What I did today - 2016

[Bigmallly]

Tomorrow Susie, Tomorrow..................

[Snadger]

Progressed with chicken coop on plot 24. Made a ladder up to pop hole for them. Used a lump of wood similar in size to a scaffold batton, but thicker. Nailed on pieces of wood 10 inches long that I scrounged from Jay'els plot. I didn't have enough so had the idea of alternating them with lumps of branch from when I cut back an elder .

It looks rtather cool and rustic and I'm sure the chooks will find it more natural for there tootsies!

Once i finish the ladder I'll post a piccie on my plot 24 thread!

[Scoot]

Emptied the compost out of one of my compost bins into some compost bags I had kept. Got 150ltrs worth which I am quite happy with. I'll be able to use that next year on something, just not sure what yet. Dunno whether to keep it for my tomatoes or spread it on the garden with my horse muck.

[bario1]

Knee deep in a muddy trench again this morning, I'm hoping to lay my first section of clay pipe tomorrow.
Sowed some giant winter spinach.

[Bigmallly]

^^^^^photos BM, photos...!!!^^^^^

Not the prettiest waterfall you're ever likely to see but it serves its purpose:

Before the filter was in place & the liner was put on .............

Filter in place, liner fitted. Up & running.....................................

[Cadalot]

I've been away for a few days and on my return the tomatoes are turning red nicely, so I have harvest some for us and some for my eldest daughter Emma who now has her own place and I've saved seed from some of the ones that are ripe but have split or been got at.

So fermenting in eggcups are

Red Zebra
Outdoor Girl
Stupike Poini Rana
Tumbling Tom Red

These have not been in isolation so there is a possibility of cross pollination

[Bex2012]

Made half a dozen jars of tomato chutney, and half a dozen jars of tomato sauce. Now just need to find somewhere to store them all... I really need a big kitchen with a proper larder/pantry!
Picked some green beans that I need to freeze otherwise they will just go to waste. Also picked a whole large Douwe Egberts coffee jar of raspberries, and theres still more on the canes ready to ripen. Think this lot will become raspberry and amaretto jam.
Tomorrow will be all about poo... Luckily we have lots of stables in the area, and after a quick ask on FB, Ive had four offers of free manure, which I shall go collect tomorrow.

[Jay-ell]

Popped into a couple of garden centres and managed to get away without buying
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much

• Vietnamese Coriander
• Wild Rocket
• Corsican Mint
• Curly Spearmint
• Icterina Sage
• Curry Plant
• Lemon Balm
• French Tarragon
• Golden Marjoram
• Lemon Verbena

[SusieG]

Popped into a couple of garden centres and managed to get away without buying
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much

• Vietnamese Coriander
• Wild Rocket
• Corsican Mint
• Curly Spearmint
• Icterina Sage
• Curry Plant
• Lemon Balm
• French Tarragon
• Golden Marjoram
• Lemon Verbena

----------- impressed with your reticent behaviour Jay-ell ......!!!!!!

[Cadalot]

The nights are drawing in and I just managed to sow 72 Senshyu Yellow Japanese Onions to overwinter before it got dark. Sown a little later than usual but with the weather as it is I think they will be OK and hopefully they will get transferred into vending machine cups and beef up a little for the Winter months.

If the weather allows over the weekend I will sow a few more tray loads then as it turned dark I started to print out labels with my P-Touch for all the new tomatoes I got in the Seed Parcel ready for next year.

[Jay-ell]

Last night I worked on the redesign of the new territories

Today I planned on doing some sowing but when I got there the manure man had been so I weeded my beds, emptied a compost bin, mulched my beds, barrowed horse muck, filled a compost bin, built a new compost bin, barrowed more horse much and filled that one. Also barrowed some horse muck to top up a compost bin full of manure which had settled.

Running out of space to put compost bins, never mind compost.

Never got anything sowed.

[Bigmallly]

Made a Vortex pond filter out of a dustbin, some 20mm pipe for the inlet, some 32mm fittings for the outlet & a cut down washing basket to cover the Vortex before the medium goes in...................

[Jay-ell]

Made a Vortex pond filter out of a dustbin, some 20mm pipe for the inlet, some 32mm fittings for the outlet & a cut down washing basket to cover the Vortex before the medium goes in...................

And for tomorrow the flux capacitor or the dilithium crystal chamber?

[happyhumph]

Fed cucs, pulled down v dry pea & mangetout plants, trimmed leaves away from squashes to let them see the big yellow thing in the sky.

Started weeding by hand & was v pleased to discover a row of baby corn salad I thought hadn't germinated! Will be happier now with some room. Also discovered another (small) huauzone plant - not painting my weeding regime in the best light here am I ?

Weeded another bed which is going to have the experimental winter radish thinnings put in.

Pulled dfb out of hanging baskets which will have a last ditch attempt at summer radish in & be hung in gh.

Decided I'm going to pull out a few rows of Swiss chard (have more than I can eat already in another bed) & sow some more raapini - found a netted hoop thing in shed to help protect from beasties.

Chopped a few brambles.

Hungry now!

[Gillykat]

Just a couple of hours dead-heading flowers, bit of watering and pulling up yet more weeds.....gawd I HATE sow thistle with a passion!!!!