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Owwwwwww, every week I think 'this is catching up on plot and garden week and I'm going to do nothing else' and what happens?......I end up babysitting my lovely grandaughter because her Mother has yet another staffing crisis.........and I wouldn't change it for the world ;D ;D. Maybe next week............

Hallo all!   Did a pile of washing and got it dry on the line !  Sunny day in Cornwall!
     put up those aluminium foil covered polystyrene windscreen covers I,d bought in a Woolies sale....up in the green house and checked the heater working still...then spent the rest of the day painting our old wagon...and thinking where can I buy a massive tarpulin (CHEAP )to cover it over the winter....then wondering how do I get black metal paint off my hands !  All,s well in the veg plot..I seem to be keeping on top of it ,with the incinerater smouldering away most of the time....I do love my incinerater !
   I loved those pictures of the dissapearing firtree Froggy..I might tackle one of mine tomorrow !   :D Rohaise x

Got to the allotment today, finished digging a bed (one more to do) and spread it with goat manure. Still need to source some black polythene, but thinking about black rubbish sacks!
I didn't thin kI would have any veg ready, but came home with perfect long parsnips, chard (a bit speckled), carrots (fly has had some of them), swede (had slugs and flea beetle), Turnip (had been a bit slugged) and Black winter radish.
Got home checked the egg port and had 2 eggs :)

This afternoon I cooked a winter veg soup :)

Lovely sunny day here today. Didn't go to the allotment, feel a bit tired today. Decided to stay at home and do some garden tidying instead. Painted a second coat of paint on my new cold frames. Looking smart now.
Saved some rocket seeds for next season. Tied some of my toilet roll tubes into sevens. The greenhouse is all ready for *GO* for next season now. All pots and trays are in place and clean. I didn't like doing that in the spring when it was freezing cold.  ;)

I'll see you there Scousers, I'll bring the spuds.  ;D ;D ;D :-*

brilliant, ck..you'll need about 40  ;D
5 o'clock prompt , oh, by the way, you're in charge of the sparklers  ;D

loo rolls in sevens???????????

I was thinking that Andy, Scousers can I borrow your gardening gloves in case I burn my fingers, H&S and all that.  ;D ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D

Re:-*Loo Rolls In Sevens*....Just make a circle with them and of course one goes in the middle. Tie them together so they don't fall over in your seed tray. I will fill them with compost when it's time for planting.  ;D

Oh right! thought for a moment it was agreenhouse double glazing type thing.... ;)

Yesterday got rid of what was left of my conifer,then in the evering went to watch Arsenal beat Sheffield 3-0,it cost for 2 adults 2 kids and a oap £80 to get into see the match which i thought was a bit over the top, to see 11 men with names i cannot pronounce kick a bag a wind about for 90 Min's, but the others seemed to(can ya tell I'm not a football fan)enjoy it. Today I'm going to saw up whats left of the conifer and make anther log pile for the garden as they are great for attracting wildlife into the garden.

That's reminded me that I've still got the trunk from my Christmas tree on the patio!! Must chop it up and add to the wildlife habitat I'm building on my allotment.
I planted my garlic today. Some of it looked a bit soft- probably my own fault for leaving it in a plastic bag in a warm shed- hope it grows. :(

Today I tidied my shed and fixed the staging for the greenhouse next year.

Repaired fencing, cleaned the hen house, cleared most of the greenhouse and collected turnip, onions, sprouts and parsnips for sunday lunch.

Have actually been able to spend much of the last two days at the plot, actually doing things!

Grass cut, edges strimmed, gooseberries pruned, early rhubarb split & replanted; OH has pruned grapes and replanted the strawberries; lots of clearing & general tidying done and a new compost bin built.

Phew!! Think we need a rest now.... (But off to a committee meeting this morning, so it won't be much of one!)

Oh, yes - I forgot. Picked globe artichokes! In November!!!! Two more coming on!!

It makes me tired just reading all that!! I'm hoping to clear a couple of beds this morning and maybe lift some beetroot.

composted the last of the courgettes, gave the strawberrys a hair cut, checked out allotment - field beans coming up and so are over wintering onions - but so are the weeds - again - looks like this is gona be a long fight

yesterday and today i have been spending time in the garden rather then the lotty as i have some jobs that need to be finished before frosts linger.

Been cutting new borders in the front part of the garden and am planting stuff that i have been impuse buying and not planting - bad me :) I also need to move 2 stepping stones these are just outside the patio door and before the decking. There a bit low and its a big step so by sitting these in the new beds i can raise them and plant around them :)

The grounds quite compact and the grass is causing some problems had started to dig it out and realised that i dont have anywhere to put the soil with the grass on. So I will bag this up and take it to the compost bin so that the grass can break down.

Dailiahs taken to dry, honey bush cut down. One of my tree peonys has already rotted down to the base (as i think they do each year) the other 2 are still in leaf. Begonias taken out to dry as per another post. Cannas and Gingers potted for putting in garage going to hold off for till next weekend when i move the shelving in this will then be covered in fleese and left :)

When i am on the lotty i need to pick some parsnips - yum yum
Going to take back some wood from the allotment to help build up the levels once i have them all planted up i have daf bulbs to go in and then i am going to cover in bark.

Only another hour of work time before it gets 2 dark so best get on with it :)

I've moved the rest of my ton of manure onto beds, prepared the onion bed and planted onion sets. Also dug up some more beetroot. I do have marshmello strawberry runners but ran out of time to cut them so I'll do that next time. Sweet peas are still gorgeous and the clematis is flowering again.