What I intend to do today/tomorrow!

[veggiechicken]

Back into a routine again!!
Tomorrow is Chooksday and its Shoots week. I'm going to sow some sweetcorn - not sure whether they're "shoots" but I'm doing it anyway!
Its also the 1st May and I'm starting the 30 Day plan again - so its weed and tidy Bed 1A.
Feels good, being back at the beginning again.

[Small pumpkin]

Chillies into tunnel for the day. Done
Everything out of other tunnel for hardening off. Done
Level slabs. Most
Finish getting sales barrow ready. Nearly there
Mow front lawn again on lower cut. Done
Strimming anywhere that needs it. Done
Weed and tidy bed 5. Done
Possibly muck spreading if time. Not done ran out of time.

Today
Everything out of tunnel hardening off
Undecided about chillies going out ( it's not sunny and supposedly getting worse as the day goes on)
Thin out carrots
Make it up after that.

[Baldy]

Strimming a few bags full of nettle tops for weed brew bin - which smells like ummm, kannabis at the moment (apparently ). Plant out dwarf beans. Sow some other random stuff that I'm sure to come across in the plot shed.

[jonahjonah]

Tuesday

Check my slug traps - No slugs
Start the beans hardening off outside - Almost everything went out today including the beans. They seem unfazed.
Slop drowned weeds into the compost (my weed drowning bin smells pleasing awful now) - Some. Very stinky and splashy. Bad combo.
Dig out some roots and drown - Some. Couch grass roots that were about 30 cm long.
Dare I say 'Trellis'? - Actually dragged the drill to the allotment and made it a bit more stable. Stood it up and pegged it to the ground. It's not much to look at but I am happy. Fingers crossed the wind doesn't whip it over if I actually get some beans to climb it.

I also did some potting on.

Wednesday/Thursday

Hardening off
Digging weeds
Poking dirt clods
Trying to liberate some compost

[Penellype]

Tuesday jobs
Sow melons, carrots, tomatoes to replace a few seeds that haven't germinated - done
Bring strawberries out of garage and shed - done
Plant peas - done Note to self - don't plant peas in rootrainers - the compost falls apart when you try to take them out, and the roots get stuck in the bottom bit. Got in a terrible tangle with these!
Dig more horsetail - done
Harvest salads, spinach - done

Also chopped some leylandii and potted up some of last year's strawberry runners into bigger pots.

Wednesday jobs (rain forecast)
Collect water at allotment
Collect slugs and snails for chickens
Sort out upstairs tomato plants (again)
Sow cosmos (if I can find anywhere to put them!)
Protect strawberries and potatoes (cold night forecast)
Harvest salads, kale, rhubarb and investigate mooli

[veggiechicken]

Back into a routine again!!
Tomorrow is Chooksday DONE
and its Shoots week. I'm going to sow some sweetcorn - not sure whether they're "shoots" but I'm doing it anyway! Doing it NOW
Its also the 1st May and I'm starting the 30 Day plan again - so its weed and tidy Bed 1A. DONE
Feels good, being back at the beginning again.

Tomorrow, is Weednesday - when I do more Weeding than usual.
Also need to tidy Bed 2B which is full of flowering fruit bushes - and who knows what else?

[jonahjonah]

Wednesday

Hardening off - Yes. Seedlings had their first introduction to rain...
Digging weeds - Yes, with help.
Poking dirt clods - Just a bit.
Trying to liberate some compost - Not today. I think I have to be prepared for the whole thing to tumble down if I poke it too much.

Thursday/Friday

Plant out some seedlings
More weeding
Shuffle some of the messy looking things around the plot

[veggiechicken]

Tomorrow, is Weednesday - when I do more Weeding than usual.
DONE - paths
Also need to tidy Bed 2B which is full of flowering fruit bushes - and who knows what else?DONE

Tomorrow is Thursday - thinning and transplanting Day. Maybe I'll plant some toms in the GH.
Tidy Bed 3C.
Sow the sweetcorn that is soaking at the moment.
Start some beetroot in modules.

[Penellype]

Wednesday jobs
Collect water at allotment - done
Collect slugs and snails for chickens - done
Sort out upstairs tomato plants (again) - done
Sow cosmos (if I can find anywhere to put them!) - no, waiting for space
Protect strawberries and potatoes (cold night forecast) - done
Harvest salads, kale, rhubarb and investigate mooli - done except mooli (still a bit small)

Also managed to remove some horsetail from the raised beds.

Thursday jobs
(meetings for much of the day)
Uncover potatoes and strawberries, open cloches
Harvest salads, spinach

[Penellype]

Thursday jobs
Uncover potatoes and strawberries, open cloches - done
Harvest salads, spinach - done

Friday jobs
General weed, tidy and deadhead at home
Sow cosmos, beetroot, basil, cucumbers
Take peas to allotment
Collect slugs and snails
Dig more horsetail out of tunnel
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli
Watering

[jonahjonah]

Friday

Plant out some seedlings - Planted four beans that I started too early and were too big to stay indoors. I expect they won't like it much. Planted out some cabbage and calabrese seedlings. I have more waiting in the wings after I see how it goes. Slug beer traps nearby.
More weeding - Yes, a bit. I'm reaching the stage where I'm starting to worry about how much of the plot is yet to tame. Mixed with pride at my little planted up bit though.
Shuffle some of the messy looking things around the plot - Rather the opposite. I added more to them. Alas.

Weekend

Check out new seedlings. Plant more brassicas if they seem ok.
Continue hardening off other seedlings.
Sow flower seeds in the back of the plot.
Weeding!

It's nice to have somewhere to keep track of goals (even though I'm quite delinquent) and vent my gardening thoughts.

[Penellype]

Friday jobs
General weed, tidy and deadhead at home - done
Sow cosmos, beetroot, basil, cucumbers - done
Take peas to allotment - done
Collect slugs and snails - done
Dig more horsetail out of tunnel - done quite a bit
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli - done salads
Watering - done

Also went to the garden centre for more compost and to stock up on tomato and blueberry feed.

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding and general tidying
Feed slugs to chickens
Move 2 buckets of Arran Pilot potatoes outside (currently in greenhouse)
Take couple of tomato plants and cucumber to greenhouse to make room under lights
Plant beetroot in hotbed
Watering

At home
Sieve compost for carrots and sow carrots
Plant out replacement cornflowers for the ones the slugs have eaten and mulch with strulch
Feed tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries and other permanently potted plants
Harvest broccoli, beans (indoors) carrots (indoors)
Watering

At allotment
Attempt to finish digging tunnel (ambitious)
Cut grass
Feed gooseberry and blackcurrant bushes
Make copper rings and plant out cabbages
Weed strawberry bed
Attempt to protect newly germinated leeks from cat and slugs.
Harvest salads, spinach, rhubarb.
Watering

[Snadger]

Going to wade into my new jungle plot with a strimmer tomorrow.

[Chestnut]

Pick up a couple of pallets and replacement glass for GH
Weeding
Plant out last of broad beans
Make a start on my brassica seedling protector

[Penellype]

Weekend jobs

At my friend's
Weeding and general tidying - done some
Feed slugs to chickens - done
Move 2 buckets of Arran Pilot potatoes outside (currently in greenhouse) - done
Take couple of tomato plants and cucumber to greenhouse to make room under lights - done
Plant beetroot in hotbed - no, decided it was too hot and best to wait for cooler weather.
Watering - done

At home
Sieve compost for carrots and sow carrots - done
Plant out replacement cornflowers for the ones the slugs have eaten and mulch with strulch - done
Feed tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries and other permanently potted plants - done
Harvest broccoli, beans (indoors) carrots (indoors) - no, too hot for cooking, so ate salads instead
Watering - done

At allotment
Attempt to finish digging tunnel (ambitious) - no, did some
Cut grass - done
Feed gooseberry and blackcurrant bushes - done
Make copper rings and plant out cabbages - made the rings but waiting for cooler weather for planting
Weed strawberry bed - no
Attempt to protect newly germinated leeks from cat and slugs - done as well as I could using sticks
Harvest salads, spinach, rhubarb - done except rhubarb
Watering - done

Also sowed spring onions and potted up some kohlrabi seedlings. Moved the Lady C potatoes out of the growhouse onto their self watering tray as they were getting too hot.

Monday jobs
Another very hot day and I am going to have to be careful not to be too ambitious.
Sort out plants under upstairs lights - move tomatoes to windowsill to make room for germinating melons and courgettes.
Mow lawns at home
Trim acer back from path
Continue removing horsetail
Harvest salads, spinach, broccoli, beans (indoors)
Watering