Allotments 4 All

put in second lot of spuds,more weeding,put scaff boards in for borders,need about 8 more though.its looking brill now,loving our first year,love our lottie so very much.

I'm knackered looking at what you did, deb..
I planted the first 3 toms in the poly border, dug another 2 pits for the melons, filled with fresh horse muck and straw , phew, covered them over to settle, transplanted some pre-chitted squash and pumpkin seed into pots, sunflowers and then planted my onions from seed, good day, lots done..need a day sitting down

I ache all over this morning! ;D
Think I'll spend a day doing more genteel things...!
I like the sound of your melon pit Manics! 8)

3 done, 5 to go  ;D we do the cucumbers in them as well, loads last year
need more horse poo  ;D

Layed some paving stones in the back garden, then went to the lottie this evening with the access top soil and garden/peelings waste and watered some sowings as the soil was crusty dry.  ;D ;D ;D

I put my new table and chairs up out the back garden, cursed Hamish the strawberry plant pinching springer and then covered what little earth I do have in extra strength "Get Off" and used the poles from dead greenhouse to make a frame for the small bits of earth and draped it with net, whilst simultaneously poking my tongue out at said springer spaniel and muttering, get through that you little swine!  ;D

Moved a raised bed four metres so it is back on my lotty and also had a good session with the Rotovator breaking up the rough digging I have just done and it looks a treat  :)

Nothing so energetic! Cut the grass(only a small patch) and swept the patio then potted up toms, aubergines and cosmos.

Emptied bags of soil from the garden on the lottie, stacked grass turfs on my nettle patch, mixed compost bins and watered sowings.  ;D ;D ;D

mowed the min back garden (boggy still) clipped the edges and watched the kids trample my efforts, i did loads of tomato plants yesterday and have run out of room to pot up the peppers... bum..but ive also planted some sweet peas under a sheet of glass leaning up some trellis i found, and 2 dwarf sunflowers with them, naturally im waiting to see if slugs or frost gets them 1st... but they have been sheltering in a pop up greenhouse so they shouldnt be too shocked by it all, hopefully! oh and the guinea pig mowd his patch, tho i think he needs to give it another going over tomorrow...
the allotment will have to wait until the weekend, or if the weathers nice 2morrow may pop down in the afternoon and get started, im sure the couch must be thinking of growing again after that rain...just hope the winds blowing the cold wet weather away and bringing some warm dry stuff so that me n the kids can get down the lotty and get some stuff done! must remember to take theyre ornaments down.. the plot label...and anything else i keep forgetting!!!!

I went around doing the plot assessments for our site.........had to have a lie down afterwards! ::)

I can sympathise /empathise with that. Although to be frank it's the conversations you have after the first batch of letteres has gone out that are really shattering! :o :o

Managed to make it to the lotty today only lasted a couple of hours because of the winds.

The bed with my garlic has had some chicken poo and a good water.

My leak and carrot bed are doing ok have a good germination rate for a change.

Cleaned out my shed, had intended on using the expanding foam but its nowhere to be found so need to get more ;( Found a massive spider in there must have been 2 inches long and an inch wide. Had a strange stripy body like a wasp but definatly a spider.

Weeded a bed and planted with

• Spring Onion - Red Florence
• Chard
• Celery
• Lettuce -Lollo Rossa
• Lettuce - Endive
• Lettuce - Little Gem
• Rocket
• Radish - White Italian type

Moved 4 wheelbarrows of wood chips on to paths and distrubuted some roundup onto some early dock.

Picked some spring onions for a cheese sandwich to go with my hot cup of tea.

Also have my first crop of rhubarb yippie

More digging today.

Robin kept me company.

Smeared vaseline all round my Hosta pots.This has worked now for quite a while.The snails do not like it. ;D

more digging but goodness the wind is freezing! may go back in a bit but needed a hot drink first!

I also bought and put a bit of fleece over my first earlies - I didn't realise potatoes didn't like frost until I read one of the threads on here and am now paranoid that they're all going to keel over!  ::)

glad its not just me thats  still digging. too cold for it today though.  :D

no not only you sarah i sat in my shed looking at what needed to be done while i nursed my back with a hot waterbottle.

Just remember little and often and dont beat your self up if it does not look perfect!!

(must remeber to take own advice)

Nowt because it has been a crap day in the east mids and after yesterdays stint with the rotovator mi bloody backs playing me up :)

Only pottered about in the greenhouse.

Has Mr Smith said "its been a crap day in the east Midlands"

Not seen any sunshine at all and we have a bitterley cold wind.

Fork,
          I saw on the news that it was snow for Derbyshire today, here in the east Mids it was a crap wet day today first thing and also bitterly cold  :)