Author Topic: What did you do in the garden today? (Read 872998 times)

northener · « **Reply #2520 on:** June 09, 2009, 23:55:32 »

What a view Davy what coast is that?

littlebabybird · « **Reply #2521 on:** June 10, 2009, 12:24:10 »

weeded, weeded and um weeded
oh picked 4 pea pods, 3 aubergines, 1 courgette, a handfull of chillis
lbb

davyw1 · « **Reply #2522 on:** June 10, 2009, 12:36:32 »

Quote from: northener on June 09, 2009, 23:55:32

What a view Davy what coast is that?

North East between Hartlepool and Seaham and that,s the worst view. On warm days there can be as many as 10 paragliders flying around. Next time i go round the i will take some more and put tham on.

Borlotti · « **Reply #2523 on:** June 10, 2009, 12:38:35 »

Your courgettes are early, mine not ready yet. Picked 3 strawberries, and scattered slug pellet around. No need to water and it was raining here in not sunny Enfield. Peas that are netted are doing OK but flat pods at present. Hopefully when the rain stops and the sun comes everything will go mad. Redcurrants nearly ready and had one or two raspberries.

littlebabybird · « **Reply #2524 on:** June 10, 2009, 12:57:57 »

Quote from: Borlotti on June 10, 2009, 12:38:35

Your courgettes are early, mine not ready yet. Picked 3 strawberries, and scattered slug pellet around. No need to water and it was raining here in not sunny Enfield. Peas that are netted are doing OK but flat pods at present. Hopefully when the rain stops and the sun comes everything will go mad. Redcurrants nearly ready and had one or two raspberries.

it was only about 3 inches long (the courgette) but i couldnt resist, my peas are a disaster and i netted my currants but ith hindsight i think they need insects :-[
lbb

shirlton · « **Reply #2525 on:** June 10, 2009, 14:33:23 »

It's ok to net after the fruit has formed. You need the insects when the flowers are on. They have done their job by now.

Fork · « **Reply #2526 on:** June 10, 2009, 14:35:48 »

Feeling a bit under the weather today so only been to the plot and opened my greenhouses....will go later to water and close them up again.

shirlton · « **Reply #2527 on:** June 10, 2009, 16:42:21 »

wots up then Fork.Can we cheer you up mate?

manicscousers · « **Reply #2528 on:** June 10, 2009, 19:22:23 »

probably rusted up after sunday, I know we did ;D
planted up me peas and beans, Ray planted cabbage and celery, we fed everything with chicken manure water, stunk the polytunnel out ;D
Ray dug up half a bed of red duke of york, picked strawberries, lettuce, radish, spring onions, nearly a salad ;D
pruned the vine, peach tree, nectarine and plum..weeded everywhere, fed them all to the chooks with a couple of slugs I found ;D

macmac · « **Reply #2529 on:** June 10, 2009, 19:57:48 »

Blimey Manic only TWO slugs we've got loads in the garden i hope the froglets (we've got loads of them also) mum has taught them how to slughunt !!
I think the slugs down the lottie breed with mice they're HUUUGE :o :o :o

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #2530 on:** June 10, 2009, 20:16:07 »

Potted up fuchsia and hydrangea cuttings that had put on sturdy roots in the jam jars of water.

Linda

manicscousers · « **Reply #2531 on:** June 10, 2009, 21:37:25 »

Quote from: macmac on June 10, 2009, 19:57:48

Blimey Manic only TWO slugs we've got loads in the garden i hope the froglets (we've got loads of them also) mum has taught them how to slughunt !!
I think the slugs down the lottie breed with mice they're HUUUGE :o :o :o

ah, but I've been feeding the chooks on them all winter as I find them, also do slug hunts now and again ;D

small · « **Reply #2532 on:** June 10, 2009, 22:22:46 »

Potted on the tomato and aubergine plants I bought on Sunday, gloated over the squash, and wondered where on earth I can find room for the walking onion.....strung strings round the greenhouse for the cukes to wander round, and weeded, weeded, weeded......

cornykev · « **Reply #2533 on:** June 11, 2009, 21:02:36 »

Weeded brassicas for the last two days and transplanted sprouts into final postion. ;D ;D ;D

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #2534 on:** June 11, 2009, 22:43:31 »

Sprouts (Trafalgar and Evesham Special), kohl rabi (Lanro F1), celeriac (Monarch) and Brocolli (Romanesco) all planted today.

Harvested some Italian Sprouting Calabrese and a Greyhound cabbage for supper.

Linda

littlebabybird · « **Reply #2535 on:** June 11, 2009, 23:06:50 »

weeded the raspberry twigs :-\ (t&m free ish ones)
harvested 6 chillis, 1 courgette, 6 pea pods and 1 garlic bulb
lbb

hopalong · « **Reply #2536 on:** June 12, 2009, 00:27:36 »

Gave some unpaid consultancy advice to a friend of mine who has a lovely garden but doesn't know it - he hadn't realised how much fruit was growing at the far end or how many great shrubs were hidden by the weeds. Also pruned shrubs and tidied up garden for a lovely lady who used ot be a lead singer at Sadlers Wells Opera. Not much time for my own garden, but tidied up borders to give irises, peonies and heuchera more of a chance. Saw some newts while clearing blanket weed from the pond. Feated on freshly picked lettuce, broad beans and strawberries. A very satisfying day's work.

Mr Smith · « **Reply #2537 on:** June 12, 2009, 12:37:38 »

Picked more Beetroot, radish, cabbage and lettuce planted a few more peas had a watering session and a Blackbird had a shower under my hosepipe, :)

hopalong · « **Reply #2538 on:** June 12, 2009, 23:04:04 »

Harvested a couple of huge bowls of strawberries. Lovely!

caseylee · « **Reply #2539 on:** June 13, 2009, 18:57:17 »

I emptied both my compost bins and was so amazed how much good soil I got ( first time doing it) The soil is so black, and I gave all my plants a good feed with it and mixed it into my soil I already had. Very chuffed

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