Topic: What did you do in the garden today? (Part 2)

[goodlife]

Last of the onion and shallot plants are planted...as well as leeks, chard and yacon I do have come covers ready if there is frost in forecast. Potted up some bedding plants...weeded few beds..sown some seeds
Now I'm on my break, then some shopping and back to lottie

[Aden Roller]

Managed to get to the plot on Sunday - pleased to see no housing estate has replaced my shed and the weed patch... during my absence.

It's not quite that bad although I'd be happier if it looked tidier.

What's doing well?
strawberries and potatoes looking after theirselves and the raspberries and blackberry haven't missed me.

Today I:

• planted out some more french climbing beans as well as the first runners
• planted out some lettuce at long last
• put in some kale and plonked a wire-mesh cloche over the top to keep the pigeons off
• transplanted another half row of sprouting onion sets (I know they are late... just hoping!)
• watered the carrots and wondered why I still hadn't any beetroot in!
• topped up the baths and left the barrel to fill with rain water

then belted off again to do my parents dinner...... arrived home to find my wife had sorted it out for me so all I had to do was deliver it and serve.

A nice afternoon in the sunshine. 

[Aden Roller]

Yesterday I sowed more carrots, parsnips, beetroot and onions, transplanted some brassicas and celeriac. Give the marestail and other weeds a bit of a going over.   

Oh I am so pleased to hear you've just put parsnip in... I think there might be hope for me yet.

I'll aim to go back to the plot tomorrow and sow some myself.

[tricia]

Planted out 18 sweet corn seedlings under the plastic bottles I had removed from the celeriac plants. They had grown apace under their protection so hope the slugs will leave them alone now they are stronger. Rain is forecast for tomorrow afternoon - am hoping the celeriac will get a good watering, they need it!

Tricia

[cornykev]

Yesterday I sowed Peas, F. Beans and transplanted some Swede.   

[caroline7758]

Yesterday I planted out my parsnips, a few french beans (hopeless germination for some reason) and 4 courgettes (a bit risky but they were getting pale and pot-bound). Made my first cut of comfrey and did some weeding.
Today I weeded the garden and moved a few plants around.

[macmac]

Hardening off the tomatoes, planted out more cabbages "savoy best of all " ('hope they are),weeded French beans-not easy squeezing between canes as OH has glass along one side. Planted out some peas "greenshaft" and sowed more. The OH planted out more potatoes and we stood back and waited for the heavy rain.......nothing 

[Deb P]

Almost at the point now where I am having trouble working out where to put stuff.....only the squash to go out now, they are hardening off nicely in this weather, then some more direct sown salad onions and lettuce and I am pretty much up to date at last!

[gazza1960]

Had busy day yesterday,and not before time.

Planted 150 young globe and cylinder beet root plants in raised bed.
Hung some late season strawberry plants in baskets.
Taken a chance and planted some Tommy plants outside,risky,but hopefully worth it.
Planted 4 ridged cues in poly tunnel.
Transplanted mixed salad modules outside in large pots.
Set up waterfall strawberry pots outside shed.
Set up me little wooden fisherman onto driftwood logs outside shed.
Trimmed plot outer fences of weeds.
Oh and got me back frazzled by the sun.

Gazza

[cornykev]

Just final potted up my biggest tommy (Sungold) in the back garden, off to the lottie soon.   

[caroline7758]

Planted out 3 pumpkins (fingers crossed it stays warm!) , watered the stuff I planted out at the weekend, and dug out some more weeds. I do love it when I can go down to the plot after work and stay as long as I need to without it going cold or dark!

[tricia]

Got the gooseberries netted and - with help - the loaded Morello cherry tree too. Used the contents of one water butt this evening to thoroughly water everything that has been planted out over the past couple of weeks. The sunshine has brought everything on well but a nice overnight soaking from above would be good!

Tricia

[cornykev]

Yesterday evening I weeded, watered and put home compost into dalek.   

[Robert_Brenchley]

Not a lot since we're getting ready for Church Anniversary on Sunday. I got down for an hour, did a bit of watering, and planted two more bean varieties (Trionfo Violetto and Petaluma Gold Rush) as some of my original ones have germinated very badly. Last year's seeds were no good; it's the same problem with both climbing beans and broadies.

[antipodes]

well on the WE anyway :
Sowed the runner beans and some climbers (Blue Lake, a new variety for a change)
planted out some beetroot and swiss chard modules
planted out the last 9 peppers
weeded the peas (so crappy this year) and put some string to hold the broad beans in place
covered some bare areas with cardboard
weeded the edges quite a bit
harvested artichokes, strawberries, rhubarb, the last of the winter chard, a lettuce and some mizuna

I still have more things to get out - more beetroot, and I will have to buy in some brassicas and leeks as I didn't manage by sowing them. It has not been a very successful year in terms of time free!!!

[strawberry1]

replaced 4 red cabbages that were dying due to underground slug damage, they look fine a day later, phew

put large cages over 3 gooseberries

watered again, very dry on the plot

tied up some new blackberry shoots, already very strong too

thinned carrots

took protective wind net cages off the courgettes, plot is extremely windy so everything gets battered

Had a think, will reduce veg beds by 2 and put in more gooseberries and 2 redcurrants, I am not getting any younger and some veg are very cheap to buy

took up 20 autumn sown radar onions, all had flower buds and may as well cook them down for the freezer. Decided not to grow onions next year, will stay with shallots and garlic

[cornykev]

Pulled my first two Winter Onions and a handful of finger Carrots on Thursday, off to check on my spuds now.   

[cornykev]

Before the rain came, I resowed some Peas and Dwarf Beans, Planted 5 spuds someone gave me to finish the last row. Weeded, watered and home composted in the dalek. Dug up 23 challenge spuds, washed, steamed, eaten with lashings of butter and mint sauce. Gave away 4 onions to my mate on the plot.        

[Gordonmull]

Went to the garden centre and found some Rocket seed spuds reduced to 99p. They weren't in too bad a nick so planked them in sacks of compost. Will see what happens. Hopefully a wee extra bit of goodness if the blight don't get 'em.

[cornykev]

weede and watered yesterday.