Topic: What did you do in the garden today?

[saddad]

No I eat lots of homegrown carrots!!  ::)

[cambourne7]

went up to check on things was a bit hot so did not stay long.

Steetcorn has germinated well and all my pumpkins and courgettes are officialy dead darn frost!!

Came home and instead cleaned out garage and did some work in the back garden nipping back into the house for tea and 5 min with feet up by air con unit :) when i had worked up enough of a sweat.

Weather next week does not look the best but i need to get the back garden into some type of state as we have a bbq out there next weekend.

If i can get an hour on the plot tomorrow i want to dig over my 3 been beds and mulch my potatoes as a matter of urgency as well as netting my sweetcorn plants to stop the crows pecking them to death.

Cam

[Emagggie]

No I eat lots of homegrown carrots!!  ::)

;D ;D ;D ;D

[cambourne7]

darn the rain is back!!

[Mr Smith]

My lotty is like a bog, not a happy bunny ;)

[grawrc]

rain here too but quite welcome as the ground was very dry. Stopped play for me though.

[Crystalmoon]

still havent been able to do anything at my plot as still raining & the ground is like a bog  :'(
Its been over a week & im in withdrawal  :o

[Hilary]

Wandered down to the plot this am, by the time i got there rain had set in.  Not much one can do, so, picked some rhubarb, called at the supermarket on way home bought a bottle of vodka and some granulated sugar, and two kilner jars.  Got home and set about preparing some Rhubarb Shnapps!!!

Hilary

[Georgie]

I organised my ‘edibles’ pots.  From back to front I have:

Two half barrels of French climbing Beans (Basil to be added)
One half barrel with three Cucumbers and Calendula
Two pots of Garlic Chives and one of Chives
Three pots of Tomato Tiny Tim
Five pots of Parsley
Two pots of Chilli Sicily
Three pots of Physallis Pineapple
Six pots of Strawberries

Here are a couple of pics.   :)  G x

[betula]

Sounds good to me Hilary ;D

Went to plot ,still very damp but was able to strim and trim.Potted on some Toms.Hey,two flowers on my cucumbers,very exciting.Aubergine thriving,miracle .I normally kill them :)

Planted another clematis,I do love them,lots of buds on my roses.

Potatoes ,onions and garlic looking good,not so the beans.

Tiny abandoned wasps nest in my shed ,just a bit bigger than a golf ball.The last one I had was the size of a football.

Everything so green and fresh after all the rain.

Happy day.

[cambourne7]

as the weather was a bit iffy decided not to go to the allotment so ended up stimming back garden and weeding the boarders in my garden and adding more soil. Planted the begonia bulbs that i got from tompson and morgan and watered all the plants in my mini greenhouse got a whole shelf now that need to be hardened off inc 5 diffreent onions i grew from seed, b.sprouts beans, peas and sunflowers (those that have survived the slug attack  >:(

Weather tomorrow looks ok for a day at the lotty and tuesday looks like a wash out so going to try and get up there tomorrow instead.

[Emagggie]

Dug out Acanthus Mollis yet again! What a thug. I imagine my whole garden taken over by it if I don't watch out ::)
Planted pots and baskets with geraniums mostly, and planted out the rest of the bedding plants.
Front garden tomorrow, weather permitting.

[saddad]

You didn't make it then Betula!!! I was too busy on the plant stall to notice..
 ;D

[betula]

No we had some visitors this morning and we would have started off to late.Shame I was looking forward to meeting you all and looking at your plant stall.Glad you had a great day.

[Deb P]

I've just posted some pics taken yesterday of my plot and the new shed in my gallery (under the 2008 sub heading Open Day), and the Derby Open Day thread if anyone would like to see them? ;D

[cornykev]

Harvested broad beans, winter onions and radishes yesterday, I also did some weeding again, Jesus the weeds are coming up with a vengeance especially the bloody marestail.  :'(       ;D ;D ;D

[daileg]

re dug my one front garden flower bed took out all my daff bulbs and transplanted them to another bed in a clump for next year moved all my exotic plants to enjoy the sun more as they were partly shaded

[good7saint]

Can't start on the plot until I have got some tools that I have left at my mums.
So going to just clear the shed out later.
Then make a start on the plot its self on Thursday

[Brogusblue]

Hello

This what me,mr fuchsia nut & big sis have been up to in my garden over the last few days, We have nearly filled a green bin with bindweed  >:( >:( >:(... Good home wanted if anyone wants it  :o ::), I have enlarged one of my rose beds to cope with my impulse purchases at the garden centre  ::) ::), My big sis was getting attacked by ants i think secretly she enjoyed it!!! while mr fuchsia nut sat and enjoyed his cuppa i was being lazy i was off colour but did help in the end, Only another 5 roses to plant and a shopping list ready for gardeners world live only another 16 roses???.... :D :D i will have no space leave i was thinking of losing the lawn but my dogs protested so that idea was scrubbed ... well for now at least.

Here's the photo's for our work.














Cheers
Brogusblue

[cambourne7]

replace the words singing in the rain with digging in the rain and you get the idea.

Raining on and off so i did not bother stopping and did about 2 hours of weeding and digging over my 3 pea and bean beds which are just about ready now for planting they all need about 2 barrow loads of compost in so i am going to put down some newspaper on he top before i add the soil and plant them up as this will help hold moisture for the peas and beans.

Pulled some parsnips and carrots but left them behind DOH!!

Added more soil to the spuds in buckets but the rest dont look like they need mounding up yet.

a bit 2 tired now to cook so i think fish and chips are on the menu