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

[GrannieAnnie]

Painted more garden fencing, found where animals were crawling in.
Tomorrow seed some little pots!

[GrannieAnnie]

[cornykev]

Sowed some Celeriac yesterday.   

[manicscousers]

Started celeriac and parsnips,calabrese, red cabbage (2 types) and sprouts 

[Robert_Brenchley]

Planted shallots, leeks and Dutch irises.

[GrannieAnnie]

Painted birdhouses and mounted them on posts. Painted more fence.

[Duke Ellington]

Weeded the front garden and my containers. It looks tidy now!
Potted on my chilli and sweet pepper seedlings.
Sowed some mixed salad leaves and pea shoots.

[Plot69]

Managed to carry all the oak sleepers into the poly tunnel and get the raised bed set up ready for the topsoil that's coming tomorrow. Despite the snow and mud... Anyone ever done a triple toe lutz with a full size railway sleeper in your hands?

[cornykev]

Went to the plot and planted a line of RDOY, Shallots and some Onions
Did a bit of weeding and
Mixed some home compost in the dalek
Sowed Cucumber Telegraph and Yellow Bell Peppers

[Annemieke]

NOTHING. Worked on the computer and helped by my son got rid of some annoying bugs in the blog. Yippee! Best day of the month.
Anyway it was rotten weather. It SNOWED.

Annemieke, http://thoughtforfood-aw.blogspot.com

[GrannieAnnie]

   Seeded TOMATOES:
Black Krim,
Polfast;
Stupiche;
Better Boy;
Roma;
and 3 that are supposed to set toms even in hot humid weather (Homestead, Arkansas Traveler and Atkinson)

Basil

FLOWERS:
Alyssum
Balsam
Marigolds

And set out bowls of water for the birdies near the feeder
And pruned a clematis. It is sunny and comfortable here today

[Coastie]

Seeded;
Cabbage
Runner beans
Peppers
Pricked out
Mixed salad leaves
Cauli
Toms

[Plot69]

Barrowed a ton of topsoil from front drive into the poly tunnel down the end of the back garden.

[Annemieke]

Raked over the phantom seedbed which I prepared last week. Frustrated for due to lack of cloche/greenhouse/sills I can't sow yet!
I could put a few things in trays I suppose, keep them in the shed window, but I never know what soil to sow them in. I don't want to use peat (see www.idontdigpeat.org.uk/campaign/), and any other medium needs years of composting leaves and things.
I did buy a pot of parsley plants on Tuesday, though it seems too cold to plant them out yet.

[galina]

and any other medium needs years of composting leaves and things.
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Annemieke,  how about mole hill soil?  This is what was popular in Victorian times and often mixed with leaf mold.  But at least it is dry and well dug and should do well for windowsill sowings.

[Obelixx]

We had more snow thismorning and it's still perisihing out there so nothing done in the garden.

Lots of turning and watering of seedlings indoors though.

[Annemieke]

how about mole hill soil?

Galina, I know about mole hills, but I thought you had to mix that with leaf mould? Collecting sufficient leaves where we are is more work than I fancy, especially as they then have to rot for years.

[Mrs Tweedy]

Nothing, apart from letting the chickens out. It was too wet and cold.


If it carries on like this I am going to hibernate.
Spent the day in the kitchen making grapefruit and blueberry marmalade and cakes instead.

[manicscousers]

Went to the Edible Garden Show and spent the day listening to James Wong and Bob Flowerdew. Bought myself an Issai kiwi, some new seeds to try and some slug gone pellets with £8.00 off . It was warm in there 

[cornykev]

Just sowed some carrots and beetroot direct, with a few more onions going in yesterday.     

[caroline7758]

Nothing- too wet! Sowed some seeds at home, though- herbs, tomatoes, peppers and parsnips.