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Planted half a dozen raspberry canes that someone kinldy gave me and put some roundup down - again..3rd time - and the nettles are just laughing at me >:(

Attacked the couch grass once more.......

Dug out last of old carrots.  ;D ;D ;D

put up canes by the toms, sank the plastic bottles next to them, planted out some sunflowers with plastic bottle collars around, weeded the bl**dy sycamore seedlings out of the cabbage bed  ;D

Too tired to type so just going to say LOTS ;D

hi all, this morning my son and i made a raised bed for Father in Law, planted some peas, runner beans, broad beans & lettuce, sweetpeas for him, that i had in modules, as he had a stroke 6 months ago, then this after noon we went to my plot and rotavated it again so i can start to transplant all my growing veg that i have growing in modules tomorrow, and  we got sunburnt ::) ::) :'( ;D

Hello

Now my nephew (Mr Fuchsia Nut) has gone home i still have a few roses to plant and some beans also a little piece of trellis work up to do i can't do a lot as my shoulder is paining me badly so slowly does it.

Cheers
Brogusblue

Take it easy Brogusblue. Hope you can at least enjoy the sunshine.

Did loads of bits and pieces, weeding, watered in the nematodes....and every time I sat down for a drink in the hot sun, someone would come past and say "just admiring it today then?"  ::) ;D

Layed a brick path between bed 3 and 4, watered the compost heap, Ho Ho Hoed the spud beds (I love hoeing when its as dry as this).
Removed a few handfulls of couch grass. Forgot my water and overdid it a bit really but i made some good progress.

uncovered the early spuds, doing really well, hosed the poly down, went for more plants for the second plant sale at the weekend, weeded in the fruit cage  ;D

I'll have to go and admire it too Deb..............  ;D

went up to the lotty today and had a nice time just watering knowing i could not do anything about the state of it was very freing :)

12 watering cans later i have watered everything that needed it and having not been to the plot in 2 days i am amazed at how much things have grown. It also amazes me that the roundup does not seam to have made a difference ;(

Attacked the couch grass again.....and look what I found!  My jap onions, the very first things I planted up the lottie

When you harvest them, dig the couch out again. Hammer it every chance you get, use black plastic on fallow ground, you do get there in the end. Fortuntely the roots are strong enough not to break apart as you dig them out, so with patience you can get the whole thing, as long as there isn't too much left after you dig it.

Planted peas. sweet peas .spinach. put grass cuttings around potatoes.
Tried to get the edges of the allotment  under control [failed] worked solid for four hours, went home had a bath, and collapsed in the chair .
Same again tomorrow.
     Bridgehouse[June]

Hello

Just been out in the garden what a lovely morning just watered the garden and the veg and took some photo's of what's in flower









Cheers
Brogusblue

lovely photos, broguesblue..gives me a kick after all the manky weather..
planted out celeriac and tied in the tomatoes in the poly, 1st set of flowers starting  ;D
put the beans that need re-potting to one side for tomorrow

Yes, Super pics indeed thanks ;D ;D :) :)

well today i managed to do a little digging and cleared a 1/3 of one bed not great but its a start. Did a bit of watering and finaly I can see the round up is starting to weeken some of the weeds.