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landimad

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2780 on: August 12, 2009, 23:44:47 »
Sad, I didn't do a thing. I was tied to a paint brush all day as the doors needed doing and I am the only one who can use one properly. :(

Got them back now to put some tread on them

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2781 on: August 13, 2009, 11:25:42 »
Rotovated my mustard seed in about 60 m2, then I picked two marrows several large beetroot half a bag of runner beans very disappointing this year, spring onions two broccoli and three peaches from my mates polytunnel, :)
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2782 on: August 13, 2009, 13:07:00 »
Watered the greenhouses... picked the minipop then had to take son to opticians for a check up. Off to dig up more spuds now...  :)

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2783 on: August 13, 2009, 21:57:23 »
Picked more raspberries and turned them into raspberry ripple ice cream and couli.

Watered the toms, cucs and melons in the polytunnel and swapped a cucumber for some baby plum toms, which we ate with dinner.

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2784 on: August 13, 2009, 22:21:56 »
Got the three lines of spuds up, picked some raspberries...  :)

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2785 on: August 15, 2009, 18:02:04 »
Dibbed in the last of the leeks
Sowed some carrots
Harvested some carrots
Barrowed on some council compost
Watered Celeriac, Pumpkins, Squash and cucumber.
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2786 on: August 15, 2009, 18:51:33 »
Oh no, not another mountain of Council compost, we are so lucky living in Enfield.  I dread it when it comes, cause I have to have some even if I nackered.  Wheelbarrows races are good.

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2787 on: August 15, 2009, 18:59:17 »
Picked more rasps, radish and spinach beet... gave away some Kohl Rabi and cherry toms to a newbie...  :)

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2788 on: August 15, 2009, 19:12:03 »

  Chopped up my last remaining tomato bush  [  Piccolo ] and it had up to 20 toms

  per truss !!     sad but true.     ::)

  Cut some chinese assorted salad, saved the carrots till tomorrow  [  long for Shepherds pie !?!  ]

  ---   need comfort food !    and will use my own garlic, lovely       ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2789 on: August 15, 2009, 19:27:16 »
Dug up the last of our earlies and re-netted the sprouts as they'd grown too tall. General hoeing and weeding. Tad concerned about our pumpkins as they look very sorry for themselves and wondering whether the butternuts will ever fruit. Picked yet more raspberries


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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2790 on: August 15, 2009, 19:30:32 »
transplanted herb cuttings, took some more, including some 'stevia' cuttings..planted up more mixed leaves, sowed some endive and chicory, must've done more 'cos I'm knackered  ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2791 on: August 15, 2009, 20:52:40 »
Borlotti, does yours chuck up, I'm surprised the neighbours don't complain about the smell, I can smell it halfway across the park.   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2792 on: August 15, 2009, 22:08:50 »
Potted up strawberry runners, tomorrow I will take more lavender and rosemary cuttings from home for planned hedges on new plot. Also took seeds from rose campion. I love taking seeds ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2793 on: August 15, 2009, 22:58:04 »
Nothing, doing the bloody ironing all day  >:(  Thats what comes of leaving till there is nothing left to wear  ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2794 on: August 15, 2009, 23:06:41 »
Nothing, doing the bloody ironing all day  >:(  Thats what comes of leaving till there is nothing left to wear  ;D

Lushy x
Understand the ironing thing my basket is growing like bindweed shame tumbleweed won't work on it .On the lottie we picked,picked,picked and weeded.beans just go on forever :o
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2795 on: August 15, 2009, 23:54:34 »
I brought some parsley seedlings into the house too pot on and left them in the kitchen while I had a coffee... When I returned 20 minutes later the plants had been stripped bare. After much grilling of the parsley loving members of the household I found a fat 'n' juicy Cabbage White caterpillar reclining on a stalk.

Apparently the CW caterpillar is also rather fond of my chilli plants. :( (Or they were, they've now been relocated to the garden bird feeder. ;) )

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2796 on: August 16, 2009, 00:03:37 »
Dug up 30 blighted tom plants ready for the burn tomorrow ::)

oh and lots of talking to other plotholders ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2797 on: August 16, 2009, 18:39:09 »
Had our annual show. Setting everything up yesterday with a bad attack of migraine was a nightmare, but everything went OK in the end. this year we had 15 people enter, two up on last year, and we held it in a pleasanter spot on the new orchard. I'll now have to try to make it better again next year!

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2798 on: August 16, 2009, 19:51:58 »
Not a great deal... we went out to an NGS garden in Burton, and for a walk along the canal (Trent and Mersey)
Have picked a load of CFB (Kentucky Wonder), some peas for seed, a bit of watering and spag Marrows something to climb... now they have got going after about two months...  :)

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #2799 on: August 16, 2009, 20:29:21 »
mowed around my plot and picked beans,beans and some beans not forgeting a cabbage, swede,peas, carrots and kale

 

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