What did you do in the garden today?

[Aden Roller]

Ran....... well, to be honest, walked quickly.



A wet and fairly miserable day so we went into town (I'd almost forgotten what the place looked like).

Bought a cheap pot of slug bait and a large bottle of tomato feed from Wil...not put the name as it could be advertising.  ::)

Very blustery tonight so I'm hoping the rain will have blown over by the morning.

[Aden Roller]

[galina]

Need to get leeks in for dinner and kale - just can't face it yet.  This weather is horrible.

Ok, ok - I'll go and get it over with .........

[goodlife]

Been there and done some watering.. ::)..in GH  ;) ..and fetched trays and trays of lavender outside..this rain is going to save a job watering them and tommorrow I can plant them...IF the rain stops.. ::)

[Kleftiwallah]

What did I do in the garden today? 

I stood and watched the branches of a rather large shrub in a neibours garden thrashing about in the wind and threatening to take out a few panes of my greenhouse.  I stood there and cursed myself for not cutting it back sooner.  ::) 

Top priority when the weather eases off.   8)   Cheers,    Tony.

[Deb P]

Came back from work and had did a couple of lengths backstroke in the puddle that is my lawn...... ::) :)

[gavinjconway]

Got a load of digging done yesterday... first time I could get to the plot for 10 days.. due to rain.. (i'm a fair weather farmer!!)  I now only have a 2mt x 5 strip left to dig... double digging has proved a good idea as I have removed huge loads of perennial weed and grass roots.. had a few rather large bonfires lately.. but now I have 4 wheelie bins full and need some sun to dry them before I can burn!

[cambourne7]

ground is now so water logged i can't walk on it to do anything :(

[Spireite]

Potted up the hosta (ousting a family of ants in the process:P), and scrubbed some 'pot' saucers in the puddle that is my lawn/paddy field...also tried to spike the lawn with a garden fork to try and get it to drain a little better... :-\

[vague]

Looked in dismay at all the leggy looking seedlings in window that should have been in the cold frame 3 weeks ago..........may actually go crazy after weeks solid of rain!!!!

[gavinjconway]

Ooops!! - just remembered what I forgot to do was wash my onions to remove some overspray from a gust of wind  of round-up I sprayed on some weeds in the fence that I cant get at by hand to remove...  :(  :(

Hope they survive..

[Aden Roller]

Another glorious day today  :) Just the sort of thing us gardeners like....  only we'd prefer it spread out over several months.... so little done.

                                       

only it was heavier, faster and wetter...... ::)

[claybasket]

It stop raining at 2-30 sun came out ,we were off down the Lotty  by 2-45 I planted shallots we grew from seed,picked 2/1/2lb of sprouting broc,and 3lb of rhubarb, weeded ,planted beetroot, netted around the peas >:( (pigeon's at it )then home,hope it's dry tomorrow . ;D

[chriscross1966]

Finished potting on tomatoes, they'll go into the ground from these pots, phew... sowed sweetcorn, popcorn, herbs, salads, most of this summers cucurbits (cukes, squash, a lot of melons for an experiment, gherkins)  and a large number of beans...Flajoly, Canadian Wonder, CLimbing Pinto, Box, Yin-Yang, Soldier, Ernies Big-Eye, Minnesota Purple Mennonite Stripe, San Antonio, Egyptian pea-bean, Nubian pea-bean, Polish Climber, Bird Egg, Borlotti, Bridgewater, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Cobra

[Aden Roller]

Finished potting on tomatoes, they'll go into the ground from these pots, phew... sowed sweetcorn, popcorn, herbs, salads, most of this summers cucurbits (cukes, squash, a lot of melons for an experiment, gherkins)  and a large number of beans...Flajoly, Canadian Wonder, CLimbing Pinto, Box, Yin-Yang, Soldier, Ernies Big-Eye, Minnesota Purple Mennonite Stripe, San Antonio, Egyptian pea-bean, Nubian pea-bean, Polish Climber, Bird Egg, Borlotti, Bridgewater, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Cobra

Wow you have been busy!

Once you've sowed the beans what temperatures do you keep them at?

I have french climbers and runner beans to sow as well as tomatoes to pot on... Not too warm right now and too wet to get on the plot for planting out some of the hardier things.

[saddad]

Backstroke ..like DebP...
but much nicer start today...  :)

[chriscross1966]

Finished potting on tomatoes, they'll go into the ground from these pots, phew... sowed sweetcorn, popcorn, herbs, salads, most of this summers cucurbits (cukes, squash, a lot of melons for an experiment, gherkins)  and a large number of beans...Flajoly, Canadian Wonder, CLimbing Pinto, Box, Yin-Yang, Soldier, Ernies Big-Eye, Minnesota Purple Mennonite Stripe, San Antonio, Egyptian pea-bean, Nubian pea-bean, Polish Climber, Bird Egg, Borlotti, Bridgewater, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Cobra

Wow you have been busy!

Once you've sowed the beans what temperatures do you keep them at?

I have french climbers and runner beans to sow as well as tomatoes to pot on... Not too warm right now and too wet to get on the plot for planting out some of the hardier things.

The beans are in the big propagator which is currently set to about 25 degrees, as the entire area is covered the 150W a 40 foot soil-warming cable puts out doesn't have a problem maintaining that.
That's the bottom row in the propagator ATM, all the sets with lids are beans (lids help keep it nice and snug and by putting weights on them I keep the mice out)


This is the removeable deck that I built for the propagator, currently occupied by tomatoes plus the rootrainers of gigandas.... need to pot on the gigandas......

[Aden Roller]

Thanks Chris for the information - good photos too.

I have one thermostatically controlled propagator but it's not big enough to take all the beans. I think I might stick mine in a small sunny greenhouse and bring them in at night.

More walking up and down 2x a day  ::) but I hope to have some ready to go out on the plot rather than be late so perhaps I'll try just a very few early ones and then be patient.  ;)

[cambourne7]

Well took Harriet out this afternoon and we have pulled up a brown sack of weeds (collection next week) and there is another 2 bags of weeds to go then i can dig the beds over and get planting. Had to carry her back in after an hour as we were both cold and wet ok Harriet was wet due to puddle jumping :)

She's in bed asleep now and i have my feet up have finalised the planting plan for the 3 main beds will post later :)

[Fayzie]

Well today was quite productive - planted 2 dwarf stock apple trees that I paid £10 for each and then planted a whole load of bedding plants that Tes** were reducing so garden now full as well as waterlogged.

[Ninnyscrops.]

Found the slug that had been nibbling my aubergine plants, canny whatsit was hiding under the table!

Emptied out the rainwater from the plants hardening off - I'd put them in gravel trays to conserve water and they were drowning!

Held the bottom of the ladder whilst hubby shimmied up to clear out the gutters - need to clean windows again with all that splattering  ::)

Ninnys