Topic: What did you do in the garden today?

[Lottiman]

Got back from work early so made a new hinged timber lid for my cold frame.  :)

[gazza1960]

Got to sow some mixed salads,Radishes in our poly tunnel cloche.

planted another 40 banana shallots,plus cleared weeds from autumn sown onions.

dug up remaining chillies from GH and turned over earth.

planted 50 mixed flower bulbs in border pots.

had straighten up in shed.

got loads done this sarvo.

Gazza

[cornykev]

Yesterday I barrowed two loads of council and two loads of my own dalek compost onto my onion area making a raised bed to try and combat onion rot
Replanted and netted shallots as they keep disappearing and getting moved about
Sowed some Celeriac at home
3 Tigerellas are showing their heads
 ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

A bit of digging. A few yards more and I can take a break.

[goodlife]

Planted first lot of garlic 'pips'..many more to follow.. ::) Turned a bit of land over..just warming up for the loong task ahead. Carried loads and loads of water with cans..I'm trying desperately get load of straw wet and as we haven't had much rain that would have done the job for me, it is now desperate measures to get it wet and 'going' ready for late spring planting.

[cornykev]

Barrowed more compost for the onion raised bed.   :D

[galina]

Planted broad bean seedlings - one bottle cloche over each one - and planted some pea seedlings - bottle cloche over 3 or 4.  Pushed bottles down well and watered (soil is fairly dry) ioncluding into the bottles. 

If it should get very frosty again, I can throw a bit of fleece over the bottles.  This is the earliest I have planted peas, but it is nearly March (my usual planting out month) and the weather forecast for the next week is lovely.  Should get them started ok.

Anybody planted a 'Kev' potato yet?  CK?  ;D

Also dug a bit more.  Still hardly any weeds after that frost and the soil is dry enough to dig this early.

[Ninnyscrops.]

Potted up blackcurrant prunings taken last autumn, now rooted and budding.

Found a margarine tub full of pansies that I'd sown, goodness knows when, and pricked those out.

Last year's hydrangea spring pruning stems have rooted too, a job for tomorrow. (Still have the dead
flowerheads on my plant so should prune those back to healthy buds soon and more to put in a tub  ::))

Ninnys

[Aden Roller]

I put all the seed potatoes out in the potting shed to chit (slowly!) and then plonked a couple of dozen shallots into cells in the greenhouse to get them started before they go off to the plot.

Time to get busy in the time I have spare.  ::)

[shirlton]

Cleaned out ower Tones chalet on his new plot. I feel very honoured ;D

[manicscousers]

Planted the vanessa spuds in the long poly border, sowed some green nicotiana, transplanted some more sweet peas into buckets for the plant sale, sowed some express cabbages, sorted out the plant sales with some of the committee, ate a fry up and came home. put the rest of the potatoes to chit  ;D

[Poolcue]

digging ,weeding,digging, weeding repeat

[cornykev]

I bought some spuds today
1 Kilo of Cara, Desire, Foremost, Sante and 99p 300g bags of Charlotte and Red Duke Of York.
I finished of my raised onion bed with dalek compost and staked the sides
Planted out 3 earlies for the great spud challenge 2010.
 :D :D :D

[manicscousers]

I bought some spuds today
1 Kilo of Cara, Desire, Foremost, Sante and 99p 300g bags of Charlotte and Red Duke Of York.
I finished of my raised onion bed with dalek compost and staked the sides
Planted out 3 earlies for the great spud challenge 2010.
 :D :D :D

2010, eh, Kev?
you going backwards?  ;D

[Lottiman]

Finished making hinged cold frame lid and took it to the plot,put up wire supports for raspberry's and planted a morello cherry tree. It was just one of those warm sunny days to day dream about the sowing and growing season to come  ;D

[cornykev]

Isuppose that should be 2012 manics and I haven't had a drink today, it must have been the shock at losing to Whales in the rugger.   :'(

[gwynnethmary]

first time at the lottie for a few weeks, so enjoyed weeding the asparagus bed and the garlic- dug up rest of parsnips, some leeks and sprouts- noticed they're starting to look a bit mouldy  so will need to clean them well.  Council has cleared a huge plot on the corner (well, more like 3 plots!), removed what must have been several lorry loads of rubbish, and erected a lovely new fence.  Also, the untended plot next to ours has been taken over by someone who digs, and he has chickens, so I enjoyed the friendly sound of clucking as I busied myself about.

[elvis2003]

barrowed a million whellbarrows of wood chip around the rhubarb and fruit trees,paths too,just trying to minimise weeding of said areas this year so we can concentrate on the beds

[Mr Smith]

First time on the lotty this year really pleased nothing nicked or smashed up, rotovator started up after a dozen pulls not bad saying its been standing all winter, the soil was in good condiction to rotovate, it just pays to dig it over before winter, then six rows of broad beans went in, :)

[Kleftiwallah]

Hung out the washing and thought "What a nice drying day".   Too busy making 'er dinner and another batch of pumpkin soup to do anything serious.   ::)   Cheers,     Tony.