Author Topic: What did you do in the garden today? (Read 872988 times)

lewic · « **Reply #4800 on:** April 10, 2011, 21:36:01 »

Half-built a lean-to storage shed with the help of a friend's engineer boyfriend who understands flat-pack better than I do. Drank gin in the sun.

saddad · « **Reply #4801 on:** April 10, 2011, 21:52:18 »

Loads of stuff both days...
done enough pricking out to start the April sowing now... :)

cornykev · « **Reply #4802 on:** April 11, 2011, 08:50:40 »

Yesterday I acquired 25 bags of soil that were on there way to the dump, I helped a neighbour/bloke from work to load them in his car and we took them to the lottie, it saved him a 8 mile round trip 3 times, my lottie was only a 2 minute drive.
I topped up my tub challenge spuds with some of the soil and sieved some more for my pallet hold up thingy for the small raised beds.
Filled another with council compost and give most of the plot a good watering later when the Sun was off the plot. 8) 8) 8)

landimad · « **Reply #4803 on:** April 11, 2011, 16:34:29 »

Got my peas and broad beans in, watered them in too.
Got the Tommies on the go and sowed some more carrots and onions.
Repaired two troughs and filled them with soil ready to grow toms and climbers in.
Put some growmore onto the beds ready for stuff to grow and got more tomato food for the plants to show their best.
Now the rain has started so will have a nice cuppa. ;D

goodlife · « **Reply #4804 on:** April 11, 2011, 19:05:48 »

Sown all pea varieties in pots and planters and those are 'sitting' in GH.
Potted up almost all tomatoes.. ;D..things are starting look good and its nice to see GH 'active' again..plant pots everywhere.

cambourne7 · « **Reply #4805 on:** April 11, 2011, 19:21:30 »

Finished sowing peas, mangetout, leeks, carrots and beetroot in 1 raised bed. Salad seeds in pot.

Filled potato and sweet potato planters (not recieved slips yet but getting soil ready) with soil and fingers crossed will be planting vales emerald, charlotte and maris piper today.

Just heading out to do the potatoes now then a bit of a tidy up of the mini green house so i can sow more seeds tonight planning on getting onions, cabbages, sprouts and herbs started.

Last day of gardening for 2-6 weeks so fingers crossed this is not all for nought!

shirlton · « **Reply #4806 on:** April 12, 2011, 07:07:32 »

Potted on and potted on

SueK · « **Reply #4807 on:** April 12, 2011, 07:50:57 »

With the boys' help yesterday put up some wigwams for most of our peas and moved out some seedlings - just the troughs to prepare for the mange tout to grow against our fence next.

Looked out this morning to see the sparrows flying around carrying bits of string in their beaks! :)

Duke Ellington · « **Reply #4808 on:** April 12, 2011, 08:04:06 »

I did the same as Shirlton ;D

calendula · « **Reply #4809 on:** April 12, 2011, 14:11:02 »

planted the last of 17 kg of spuds (international kidney) so glad that's over, potted on more brassicas, strimmed here and there, weeded here and there, picked some sorrel for a sauce tonight - pretty much up to speed :D

gaz2000 · « **Reply #4810 on:** April 12, 2011, 17:50:52 »

spuds are now in

as are the sweet peas and morning glory ;D

need to sew some more garden peas in modules tommorow to add to the others,aim to have them all planted in a week or two

sweetcorn are doing nicely,while before they go out mind

i got carried away sewing squashes so early this year,and none have germinated

il sew some more next week

Poolcue · « **Reply #4811 on:** April 12, 2011, 18:51:55 »

Last of my Picasso maincrops went in

manicscousers · « **Reply #4812 on:** April 12, 2011, 20:16:28 »

planted out fielderkraut cabbage, calabrese and kalibos cabbage, put the debris netting over the frame. Transplanted some lollo rosso lettuce and romanesco broccoli. Went off mum in law sitting ;D

cornykev · « **Reply #4813 on:** April 12, 2011, 20:24:00 »

Watered seedlings and planted out 20 main crop spuds, only two rows to go. 8)

green lily · « **Reply #4814 on:** April 12, 2011, 20:33:07 »

Weeded and weeded...don't the b----s grow fast! ::) Noticed Nicola spuds are through in most of the trenches. The 4 broad bean plants that survived the snow are almost in flower, tomatoes need planting in poly but no room yet as salad and strawberries are in the way.Tomorrow is another day but the outdoor toms need pricking out and the sweet peas need a home by the trellis...and after that I hope to cut out a pair of trousers..

Larkshall · « **Reply #4815 on:** April 12, 2011, 21:27:25 »

Quote from: green lily on April 12, 2011, 20:33:07

Weeded and weeded...don't the b----s grow fast! ::)

Installing an electric fence to keep the rabbits out (I would shoot them, but next door they have horses so not a good idea). Then went to lunch with the cycling club (Seniors) by car, afterwards collected a member from hospital after a hip replacement. Back home to finish off the electric fence.

I am trying a farming method of killing off the weeds by leaving half the plot fallow and rotavating it regularly during the Summer. The ditch will be done with some Sodium Chlorate which I have in stock, when that's gone I shall have to think of another way. I do have a Sheen X300 flame gun (paraffin burner). A high pressure sprayer with paraffin is quite effective on everything except groundsel and thistles, sprayed early morning when the forecast is for a very hot day.

shirlton · « **Reply #4816 on:** April 13, 2011, 06:59:49 »

Planted out the bunyards broad beans and wire netted them, watered and did a bit more weeding. I cannot believe that I haven't sown my courgettes or squash yet.

chriscross1966 · « **Reply #4817 on:** April 13, 2011, 13:26:15 »

Finishesd the clearing up of the front of plot 1 so that it can be dug, only "scruffy" bit left there now is a dumpy bag half-full of manure that I'll be digging in once it's dug anyway so it might as well stay there.... did a little bit more glazing on the GH....

Ragdoll Lady · « **Reply #4818 on:** April 13, 2011, 14:36:00 »

potted on around 80 tomato plants and about the same in pepper seedlings just hoping the mini and the bigger plastic greenhouses are going to be warm enough. Taken the chance and planted out the squash which i sowed way too early into grow bags and tied to frames in greenhouse. Hoping to grow them vertically. Planted out primo cabbage plants, all year round cauliflowers and red acre cabbage into a prepared bed covered by polytunnel. Have sewn spinach, resistafly and chatenay carrots, bolthardy and cylindrica beetroot and purple plum radish with some onion sets and spring onion seeds in a prepared bed covered with polytunnels. I am absoloutly shattered now and resisting the urge to have a warm bath and go to bed as my FMS is playing up again.

manicscousers · « **Reply #4819 on:** April 13, 2011, 16:44:01 »

sat on the edge of a bed and planted out greyhound and fuego red cabbage, sat on the floor and weeded a large fruit bed ;D

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