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What a view Davy what coast is that?

weeded, weeded and um weeded
oh picked 4 pea pods, 3 aubergines, 1 courgette, a handfull of chillis
lbb

Quote from: northener on June 09, 2009, 23:55:32
What a view Davy what coast is that?

North East between Hartlepool and Seaham and that,s the worst view. On warm days there can be as many as 10 paragliders  flying around. Next time i go round the i will take some more and put tham on.

Your courgettes are early, mine not ready yet.  Picked 3 strawberries, and scattered slug pellet around.  No need to water and it was raining here in not sunny Enfield. Peas that are netted are doing OK but flat pods at present.  Hopefully when the rain stops and the sun comes everything will go mad.  Redcurrants nearly ready and had one or two raspberries.

Quote from: Borlotti on June 10, 2009, 12:38:35
Your courgettes are early, mine not ready yet.  Picked 3 strawberries, and scattered slug pellet around.  No need to water and it was raining here in not sunny Enfield. Peas that are netted are doing OK but flat pods at present.  Hopefully when the rain stops and the sun comes everything will go mad.  Redcurrants nearly ready and had one or two raspberries.

it was only about 3 inches long (the courgette) but i couldnt resist, my peas are a disaster and i netted my currants but ith hindsight i think they need insects  :-[
lbb

It's ok to net after the fruit has formed. You need the insects when the flowers are on. They have done their job by now.

Feeling a bit under the weather today so only been to the plot and opened my greenhouses....will go later to water and close them up again.

wots up then Fork.Can we cheer you up mate?

probably rusted up after sunday, I know we did  ;D
planted up me peas and beans, Ray planted cabbage and celery, we fed everything with chicken manure water, stunk the polytunnel out  ;D
Ray dug up half a bed of red duke of york, picked strawberries, lettuce, radish, spring onions, nearly a salad  ;D
pruned the vine, peach tree, nectarine and plum..weeded everywhere, fed them all to the chooks with a couple of slugs I found  ;D

Blimey Manic only TWO slugs we've got loads in the garden i hope the froglets (we've got loads of them also) mum has taught them how to slughunt !!
I think the slugs down the lottie breed with mice they're HUUUGE :o :o :o

Potted up fuchsia and hydrangea cuttings that had put on sturdy roots in the jam jars of water.

Linda

Quote from: macmac on June 10, 2009, 19:57:48
Blimey Manic only TWO slugs we've got loads in the garden i hope the froglets (we've got loads of them also) mum has taught them how to slughunt !!
I think the slugs down the lottie breed with mice they're HUUUGE :o :o :o

ah, but I've been feeding the chooks on them all winter as I find them, also do slug hunts now and again  ;D

Potted on the tomato and aubergine plants I bought on Sunday, gloated over the squash, and wondered where on earth I can find room for the walking onion.....strung strings round the greenhouse for the cukes to wander round, and weeded, weeded, weeded......

Weeded brassicas for the last two days and transplanted sprouts into final postion.   ;D ;D ;D

Sprouts (Trafalgar and Evesham Special), kohl rabi (Lanro F1), celeriac (Monarch) and Brocolli (Romanesco) all planted today.

Harvested some Italian Sprouting Calabrese and a Greyhound cabbage for supper.

Linda

weeded the raspberry twigs  :-\  (t&m free ish ones)
harvested 6 chillis, 1 courgette, 6 pea pods and 1 garlic bulb
lbb

Gave some unpaid consultancy advice to a friend of mine who has a lovely garden but doesn't know it - he hadn't realised how much fruit was growing at the far end or how many great shrubs were hidden by the weeds.  Also pruned shrubs and tidied up garden for a lovely lady who used ot be a lead singer at Sadlers Wells Opera.  Not much time for my own garden, but tidied up borders to give irises, peonies and heuchera more of a chance. Saw some newts while clearing blanket weed from the pond.  Feated on freshly picked lettuce, broad beans and strawberries. A very satisfying day's work.

Picked more Beetroot, radish, cabbage and lettuce planted a few more peas had a watering session and a Blackbird had a shower under my hosepipe, :)

Harvested a couple of huge bowls of strawberries.  Lovely!

I emptied both my compost bins and was so amazed how much good soil I got ( first time doing it)  The soil is so black, and I gave all my plants a good feed with it and mixed it into my soil I already had.  Very chuffed