What did you do in the garden today?

[cambourne7]

What did you do in the garden today?

Though it would be a good idea to start a thread so people could put what they are doing on there plots?

Its amazing how much you actualy do when your pottering around.

cambourne7

[manicscousers]

nothing today, been visiting
yesterday, beautiful day, took out the courgettes, cut back loads of sunflowers, picked toms, cuc, lettuce, leeks, cabbage, runners, barlotti, broccoli, beetroot
sowed some winter lettuce and chinese leaves, took cuttings from herbs
ray emptied one compost bin onto the beds and turned the other one into the empty one
we were there for 6 hours altogether
I had a sneak peek at a sweet potato, couldn't see anything but I was too scared to dig too deep, they're doing brilliantly leaf wise, will just have to wait and see   

[Lauren S]

Didn't do anything today too damp and wet here. I did kill several caterpillars I discovered on my sprouts this morning .
Yesterday I planted out my baby brassicas under cloches in my *Nursary* bed.
Hubby made me a tall greenhouse staging so I can have 50 plus seed trays (or 100 half trays) next year. It cost us nothing as the wood was destined for the skip from his work.

Just made roast chicken dinner and feel full and a bit sleepy now. 

Lauren 

[plimsoll plot2]

  i did nothing in bed sick  missed being at the plot

[cornykev]

Planted wintering onions, had a tidy up, layed some old carpet on grassy area near shed and harvested some carrots. 

[Lauren S]

Plimsoll get well soon. Stay in bed and keep warm.


Lauren 

[Si D]

Nowt.  MAde the best of the weather and spent the morning pootling around N.Warcs on my bike, looking over hedges at other people's plots/gardens, as you do.

Then watched rugby and had a beer and a curry.

But yesterday I dug another bed, and was happy because the soil in this new part of the plot seems much better than that at the other end.

And harvested some more monster raddishes - never seen them so big: if I don't pull them all soon they are going to be bigger than my marrows!  But despite the size, they still taste great.

BTW, get well soon plimsoll!

[elvis2003]

get well soon plimsoll! we were only at the lottie for 2 hours today,did more clearing and de weeding,nearly got half of it clean and covered over now,cant believe the difference in it since we got it in july,can see from one end to the other now.found some great fox prints on the tarp,had a lovely cup of tea around 5,enjoyed a late blast of sun x

[Lauren S]

Elvis are you really gardening IN the sea?... ...I had a look to see where you were as you said you had sunshine today, and saw that you are in the Iris sea?     

Lauren 

[cornykev]

Elvis will be growing seaweed then.   

[caroline7758]

Inspired by my visit to Harlow Carr, I called at the brewery in Knaresborough on the way home and picked up 8 bags of hops. Spread 5 of them thickly on the bed that had had my onions in, tipped all my manure into a big builder's bag and forked it over, picked a few beans, raspberries, sweetcorn and apples  and went home stinking of hops and manure

[newbies]

I weeded a bed, covered it in carpet.  Then I sowed green manure on another bed.  Tried to get into my compost heap, but OH has built my compost heaps, and he builds big.  I have to put a bucket near it, and climb the fence (told you he builds big).  As a direct result of this, nothing rots down, because it is all shallow and cold, not deep and hot.  Grr.  He now knows the error of his ways, he has to re build them to my spec., which is a job he would not have to do, if he had taken notice of what I actually wanted, instead of what he thought I needed.
I then came home, and spent a nice hour deciding where he is to build the next beds for me. (He is the one who says he does construction).
Next, I have to weed another bed, like Cambourne, I specialise in weeds on clay.  A fine art, if I do say so myself.

[SnooziSuzi]

Yesterday I got my 3 new chooks and installed them in their new home and pottered around on the plot.

Today I double dug 2 beds for my PSB and another broccolli (not sure what type it is now...) to the tuneless moan of a fellow (much older - has had his plot for 35 years.... "That's not the way we do it" type) gardener who challenged me that by doing it my way it wouldn't be dug in 5 years!!

Grrr!

The beds were double dug, limed, manured, planted and mulched all by 3 o clock! 

He came to make peace with me by giving me a courgette!  LOL! 

I then went on to clear out the metal shed and tidy it up and will make a start on the big shed later this week. 

I'm pleased with this!

[Hot House]

Nothing today infacted nothing  all weekend as I was in a feild with about 20 VW DUBs learning.

1 how to service them a VW Camper

2 how to stay up till 3:30 this morning drinking Sambuca, chilli vokda, skittles vokda plus some others then getting up this morning at 8:00 to finish of serving Ruby ready for the drive home.

Can't wait till April when we do it all over again

[Froglegs]

Dug in some green manure, some weeding, and put the world to rights over a coffee(and fence) with some of the chaps.

[cambourne7]

wow what a tidy plot!!

All i managed to do was to weed one bed, clear my salad bed of salads gone to seed, re-did guttering on shed as it was not moving water to water but and cut some wood to put some temp posts to hold to shed up over winter when wind gets worse

I also picked some veg its amazing whats growing, come home with another largeish corgette (small marrow) a couple of carrots, beetroot, turnip, runner beans, parsnip!!

And there is still more of the above along with pumpkins, onions, swede etc in the plot And broad beans have popped up in various places which are starting to flower.

Walking back to the car i noticed stawberrys in flower and fruiting a second time on a couple of the plots which is very weird.

With the poor weather forcast i am not sure i will get back to the plot monday so i have taken the steamer out of the garage and will get some deep cleaning done!

Cambourne7

[kitten]

On Sunday we pulled down runner beans & french beans, tidied canes away for next year, totally sorted out our (rather ramshackle) cold frame, ready for our peas & broadies next month), harvested some raspberries, large courgettes and gorgeous sweet peas, tidied our shed and sowed the aforementioned peas

Then home to listen to the footie on the radio, and down the pub for dinner with family 

[louise stella]

Hung the washing out.....

Watched it pour down with rain..........

shoved aforementioned washing in the tumble dryer!!!!!!!!!

Louise

[Lauren S]

Today I washed (again) my seed trays. I washed them once and forgot I left them outside and they got a bit mucky. Lined the greenhouse with bubblewrap, so it's all cosy and ready for spring planting time 
Chopped two caterpillars in half, they were free loading on my cabbages grrrr 
Picked some more runner beans. (They seem to be endless this year)
Made a list of what I wanted from the King's seed catalog that arrived this morning (One of each item would be nice  )
Then later this evening I'm sorting the seeds I have into boxes, so I know at a glance which month to plant what.

Lauren 

[manicscousers]

took down the runner beans and picked lots off..picked cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, barlottos, leeks, sunflower heads, calabrese..we loosened two beds with the big fork and piled compost on them, sowed phacelia on them and came home for a lay down