What did you do in the garden today?

[tonybloke]

ex - paddock site?? lucky folk!! should be very fertile, but watch out for wireworm in 1st couple of years! (click beetle larvae)

[tonybloke]

[tonybloke]

are you in pennsylvannia?

[pennsylvannia planters]

Yorkshireman born and bred.
We live in Doncaster.
The wife is the Yank.

[saddad]

DonLottie is out your way, but not seen much of her online recently...  :)

[shirlton]

Got the trench well mucked for the climbing squash. I'm getting really excited about growing them up the sticks after seeing Betty's (squash63)pics

[saddad]

 :)
Sur I said more than that...  ???

Did some rough digging to clear couch, brought some leeks up...  :)

[thifasmom]

sowed some cabbage, okra, spring onion seeds and planted some early potatoes in tubs.

[flossy]

   I emptied a tub of  Crocosmia that had multyplied greatly    ---   saw some little grey bits

   at the edge of the tub and on the surface that looked like dead bits of leaves,  about 1/4 inch

   long.    Then they started to move and then I realised they were tiny worm like things ?

   Any ideas please ?

   floss x

[saddad]

 ???

[pennsylvannia planters]

Got the trench well mucked for the climbing squash. I'm getting really excited about growing them up the sticks after seeing Betty's (squash63)pics.

Could somebody give me the link to this, please?

[shirlton]

http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/Aragona/squash
Ok PPlanters heres the link to Betty's squash

[Fork]

Zilch!  ;D

[pennsylvannia planters]

Thanks Shirlton.

[Sparkly]

We finally reached the bottom of mount compost!!!! A 7ft high x 10ft x 7ft compost heap left by the previous owner. This was all his waste left over years. We have used this to fill raised beds and increase the height of the plot. It's good stuff, but it has been a nightmare to move! Oh, and I planted my shallots under a cloche.

[saddad]

Well done Sparkly, what are you going to grow there... under a compost heap can be very fertile...  :)

[Sparkly]

Well done Sparkly, what are you going to grow there... under a compost heap can be very fertile...  :)

Am hoping we have moved the majority of the good stuff  ;D We are actually putting down a patio with a pergola. This is next to the shed and not part of the main allotment so really the only place to do the main seating area. We are plannig to plant some bamboo canes along the back of the patio though as a windbreak.

[Emagggie]

Made an inroad into the front garden, really not sure about how to prune climbing roses, but who cares? Went to friends for a very jolly lunch, so right now, not me. ;D ;D ;D Had a conversation with a like minded friend who has just taken on a 'starter plot' and offered him some sweet peas and marigolds for companion planting, he says they are not permitted to grow flowers of any kind on his site  :o
How nutty is that?  ::)

[Suzanne]

Harvested the last of the parsnips and leeks  :'( My hungry gap is going to come early I think.

Finished digging lottie no 2 and raked over a couple of beds which are now ready to go.


For the first time in months the sun was out and warm enough that I could feel the heat on my back as I raked and hoed. Spring is definitely on the way.
;D ;D ;D

[saddad]

No Kale Suzanne? They side shoots and flower buds are very nice now, the PSB will be along soon, still eating January King Cabbage and sprouts...  :-\

[SMP1704]

Possibly over-excited by warm sunshine, but.......

planted onions, shallots and garlic that I had started in pots.  Sowed early peas under a fleece cloche, broad beans and parsnips.

and cut my first spear of PSB and then forgot to cook it with dinner ::)