What I did today - 2015

[susieq100]

Cleared away some more of the outside tomato plants - only 2 left but there is still some fruit! We must have had a very mild autumn thus far.

oth lots of plants are a bit small and femmer

Snadger - is this a Geordie expression? Not heard it before. What does it mean? Weak, spindly? Or is it 'pretty' because it's a bit like feminine? Just wondered. I like words.

[bario1]

Got to the allotment this morning just before dawn! The big clear up continued...
Also, staked a couple of kale plants that had blown over, and gave all the brassicas and leeks a dose of comfrey tea - hopefully they'll put on a growth spurt before winter sets in. Now i'm paranoid that I stink at work... i swear i can still smell it!

[bario1]

Started the big Autumn clean up operation this morning. Pulled and chopped up some of the sunflowers and last year's PSB, along with some nettles and raspberry canes and a tomato plant, and piled it all up for composting - not sure where i'm going to compost it all, as my bins are rammed as it is. Sitting at my desk now with wrists pulsating with nettle stings!
Also staked a PSB plant that had been blown over.

[Bigmallly]

Did a little bit of DIY before emptying the Sweetcorn bed & feeding to the chooks cos it was pants...........The chooks loved it though.............

[Snadger]

Potted up two dozen Wheelers Imperial pointy spring cabbage and another dozen (giving me two dozen) Spring hero ball headed Spring Cabbage. Both lots of plants are a bit small and femmer so i thought i would bring them on a bit in modules in the greenhouse.
I was going to sow my The Sutton broad beans in modules also but ran out of compost.

[Jungle Jane]

Forcing hyacinth bulbs for the first time,two pots,one pink & one white,they're in the summerhouse in a black bag for 10 weeks now,hopefully they'll grow & I can bring them indoors. Potted an autumn bliss raspberry cane,i was going to plant it in the ground,but then I read how it can spread like a weed,so it should be ok in a pot.

[Gillykat]

Third bed completely dug over today more tomatoes picked (and quite a few didn't make it home as they were popped straight into me gob fresh from the plant - delicious! ) and last few strawberry runners potted up.

Feeling good about the plot at the moment as I just do small bits at a time instead of trying to kill myself by digging over 'man-size' bits of bed! I'm also starting to see where we need to work on putting permanent paths and mentally working out what crops will go where next spring

[Snadger]

Took the remaining stored Japanese onions (both white and red) off there strings and took them home for usage as they won't store the winter.
Used the same wires to string the summer harvest which has been sitting on the greenhouse bench awaiting attention. Pickled the remaining string of white shallots but still have the pink shallot string hanging.
Its still very mild for October and the toms are ripening well.

[Aberdeenplotter]

My spuds are all up, pea and bean beds cleared and long canes stored out of the weather. A few things to take home whilst I'm able to lift and then plot mothballed till end of January. I'm gonna be so up the wall with frustration.

[Gillykat]

I'm on holiday this week so weeding and digging the plot whilst the weather is dry.

Yesterday I dug over half a bed and also dug up a small patch of Ground Elder and went through the surrounding soil with a tooth comb to remove as much root as possible!

Today finished off the first bed and dug over a complete second one.

Forecast is good tomorrow so back on the plot to dig & weed the final bed in the mid area.

Wednesday forecast is a bit wet & windy so probably work in greenhouse potting up more strawberry runners and finish off putting bulbs into pots.

[Martin H]

Cleared my lettuce bed and used the space to plant out overwintering onions "Senshyu" seedlings from modules and 20 garlic cloves saved from this year's crop, "Vallelado" and "Thermidrome".

Cut the greenery off my carrot bed and earthed up the roots. Hopefully this will keep them in good condition to dig up over the winter.

[skeggijon]

Transplanted lots of Elsanta Strawberry runners. Planted some of them in growbags on staging in the greenhouse in the hope of getting an even better April cropping than I did this year and potted the rest up to put in the garden of the new house when we move.
Did a bit of tidying up on the plot, though you wouldn't be able to tell.

[Jungle Jane]

Did a bit of weeding & tidying in my raised bed,still have nasturtium,geranium,marigold & thin leeks in there,but space for 30 onion sets 'electric' & 4 cloves of elephant garlic. Protected with a small piece of netting to stop birds & cats. I've put a 5 onions into individual pots,just incase the others rot or something,like onion insurance.

[Lisasbolt]

With having some rain last nice the weeds are coming up nicely so i am weeding weeding weeding.

Cleaning and spent a silly amount on yankee candles online, well it was a sale.

[bramble]

Planted up some lettuce seedlings into pots in the greenhouse.
Took some more cuttings from my fuschia plants as i am still having problems with rust.
Trimmed back and repotted some of my chillis that I hope to overwinter in the conservatory.
Took a few more tomato armpits, put some in water and some in pots.
All this in between collecting grand daughter from school, going to the library and of course raking up the unending cascade of leaves.