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Started to plant up my flower garden on the allotment,Chysanthmums to start with. Sowed some lettuce seed and Watered everything. It's really getting dr here on the north east coast my peas now have a big crack down the middle on the row.

First my garden- cut the grass, dug out some weeds, potted lilies into a bigger pot, planted out someplants from my coldrame to make room for more, watered pots that were really parched, sowed some cynara and a few squash. Then down to the allotment- planted out cabbages, calabrese and sprouts. Came back for tea then took OH down with me to help net them and dig out some dandelions (his pet hate).

We reclaimed/dug another 140 square feet. Potted up more beans/tubers etc.  ;D
My body feels like road kill :)

had a BBQ
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put straw around the strawberries, tidied the big poly for saturday, beggared off out of the rain for lunch  ;D

Bugger all in this weather, wheres the bloody Sun  8) gone.  :(  :'(       ;D ;D ;D

Just been down to the lotty for the  first time in five days to water the plants in the lean-to and what a difference with all this rain everything is going mad but I need to do a weeding session when it comes dry by weekend, :)

Hoe-ed the weeds that are starting to fly up and dug a trench ready for some Ratte tomorrow.  ;D ;D ;D

Just went up to water the Toms and lettuce in the GH. Was going to tie in sweet peas but it started to rain again

tied in the beans, sorted the inside cucumbers, moved the rest of the bedding plants to the polytunnel, sold lots more stuff, pulled radish, chives, garlic chives and lettuce for lunch..we all started tidying the site, priced up more stuff  :o ;D

spent a few hours in Barnsdale Gardens, taking loads of photo's (geoff hamiltons garden, nr rutland water) ;)

Potted up some Golden Sunrise and Gardeners Delight tomatoes, planted out some leeks, observed m ore early potatoes and carrots coming through, licked my lips about the prospect of a bumper fruit harvest (except for my sad and sickly pear tree), drank too much tea, tried out one of the new allotment loos, picked some heads off dandelions (a losing battle) and chatted with my lovely (actress) allotment neighbour.

Monday night I potted on some tomatos, Black Krim, Gardeners Delight, Alicante and San Marzano and sowed some more lettuces, parsley, assorted cabbages, rocket, oregano, celery and something else I can't remember  ::) Tuesday morning I managed to get on the plot before work and get in a row of broadbeans that I'd started in pots at home a couple of weeks ago, a feww garlic plants that were in a pot outside my greenhouse and a row of assorted peas.....
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Braved the rain and to get some cauli, PSB and asparagus for tea. Yum

Had a great day here in Brum. Tony put up the structure for the squash to climb up. I strawed the paths around the crops so they don't get compacted. Did some weeding and got home at 7pm.

re planted the begonias corms in my new bed outside the front door intermingled them between the rocks as there a cascading type in many different colurs so will see what they do free so not complaining if they dont come to much

Had a weeding session surprising how the weeds come through after not touching it for five days, planted more beetroot, marrow seeds and banked up mi spuds, :)

After work spread well rotted manure on bit we cleared/dug.

Lay on ground with a camera to take a picture of bee living in tunnel for Richard...after 25 minutes got up as no bee and horse-people in field behind us giving me strange looks

Planted up garlic

Planted up some more artichoke (experiment from B7Q as they look smooth like Fuseau except they are red.)

Weeded borders. ( Bittercress is a pain)

planted more toms, peppers, basil and parsley in the tunnel, everything's looking good  :)

Planted out, limed and netted my brassicas (Cauli, broccoli and Brussels).  Weeded the strawberries and sowed some leek seed.  Dug out a few of the dreaded dandelions then ran out of time - hoping the rest don't go to seed before I can get them out later in the week!

;D ;D  Hector - folks have been arrested for less!!