginormous nettles growing through them.
Decided to put a pair of tracky bottoms over my shorts and change my sandals for shoes. Nettles still managed to get me on my belly and my face as I grubbed them out. Decided to erect a folding table over the bed and now have a table at each side of greenhouse with a very slender gap in between. Had a bit of a shift around to give my peppers more room and planted up the remains of my red lettuce into a planting trough.
More of the same on the edges of the plot with nettles and goosegrass vie-ing to attack me. Weeded around the cane wigwam I had set up for my climbing beans. Beans are going to be lost on ther multiple caned wigwam as only 12 beans have germinated.
As one of my pumpkins seems to be pollinate I've bee nipping off laterals which are taking over the polytunnel.
Scranned a few strawberries, goosegogs and raspberries and harvested a couple of courgettes which along with my chooks eggs will make a nice frittata for my supper!

[CaroleL]

Rearranged the greenhouse so all the peppers and chillis will get enough light. It's looking good in there now.
Had a general weed and tidy in the rest of the garden and watered everything.

I think I may be harvesting my first courgette tomorrow

[roitelet]

Chopped off all the fruiting canes on the raspberries as with this heat all the berries were drying up. What a waste!!!!

[kris1960]

Staked and tied tomatos and cucumbers in polytunnel, weeded the three 3 sisters beds, removed last of bolting lettuces and planted some more and also a row of seeds for follow on.
Very tired because I stayed up until 4.00am to watch thunder storm, it was excellent but could have done with it arriving on schedule. Its the first proper one that we have had this year. All sound and fury though, bed I dug was very dry after the first cm.It did seem to cheer up the plants, I think that the fungi in the soil can use lightning to fix nitrogen.

[Jay-ell]

As it's been another nice warm day I popped down to water indoors after work.
Only water mind you, nothing else.

But the bed next to the see through shack had the over wintered onions which had all bolted earlier and weren't going to get any fatter - so up they came.

Then as I was passing it I weeded the bean bed...

Oh and I did have to plant out a couple of summer squash. ..

And then there was a tray of chamomile that was going root bound..

I also decided to jump up and down on a couple of plants to see if they grow any better - ypu never know until you try it.

[Snadger]

Planted out about 40 leeks and filled the bed with a dozen Brussels sprout plants which were duly netted.
Put up an old parasol which was being thrown out from work and attached it to my garden bench to stop it becoming a kite!

[Greenleaves]

Just being totally bamboozled by technology!

[Jungle Jane]

Went out aphid squashing again yesterday,whilst turning my runner bean leaves,I noticed a seven spotted ladybird with a few aphid lined up ready to be eaten,I hope he's hungry,I didn't touch the leaf he was managing,I dealt with the million aphids on the other leaves. Getting rid of the ants has helped bring back the ladybirds!!

[bario1]

Planted out my leeks (only about 20 came up).
Potted on 3 chillies and a micro tom
Watered anything in a pot.

Is that all? How come that took an hour and a half??

[Jay-ell]

After working two days solid went down in the rain to water indoors. Looks like everything has survived the heat and hail. Pleasantly surprised at how much things have come on in two days.

[Jonny.D]

Watered all day again, pulled up lettuce and rocket, planted more lettuce and rocket

[Scoot]

Tied up my tomato plants agsin. They're getting big now.

[Greenleaves]

Paid a visit to some friends in Sudbury (Suffolk), lovely part of the country

[Jay-ell]

Little do you know that because you've got your own tap............you get your own bill to go with it!

I had to like this first purely so that o could click on unlike

[Snadger]

That's right- rub it in- a hose and a thunderstorm!

Three local houses and a school got their roofs set on fire with lightening! Luckily no one was hurt.
It would have been as bad as Black Thursday if it hadn't been that it was a Wednesday!