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Quote from: Mr Smith on March 30, 2009, 12:43:02
Beautiful morning down the lotty, erected my netted frame work to house my Sweetcorn and brassicas, planted more broad beans and four more rows of onions, :)

why are you netting your sweetcorn?we dont bother and its fine?

Sowed some St Valerie carrots and some Guernsey parsnips. Dug an area over and raked it for my seedbed (sweet william amd wallflowers for next year). Watered the stuff that needed it (beetroot under cloche). Had some home made veggie soup for lunch and then we went nettling cos my bed isn't growing enough yet to pick from. Tone made some nettle brew. Started to make a lean to on the back of shed for storing canes and pots.I almost forgot, I earthed up my taters for the tater chalenge.

Why am I netting my Sweetcorn?, because the birds round here like it, :)

We have to contend with squirells as well. We put bottles over our corns and they still get at em

We have humans here  >:(     Planted a row of Kestrels.  ;D ;D ;D

i recieved some picket fencing on freecycle last year so started to erect it today around my vege plot, won't have enough to finishthe whole area but i have been collecting pallets and hope to construct the rest from these, sometime in the future.

Today I took some more chrysanth cuttings, Potted on some fucshias and Toms.

Quote from: thifasmom on March 30, 2009, 23:34:44
i recieved some picket fencing on freecycle last year so started to erect it today around my vege plot, won't have enough to finishthe whole area but i have been collecting pallets and hope to construct the rest from these, sometime in the future.

did some more of this and potted up some seedlings.

Some belated seed sowing in modules etc., hoeing and weeding.  Still haven't got my second earlies or all my onion sets in.

While down at the lottie about a dozen helicopters flew over, including huge troop-carrying ones.  Something to do with the G20 summit, I assume. Kids at the school where I help with reading are very upset because a trip to see the Egyptian section of the British Museum has been cancelled because of the G20. (Sorry to go off topic!)

Got a very kind lottie neighbour to fix the staging in my greenhouse that had collapsed during the night  :D

Weed-Digga

Quote from: hopalong on March 31, 2009, 23:24:57
While down at the lottie about a dozen helicopters flew over, including huge troop-carrying ones.  Something to do with the G20 summit, I assume. Kids at the school where I help with reading are very upset because a trip to see the Egyptian section of the British Museum has been cancelled because of the G20. (Sorry to go off topic!)

It is, of course, well-known in the more paranoid sections of society that school parties usually conceal squads of suicide bombers!

Are but they could ;D they often have backpacks!

Quote from: thifasmom on March 31, 2009, 22:27:20

Quote from: thifasmom on March 30, 2009, 23:34:44
i recieved some picket fencing on freecycle last year so started to erect it today around my vege plot, won't have enough to finishthe whole area but i have been collecting pallets and hope to construct the rest from these, sometime in the future.

did some more of this and potted up some seedlings.

ditto but finished the fence for now till i make more from said pallets to erect, potted up loads more seedlings and watered everything inside and out.

 Yesterday mowed the lawn in young Lorna's back garden (next door) did some tidying up for her then spent some time in my greenhouse pricking out and sowing more seeds.

After a mammoth sowing session yesterday, I'm on pricking out duty this morning, and probably down the plots later. Waiting for daughter to come home from French GCSE oral exam  first...consolation hugs ready.....(not her strongest subject!)

Quote from: Deb P on April 02, 2009, 09:48:01
After a mammoth sowing session yesterday, I'm on pricking out duty this morning, and probably down the plots later. Waiting for daughter to come home from French GCSE oral exam  first...consolation hugs ready.....(not her strongest subject!)

After my french mock exam the french teacher got us all to stand up for a minutes silence. He said we had killed the french language ;)

 Andy did his German Oral on Tuesday :-X

Well, she survived, said it 'wasn't too bad'...we shall see! I have been busy all day so far potting on, only the tomatoes to go now.......... ::)

Planted 2 rows of onion sets ( 1 row Corrado and 1 row Kamel ) also 1 row of Golden Gourmet shallots up the allotment
In the Greenhouse I sowed......

Cucumber- F1 Telepathy
Lettuce- Dublin
Lettuce- Ponokkio
Leeks- Alcazar
Cabbage-Castello
Cabbage- F1 Traviata

Also pricked 60 French Marigolds out, 4 tomato plants ( Gardeners delight ) and 4 Strawberry plants ( Brought from Wilkinsons )
  Then I went to bed for a few hours sleep ready to go on to Bl**dy night shift ( which i hate ) :P :P :P

Potted on some more toms. took a few more crysanth cuttings and phoned a friend to come and get the stock plants to stop me taking any more cuttings. I just can't resist taking a nice strong looking cutting. Have been very good with the dahlia's this year. have only taken 1 cutting this year of the one I like the most.