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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3160 on: February 10, 2010, 14:48:00 »
Nothing outside its too bloody cold.   :o     :'(   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3161 on: February 10, 2010, 15:44:47 »
Nothing outside its too bloody cold.   :o     :'(   ;D ;D ;D

Ditto  :P
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3162 on: February 10, 2010, 19:16:54 »
they make us a bit tougher in Lincoln  ;D :P :-* :-*

dug over  a bed and added compost,

planted my tulip bulbs in tubs... late I know.. tubs been frozen since before xmas


shelled dried beans

stood in my shed watching the heavy snow showers and a flock of Fieldfares

cut down raspberries / shades x
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3163 on: February 10, 2010, 19:30:54 »
Took the flagpole down from the shed and bolted it to longer supports.  Should be flying high tomorrow.
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3164 on: February 10, 2010, 19:39:18 »
moved the sweet peas back into the mini greehouse after a brief blast of fresh air yesterday.

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3165 on: February 11, 2010, 17:46:40 »
Fixed the flagpole to the shed.  Magnificent.
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3166 on: February 12, 2010, 17:12:02 »
I aquired some paving stones and a bag of sand from work, my mate gave me a lift to the lottie and I dug him up some parsnips, carrots and leeks.  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3167 on: February 12, 2010, 17:43:22 »
met another comm member to finalise details of our community garden,work starts on it next week,yahoooooooo,i am so excited! intended to tidy my shed but didnt,up again all weekend so will do it then,maybe  ::)
came home to sow sweet peas,herbs and to chit peas
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3168 on: February 12, 2010, 19:06:23 »
planted the first of the pre chitted parsnips under plastic, sowed a salad box(lettuce, rocket, spring onions and radish) in the polytunnel under fleece..covered the peach and plum trees (one has buds opening  :o )
watered the overwintering carrots , looking quite healthy but small  ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3169 on: February 13, 2010, 15:16:08 »
brought the vine in a pot into the polytunnel for the summer, took the dead leaves off the strawberries for forcing..planted up some oriental greens, covered the early carrot bed, dug up some leeks and cut a cabbage, had some tea and biccies and a laugh  ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3170 on: February 14, 2010, 09:41:59 »
No need to go to the lotty because it is still wet up there, but having just met a guy  in the Canaries last week who is growing all kinds of things at the moment out there it made me envious of the climate, so I will settle to fill a few seed trays this morning, :)

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3171 on: February 14, 2010, 11:09:05 »
Nothing yet i'm just on me way now..... ;D

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3172 on: February 14, 2010, 11:28:44 »
I'm off over there in a mo.   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3173 on: February 14, 2010, 19:44:25 »
Oooh-loads of digging and clearing grass to make the beds, moved loads of poly and found 3 frogs of varying sizes, cut back brambles at top of garden to make room for compost, had a cup of tea, taught girls how to play bishbosh-an advanced version of squash requiring one bouncy ball, one tennis racquet and the side wall of a house. Really didn't think that one through...  ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3174 on: February 14, 2010, 19:53:32 »
 :) did  a bit of digging and weeding,

planted my new fig tree,

had a chat, then rain stopped play ::)/ shades x
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3175 on: February 14, 2010, 19:55:04 »
Oooh Fig tree-lovely.  ;D
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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3176 on: February 14, 2010, 20:01:18 »
Went to the plot for first time in months and was pleasantly surprised - took up some of the black covers and delighted to find bare soil underneath.  Did some digging to get out some of the surviving couch roots and some more covering, it seems to be working.  Dug up my first ever leeks and made lovely soup.  Sooo good to get back there, and it just shows the work we did last year is paying off.

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3177 on: February 14, 2010, 20:54:22 »
Dug up the last of the leeks, last parsnip and rest of Jerusalem artichokes, then replanted some for next year. It was a nice sunny morning but still too wet for digging really. Sorted out the last of the spuds in the shed (threw lots away) and dug up the sprout stems which had been well and truly chewed, and did some general tidying up. Thought about the work ahead and when I got home sent an email to the council asking if they would be prepared to divide my plot in two so I'll have half the work and someone else can have a half plot.

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3178 on: February 14, 2010, 22:49:41 »
Potted on the big onions, some of the maincrops and some walking onions. In the space that cleared in the propagators I've got more maincrop onions (Sturon and Long Red Florence), more walking onions, leeks (Musselburgh) , spring onions (Ishikura) chillis (Tabasco, Anahiem, Iranian Round, Wenks yellow) and cabbage (Hispi)

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Re: What did you do in the garden today?
« Reply #3179 on: February 15, 2010, 02:56:10 »
It is still buried with more snow coming tomorrow and Tuesday so did the only thing possible,
bought green onion sets, some flower bulbs and potting medium which makes me feel like I'm doing something!
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