Author Topic: What did you do in the garden today? (Read 875339 times)

caroline7758 · « **Reply #4820 on:** April 13, 2011, 18:15:32 »

Worked off a stressful day at work by digging! Got rid of some more bindweed and dug over an unused patch with my azada.

cornykev · « **Reply #4821 on:** April 13, 2011, 18:39:52 »

Filled another pallet hold up thingy with soil and sowed a line of spring onions and carrots. ;D

pumkinlover · « **Reply #4822 on:** April 13, 2011, 18:42:47 »

Tided up an area that was still rough as used to have a compost heap there. Planted out spinach. beetroot and carrots and sowed more seeds.
planted some cornflowers and watered everything as going to Alpine conference till Sunday. Now got to water here and prick out seedlings, then pack! ;)

shirlton · « **Reply #4823 on:** April 13, 2011, 18:42:52 »

Sowed some more carrots and made an enviromesh frame to cover them and then I laid my first slab path.

pumkinlover · « **Reply #4824 on:** April 13, 2011, 18:47:09 »

Oh long soak in the bath with Tone rubbing your back is it tonight Shirl? ;D

grawrc · « **Reply #4825 on:** April 13, 2011, 18:50:35 »

Pruned the hebe and the pyracantha, bagged it all up+ ivy cut back before, removed ALL the flag irises from the pond. (I hope!!)

shirlton · « **Reply #4826 on:** April 14, 2011, 07:20:43 »

Quote from: pumpkinlover on April 13, 2011, 18:47:09

Oh long soak in the bath with Tone rubbing your back is it tonight Shirl? ;D

::)

shirlton · « **Reply #4827 on:** April 14, 2011, 16:19:58 »

Had to stay home and do some housework. Just couldn't leave it any longer. Did manage to sow the squash and courgettes,some parsley and some caraway.
Cannot wait for tomorrow to be back at the allotment.

Lottiman · « **Reply #4828 on:** April 14, 2011, 16:33:18 »

Nothing in the garden today, Out all day my little girl is 7 today :-*

cornykev · « **Reply #4829 on:** April 15, 2011, 20:20:43 »

Watered
Hoe-ed weeds
Earthed up spuds
Took a big armful of Rhubarb home that one of the lottie girls gave to me.
;D ;D ;D

Mr Smith · « **Reply #4830 on:** April 16, 2011, 16:23:32 »

Just a good to be alive day, just love the lotty and everything about it, :)

vague · « **Reply #4831 on:** April 16, 2011, 17:40:13 »

Finally got my Salad Blue and Shetland Black spuds in, put in some Jerusalem artichokes (A little late i know!) and started planting lettuce and radish in between rows. Watered the fruit bushes and strawberries (noticed everything is flowering already!)
Harvested rhubarb and just deciding what to do with it!
;D

jimtheworzel · « **Reply #4832 on:** April 16, 2011, 17:42:57 »

dug a pea trench , sow peas sunday 8)

cornykev · « **Reply #4833 on:** April 16, 2011, 18:22:17 »

Sowed 2 wigwams of French beans
Hand weeded bath carrots
Hoed weeds around pear and fig tree
Mixed and watered compost bins
Watered
Sowed Spring onions in back garden.
;D

landimad · « **Reply #4834 on:** April 16, 2011, 20:16:20 »

No chance of doing anything when I have been at work all day and no cover tonight. :(
Maybe able to get things done tomorrow. ;)

Mr Smith · « **Reply #4835 on:** April 17, 2011, 15:35:18 »

What a beautiful weekend, sowed some red cabbage which I grew from seed, planted four marrow seeds(only) in pots, transplanted my chilli seeds from home to the allotment, put up my sticks for the runners and prepared my sweetcorn bed , this weekend reminds me of the 'Neil Diamond' record ' What a beautiful Day'

cornykev · « **Reply #4836 on:** April 17, 2011, 17:23:58 »

Put up my pea netting and sowed a few
Left the rest to soak overnight
Hoed and watered onions, shallots and seedlings
Uncovered brassica netting
Harvested PSB
8)

vague · « **Reply #4837 on:** April 17, 2011, 17:29:50 »

More digging!
Sorted through compost bin and got a good bucket full.
Planted some parsnips, purple sprouting, and calabrease in seed bed, and relocated some spuds growing from last year. Enjoyed the lovely sunny weather!
;D ;D ;D

cambourne7 · « **Reply #4838 on:** April 17, 2011, 17:36:13 »

Nothing as usual :(
Might be ok in another week :)

Tonythegardener · « **Reply #4839 on:** April 17, 2011, 22:41:05 »

Sowed radish, lettuce, rocket, lambs lettuce.
Pricked out winter cauliflower and Gold Acre cabbage.
Hardened off onions grown from seed and lettuce for planting out in the allotment.

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